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WINNER #1
My favorite find for July 2019 is the CSA Button, found by Matthew C. from TX with his AT-Max.
Matthew's story: A buddy of mine took me to a permission of his and we had started early to try and beat the heat. We hunted one spot for a while and had some good luck there. It started to get really hot and we decided to hop in the truck and catch some AC while we drove to another spot on the property before the heat became too much.
I was about 20 minutes into this new site when I got a sweet sounding high tone on my AT-Max. Now keep in mind the ground is hard as a rock and our shovels just weren't doing the trick so we were having to dig with a pick ax. As I started to dig I started to find large chunks of old bone (probably deer) and I was still getting a great signal and was thinking it was probably going to be a bullet. I got down to the bottom and saw what looked like a button and then I saw it was a CSA button I was so excited because I had never found one before because we just don't see stuff like that too often. We are confident with the other items we found that we might have found a confederate camp site. We both got a little over heated but we had a great time anyway. I can't wait to head back to that location maybe when the ground softens up a bit.
Matthew C. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
Matthew's story: A buddy of mine took me to a permission of his and we had started early to try and beat the heat. We hunted one spot for a while and had some good luck there. It started to get really hot and we decided to hop in the truck and catch some AC while we drove to another spot on the property before the heat became too much.
I was about 20 minutes into this new site when I got a sweet sounding high tone on my AT-Max. Now keep in mind the ground is hard as a rock and our shovels just weren't doing the trick so we were having to dig with a pick ax. As I started to dig I started to find large chunks of old bone (probably deer) and I was still getting a great signal and was thinking it was probably going to be a bullet. I got down to the bottom and saw what looked like a button and then I saw it was a CSA button I was so excited because I had never found one before because we just don't see stuff like that too often. We are confident with the other items we found that we might have found a confederate camp site. We both got a little over heated but we had a great time anyway. I can't wait to head back to that location maybe when the ground softens up a bit.
Matthew C. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
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WINNER #2
My second favorite find for July 2019 is the Civil War Era 7th Corps Badge made from a post-1853 Seated Dime, found by Jason O. from Minnesota with his AT Pro.
Jason's story: Went out to my heavily hit fields which was a site here in MN from the Sioux Uprising. Have been hunting these fields for a good 5 years now. Continued to a spot I have pulled some great items out of. Took my time and swung slow and low. Got a choppy upper 70s, and my ID, I would say it was about 4 inches down. Didn't think much of the piece at first but ended up having to take a break due to a storm rolling in. While sitting in my car did some brief research and turns out this is a Civil War era 7th Corps Badge made from a post-1853 Seated dime! You can see the stars and part of the date and arrows near the bottom.
Jason O. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
Jason's story: Went out to my heavily hit fields which was a site here in MN from the Sioux Uprising. Have been hunting these fields for a good 5 years now. Continued to a spot I have pulled some great items out of. Took my time and swung slow and low. Got a choppy upper 70s, and my ID, I would say it was about 4 inches down. Didn't think much of the piece at first but ended up having to take a break due to a storm rolling in. While sitting in my car did some brief research and turns out this is a Civil War era 7th Corps Badge made from a post-1853 Seated dime! You can see the stars and part of the date and arrows near the bottom.
Jason O. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
