Outing today with my T2 and some nice finds - :cam:

[Mark652]

The weather today in Northern Virginia was especially nice, temps in the low 60s and clear skies, following two days of no rain. I decided to get out and check a spot I have had my eye on and try a T2 setting Silverman777 suggested in a post I read only yesterday. He suggested 70, 4, and 2+. I went to a patch of woods located just off what was a route for troop movements during the Civil War. There were no battles, bivouacs, or pickets here, but there was movement and it is close to home so I thought it worth checking out. I ground balanced my T2 at 62 and spent about 2 1/2 hours searching the area. I saw no evidence that any detectorists have been in the area and the ground was relatively clean. I kept the settings Silverman777 suggested and got a fair share of decent signals. Ironically the deeper signals turned out to be junk and the shallower ones turned out to be good targets. I got three good finds. I found a nice Union General Staff button only about an inch and a half deep, very unusual for this area, but there it was. The writing on the back appears to be "Scovills & Co./Waterbury" and is pretty clean. I also found two nice bullets, both Confederate. One is a .54 caliber of Southern manufacturer that was about 4 inches down and the other is a .577 Enfield, at 5 inches, a "C" varient with the number 57 in the cavity. This is a British made bullet that was sold to the Confederacy and while it is not rare, it is not common either and a first for me. The outing was a success and I have to thank Silverman777 for the good suggestion on the settings, they worked very well for me and I will use them in the future. I remain convinced the T2 is the best detectors for the money and I am delighted to continue to learn from this forum and the excellent people who post here. Cheers

 

[lafatlife]

If you go here: http://www.waterburybutton.com/cart/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=84 you should be able to look up your button.

 

[Jackpine Savage]

n/t

 

[Mark652]

Thank you for the link. Very much appreciated.

 

[Mark652]

So true. It would be interesting if it were possible to somehow follow the bullet. It was made in England and shipped to the South probably on a low fast blockade runner---since most ammunition from Europe arrived that way---and reached one of the Confederacy's logistics depots. From there it somehow got into the ammo pouch of the soldier who lost it while on a patrol to observe Union positions hear the capitol. I find it all very fascinating.

Cheers

 

[lafatlife]

Mark, you are welcome. I live a few towns over from that factory. They have been in business for over 200 years.