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    Little better Pequot hunt

    Had a better Pequot hunt today, as we started to redo some areas near the village site that we did a couple of years ago. No bug bites today either Ended up with 10 small round ball and 2 identical small buttons and some other nice lead pieces, on that may be a form of decoration. Mike H did well with his PI unit too, getting a good amount of scrap brass (some holed) and a couple of small round ball. Long hunt but a gorgeous day.


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    good job and ya didn't lose anything!
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    Nice going George ! 10 balls eh , sounds like the name of an Indian Chief .
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    That sounds like a lot of targets. Did you guys hammer this place in the past? I know you and Dan have picked up some new weapons (detectors) recently.
    Just wondering if you think the new finds are attributed to the new machine? Or your just still cleaning up the site i.e; "no place is hunted out"?
    Still some interesting finds George
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    Are the buttons from the time period your looking for?
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    A lot of round balls. Are they the size commonly used back then? Glad to see that the site is still producing. Has it been decided if there are different areas you guys are going to go to? Inquiring minds need to know......
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    Congrats on being so persistent and thorough while these May seem to be small items all such finds enhance the story of these sites!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ill Digger View Post
    Did you guys hammer this place in the past?
    Just wondering if you think the new finds are attributed to the new machine? Or your just still cleaning up the site i.e; "no place is hunted out"?

    Are the buttons from the time period your looking for?
    We hit that fields hard a couple of years ago, when the brush was cleared for us . But no one was using any pulse machines back then. We all struggled finding the larger caliber round balls with our E Tracs and DFX's, some as shallow as 4". The small shot was out of the question for those machines under those conditions.

    Quote Originally Posted by aloldstuff View Post
    A lot of round balls. Are they the size commonly used back then? Glad to see that the site is still producing. Has it been decided if there are different areas you guys are going to go to? Inquiring minds need to know......
    Information is scare from that time period and sayings like "a certain amount of large shot and small shot was given out" may be the only reference to what was being used. But there was no stopping each individual of bringing their own supply. If I were going away to battle a long way from home, I would bring it all We are going to start a new northern area next week, as landowner permissions were secured. This is where the trail may go cold until the next ambush. So we shall see if anything is dropped in-between battles. But I'm fairly confident the PI units will pull something out. Hopefully it won't just be shot gun shells and 22 slugs
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    Very cool. Can't wait to see what may be found there.
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