jaybirdhgr
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Folks,
I've commented on lots of posts, but have never found anything that I thought was worthy of a post. I'm hoping that changed today.
Here's the story. I went today and searched a 1920s era house where I had recently gotten permission. Workers were outside doing renovations on the house next door, so I asked and received permission for that yard, too.
The first yard was pretty much a bust. I moved to the second yard and I'm only finding old house junk. Plus, my Equinox has this annoying "feature" of making large rusty nails sound very promising. Anyway, I work my way to the side yard and get a good high tone (32-34) showing decent depth so I begin to dig. Flip back the plug and pinpointer tells me its deeper. I take out another shovel of dirt and, sure enough, an old, rusty nail in the side wall of the hole. I fill the hole and move on to a target about 10 feet away.
As I start to dig, I see a clump of dirt on the end of the Sampson shovel and notice something unusual on the clump of dirt. The clump of dirt and a buckle then fall off the shovel blade. This is the first picture.
I pick up the buckle and recognize what it is but I'm not sure if it's real or a replica. I didn't see it until after the hole was already filled, but based on it being scooped out of the already open plug, I estimate it was about 7-8 inches deep.
I was hunting in East Tennessee. I've done some research tonight and learned that the community where this was dug is believed to have housed some Confederate hospitals. The buckle has not yet been cleaned. The last pic includes the rusty nail.
I'm not a relic hunter so this was a surprise. It sure looks authentic but I was hoping to get some feedback here. What do you think?
I've commented on lots of posts, but have never found anything that I thought was worthy of a post. I'm hoping that changed today.
Here's the story. I went today and searched a 1920s era house where I had recently gotten permission. Workers were outside doing renovations on the house next door, so I asked and received permission for that yard, too.
The first yard was pretty much a bust. I moved to the second yard and I'm only finding old house junk. Plus, my Equinox has this annoying "feature" of making large rusty nails sound very promising. Anyway, I work my way to the side yard and get a good high tone (32-34) showing decent depth so I begin to dig. Flip back the plug and pinpointer tells me its deeper. I take out another shovel of dirt and, sure enough, an old, rusty nail in the side wall of the hole. I fill the hole and move on to a target about 10 feet away.
As I start to dig, I see a clump of dirt on the end of the Sampson shovel and notice something unusual on the clump of dirt. The clump of dirt and a buckle then fall off the shovel blade. This is the first picture.
I pick up the buckle and recognize what it is but I'm not sure if it's real or a replica. I didn't see it until after the hole was already filled, but based on it being scooped out of the already open plug, I estimate it was about 7-8 inches deep.
I was hunting in East Tennessee. I've done some research tonight and learned that the community where this was dug is believed to have housed some Confederate hospitals. The buckle has not yet been cleaned. The last pic includes the rusty nail.
I'm not a relic hunter so this was a surprise. It sure looks authentic but I was hoping to get some feedback here. What do you think?