Hunting your property.

[Ed from Appomattox]

I had a real eye opener a couple of weeks ago hunting my own property. Note that I hunt a lot of organized hunts throughout the year in pursuit of the hollow ground. I also travel to different locations throughout Virginia seeking permission to hunt locations I research.

About a year ago I decided to hunt my property one day just to see what I could find. I live in Appomattox Virginia (Home of the Civil War Surrender) on 11 acres not far from the Surrender grounds. I was only finding square nails and trash so I kind of wrote the area off thinking it was just a dumpsite.

I received a new Whites MXT not long ago and wanted to try it out so I started hunting a different part of my property and found the attached items. The wick adjusters from the lanterns are dating back to the mid to late 1800’s. There is a lot of iron in the area so I have ordered a Whites DD coil to go back in and give the area a better sweep to see what else is in there.

What I am saying is if you live in an area that holds some history (all of our areas do) spend some time detecting your property, you might be as surprised as I was.

[rip]

What are the metal strips ? i was thinking harmonica parts ? I used to live in Fredricksburg at an old mill site and never searched it much,then heard of a guy finding a c.w. i.d plate with the soldiars name co.etc.in the front yard after i had moved out.

[Ed from Appomattox]

The metal strips are Harmonica reeds, I was shocked to find so many in the small area I have been hunting.

[bigjohn]

your 100% rite. theres usally something might be far and few but ya got to dig. when i moved in out here i hit it pretty hard not many finds but some. just this year really started takin time to search. found silver,large cent,2 cent piece, a cw pompume, ball buttons, eagle buttons my first calvery button w/gilt. bullets/3 ringers and ball. knapsack rivets, hamonica reaves, a few weeks ago i wounderd down to the creek with the minelab to play around with it a bit more and found a 186? ih, then 10 min. later pulled a nice eagle button. but ive also grabed the nautilus and hit a field for 4 hours and nothing. ya never know.

[TwoDogsBob]

Wow, nice stuff. Your lucky, you can go for a trip and never leave the farm. Bob