Hunt for the Old Camp

[Pastpursuits]

My goal this year was to do a better job researching metal detecting sites...so while studying some of my new history books I learned about an old camp site that was used as far back as the 1880's. I found out this camp is on public property owned by the city and was given the ok to metal detect it! Here are some of the pictures from my reference materials.

These pics got me going...I kept saying I NEED TO GO THERE!
I did a little recon on the place a few weeks ago and found a Merc and a few wheats but was not in right spot...lots of new trash and stuff from the 40's & 50's so on Sunday I enlisted the help of my nephew to cover more ground. I think we found it!!!

Above were my finds...a mix of old and new and the same for my nephew. I didn't show any of our trash but it was a 5 gallon pale full !!

Here are the two best coins my Indian and my nephews Barber dime

where have I seen these???? Civil War era???

Cool bottle stop...did not find the rest of the bottle...no cork to be found

I'm not sure on this one...old or new???

We sure did have a lot of fun and both of us are sore from digging! Good luck to everyone and if your spots start to dry out do some research !!

Happy Hunting !!!

[Noah]

Very cool! Curious who (title) of the person you asked permission. Gonna try and find more places to hunt this year too.

[Digger_O'Dell]

Very cool finds! Nice score on those coins.

[Fire Fighter 43]

Nice research and congrats on the great finds, WTG