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[hdcab]

Here are my finds for the first year of detecting. Thanks Tim, Kim, and Brent for your replys and anyone else who have replied to my "newby" posts. I found the bullet on Friday and it confirmed my hopes of having some type of CW activity on our family owned property.

The sling buckle was by an old homestead and I thought it could have been one those lucky isolated finds belonging to the inhabitats of the house late 1800's, and also the chance of the tent rope tensioner being a world war 1 or 2 artifact. But the bullet gives me more confidence that this area is much more interesting. I will be building a home here on this farm and these finds will keep me motivated to continue to pursue metal detecting here and in the area. The bullet was 6 in deep, and very faint "low Iron" id until I got dug deeper and it gave a nickel/ring Id. My Quantum 2 has been a good intro, but I might need something more. Any recomendations??

I took a better photo of the button, and I am pretty sure it is a WW2 military button. Previous owner of property mentioned "years ago" there was a training area here.

The bullet is probably a common union three ringer. The measurements are .50 wide and exactly an inch long. Will need a book for future ref.

Again thanks for your help, and any more info on the bullet or button would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bryan

 

[vegasharp]

Hey Bryan,

Well, you're hitting paydirt. Congratulations on these finds, the sling buckle is a gem.

Suggest that you research maps of your farm for camps, battles, movements, etc. A good source ( you may actually find it in a local library ) is The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, which was created by the Corp of Engineers to match up with the Official Records of the War of Rebellion, commonly referred to as the OR ( which should also be in the local library ) Also, the Smithsonian is placing a lot of Civil War maps on the web for downloading. The research itself can be quite rewarding.

Metal detectors: Lookout, this is a passionate topic among the gang ! I use a White's MXT, which is my second detector after my Fisher Excel. I still have the Fisher and still use it from time-to-time. The MXT is more expensive unit, with lot's of additional features. The Fisher was a mid-range priced unit that operated well but left a lot of the analysis of a signal up to me. You'll play the price/feature game for a while as you decide.

A lot of the gang have several detectors and use them all. All of the detector vendors have field trial reports that you can download from their websites. Plus there are a few authors that produce user guides and field trials as an independent effort.

Thanks for sharing the finds with us. Can't wait to see what you find next.

Rodney

 

[ripley rebel]

bryan,
Proud I could help. Hope you have contunued sucess. I use a fisher 1266 and 1270. Simple to use turn and run. The 1270 is better on discrimanation and the 1266 is maybe a little deeper. Depending on where I hunt will decide which machine I carry. Digger has a Tersoro and Nautilis. Keep posting the finds. I enjoy each one.
Tim