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Thread: War of 1812 Relics...What a day!*picture Heavy*

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    War of 1812 Relics...What a day!*picture Heavy*

    Dave and I hunted 12 hours Saturday at three new Cellar holes. The day started off with a KGIII within the first 15 mins of swinging but for the next few hours, things really slowed down for me. The targets were scarce for me after the KG coin at the first cellar and when we moved on to the second site, we had to work very hard for our targets. We finally decided to move onto the 3rd site in the later hours of the day. This is when things really started to get exciting.

    My first target here was an Escutcheon musket plate and a KGII in the same hole. A little while after, I got a jumpy signal that was giving me more of a low button signal. Dug the hole and pulled out three buttons and a piece of iron. One of the buttons was the 1808-1830 Federal Artillery "Eagle and Cannon on High Ground". A few inches from that hole was another Artillery button, one piece convex Eagle button. Later on I got stopped in my tracks with a very high 90's VDI that I was thinking big flat iron. Dug 9-10 inches down and got a very ornate Sword Hilt and most likely War of 1812 due to the other pieces we were recovering. Dave had a great day as well and you bet we are heading back there.
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    I'm speechless right now! That artillery button is as much as you could ask for in a dug button and the sword guard is super cool! Nice coins too of course! HH!
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    Holy smokes Todd... you did incredible man!!! Love all the early militia buttons and ... well... everything congrats on recovering such fantastic pieces of early military history my friend
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    Wow, what finds you have there. Really enjoyed your pictures and congratulations to you.

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    Great hunt! That is a lot of buttons....and some beauties too !
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    That looks like one sweet spot. . You guys sure do put in the hours hunting those spots. Congrats.
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    Awesome hunt Y'all! Congrats and good providence on your next one!
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    beautiful saves! love the gold gilted Artillery button!
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    Yeah, that artillery button looks like it was in a museum.
    I don't recall anyone ever digging that many buttons.
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    Oh my what a collection of historic finds! Thank you so much for sharing them your finds, they inspire us! The button just draws my eye to it like a magnet! Wow!
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    Wow, what a cool bunch of finds. I can only imagine what it would be like gigging cool stuff like that. Very Cool
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    You killed it this weekend Love the early military finds. Awesome cellar hunt!
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    Wow, that artillery button is great with all that gilt and glory. The sword guard is cool too. Were the holes in the same area, or did you have to drive from site to site. Whether it is relevant or not I was just curious based upon how pounded the sites were. I almost thought Dave dug the gold button from FB. Nothing short about the amount of finds too.

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    you and Dave did very well , congrats on the super War of 1812 eagle & cannon button .
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    Sweet hunting Todd. To me that looks like 24 hours of detecting for only 12 hours of swinging. on all those keepers
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    Wow big day for sure love the buttons
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    Awesome finds as always Todd. Congrats! Can't wait to see the corresponding video!
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    Thank you everyone for commenting and having great things to say. Sorry I don't comment as much at the moment but due to very bust schedule in my life at the moment, it's very difficult to stay on top of things. BTW Drew, Dave dug 23 buttons in that one hole so I would say he dug more buttons on the day
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Digger View Post
    Awesome finds as always Todd. Congrats! Can't wait to see the corresponding video!
    The video is already uploaded on youTube Mr. Digger
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    Amazing 1812 Button find Todd! Love the gilt still on it. Bet lots of goodies to still be found.
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