dirt hunting--silver / large cents

davduckman2010

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went out metal detecting some woods at Oberlin college in town this morning and found some old stuff 2 large cents 1864 and 1856 these are few and far between. also 3 silver coins and a real old toy gun and a early fancy piece. and oh ya a gold watch . not bad for an hour and a half of dirt hunting. :good2:

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Dagum all the hours I spent detecting I never found a single large cent. That's one of the benefits of living up nawth - the detecting is dy-no-mite! Great finds duck!!! What do you think that fancy piece is?
 
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Kevin said:
Dagum all the hours I spent detecting I never found a single large cent. That's one of the benefits of living up nawth - the detecting is dy-no-mite! Great finds duck!!! What do you think that fancy piece is?
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that's the fourth largey we got in the last six months ones worn and is a coronet that came before these matron heads dates to worn on it but its 1839 or before. that plate is very cool don't know what it is yet but I wish it had military or better yet a CS markings lol ill find me a belt buckle yet --bygod:good2: you got a better chance down your way for those valuble carson citys or new Orleans mint marks that's where the moneys at we found one seated liberty dime that had CC mint mark
 
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I wish it had military or better yet a CS markings lol ill find me a belt buckle yet --bygod:good2:
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I dreamed of it but never did. Good luck but with your good luck I bet you will. Are you sure you aren't Irish?
 
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irish---- I can row from my uncles house in Glasgow to the irish coast in a day so I guess im close enough :drinks:
 
Thats cool Duck! You're a man of many hobbies, I would love to get into metal detecting, but my part of the country is more barren (and younger) than Kevins. Seems like it would be a long shot finding a CS item in north ohio....
 
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barry richardson said:
Thats cool Duck! You're a man of many hobbies, I would love to get into metal detecting, but my part of the country is more barren (and younger) than Kevins. Seems like it would be a long shot finding a CS item in north ohio....
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barry I would be detecting for gold nuggets if I was in Arizona theres some hot spots down your way :popcorn:
 
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im hopeing to find someones lost cs suvenier :lol:
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Your best chance to find a CSA artifact is in Buffington Island the only "official" battle fought on your soil. We got our asses handed to us there so we probably lost a lot of stuff running away lol. I don't think Ohio had any POW camps but I could be mistaken. If y'all did there would be a shot at some trinkets there too if you can gain access.
 
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Johnson islandhad a big prison in Sandusky bay 30 miles from me held thousands of jonhny rebs . million dollar homes all over it now has historical rebel graveyard there though many hundreds of men died there starved and sickness. very sad.
 
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Johnson islandhad a big prison in Sandusky bay 30 miles from me held thousands of jonhny rebs . million dollar homes all over it now has historical rebel graveyard there though many hundreds of men died there starved and sickness. very sad.
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A book about Andersonville prison was one one of the best, saddest, most enthralling and gut-wrenching books I ever read. As brothers we sure did hate each other and mistreat each other like lowlife dogs. I'm glad we don't do that any more and hope we never do again.







But if we do I hope we win this time because us Johnny Rebs would never have elected a dickhead like is running the show now . . .
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Kevin said:
A book about Andersonville prison was one one of the best, saddest, most enthralling and gut-wrenching books I ever read. As brothers we sure did hate each other and mistreat each other like lowlife dogs. I'm glad we don't do that any more and hope we never do again.







But if we do I hope we win this time because us Johnny Rebs would never have elected a dickhead like is running the show now . . .
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lol wait till you get the next guy -- Hillary :scare3::scare3:
 
Hey duck. Any chance of a close up of that bottle? I'll say pretty please......
 
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Fsyxxx said:
Hey duck. Any chance of a close up of that bottle? I'll say pretty please......
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ill try for some reason pics wouldn't load a half hour ago. ill try again. cool little iodine bottle still had iodine in it when we found it old skull and crossbone embossed. seen these online we found a few tinys today
 
If you ever wanna part with any of the apothecary bottles let me know, that ones really cool...
 
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Fsyxxx said:
If you ever wanna part with any of the apothecary bottles let me know, that ones really cool...
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I sell all my bottles I have a few more we found recently. when I get the pics to load ill show you them . not working for me at the moment
 
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barry I would be detecting for gold nuggets if I was in Arizona theres some hot spots down your way :popcorn:
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I know several guys who are prospecting hobbyist here , they find dust and some fine bits, but nothing noteworthy that I've ever heard of, the guys who are really striking gold are the ones selling the prospecting equipment:sarcastic:
 
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