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    Awesome hunt last night! :)

    Hey guys I went back to the place where I dug the morgan for an evening hunt until it started raining. This place is hunted out very well.... my first find was a navy button I missed before and my second was a reallllly low signal and out pops a ball button.... it's a special one though as it's a ZOUAVE ball button from the Civil War!!! Booyah! I head into the house next door to the 1870 house (I have permission at both) and got a few wheats then I get another memorial penny signal and this time it's not a memorial... it's a 64 Rosie! Silver! Sweet. Then it got dark and I hunted an area I hunted a lot... I get an iron signal with a high tone ... out pops my OLDEST wheat - a 1910!!! really good shape. Then I get another signal in the same hole and it's Indian head #26 from this property! A 1906! Sweet!!! After a while I wandered around looking for signals. I finally get back to the house next door and it's dark so I can't see any numbers but I'm getting a mid and a high tone at the same signal... I was expecting a wheatie but nooo I felt a huge chunk of lead at 6" a beautiful Minnie ball!!! Sweet!!! That was surprising! :D So yeah then it started raining! Awesome hunt I'm so pleased . Thanks for looking! Good luck and happy hunting y'all!



































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    silver, wheats, IH and civil war items. Another great hunt

    Getting 26 IH's from one property is fantastic.
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    Issac, those ball buttons are hard to come by around here...and in one piece?! Nice all-around hunt! Keep it up!
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    Ball button is sweet
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    Great hunt for sure!
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    Nice Zouave button! I really like the token. If it is aluminum a SOS pad will clean it up nicely.
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    That is a great bunch of finds. I have never seen a button like that before. . Awesome
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    Nice hunt and nice pictures
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bell-Two View Post
    Nice Zouave button! I really like the token. If it is aluminum a SOS pad will clean it up nicely.
    Thanks for the advice! I scratched the other side pretty bad.

    Quote Originally Posted by Lodge Scent View Post
    Great hunt for sure!
    Thanks L.S.!

    Quote Originally Posted by CTTodd View Post
    Ball button is sweet
    Thanks Todd, HH

    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    Issac, those ball buttons are hard to come by around here...and in one piece?! Nice all-around hunt! Keep it up!
    Thanks Drew I was really surprised when I saw that in the hole! HH
    Quote Originally Posted by aloldstuff View Post
    silver, wheats, IH and civil war items. Another great hunt

    Getting 26 IH's from one property is fantastic.
    thanks Al! Appreciate it, 26 Indians is mind blowing, especially since I haven't gotten a single coin from the same era higher than a penny. (no v nickel, seated, barber)

    Quote Originally Posted by GKman View Post
    Nice hunt and nice pictures
    Thank you Gary! HH!
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    Just only can reapeat all the said. Great finds and pictures. Congrats.


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    nice hunt Isaac
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    Crazy spot, Isaac!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vito View Post
    Just only can reapeat all the said. Great finds and pictures. Congrats.
    Thanks Vito!! Appreciate it!

    Quote Originally Posted by HEAVYMETALNUT View Post
    nice hunt Isaac
    Thanks Dave! HH!

    Quote Originally Posted by kray View Post
    Crazy spot, Isaac!
    Thanks Ray! HH. I also noticed you're from Centreville VA, only a few minutes from me... maybe we could possibly get together for a hunt sometime?
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    the minnie ball and the ball button will be a nice addition to a display Isaac , congrats on the wheaties and token too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    the minnie ball and the ball button will be a nice addition to a display Isaac , congrats on the wheaties and token too!

    Thanks Dan! Went out on Sunday and got two more civil war bullets and a piece of a native american scraper in really thick weeds (in southern VA in a 45 minute hunt)
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