Photo by Joe Robbins Photo by Joe Robbins
Confederate Infantry, Eagle US belt plate with bits of leather Massachusetts button shown Confederate Infantry, Eaglecast SCUS belt attached plate withjuts bitsfrom of leather Infantry, and solid the side of Massachusetts a button shown Butch seconds after publisher Infantry,button and solid cast SC Rind. attachedpitjuts from thebyside a dug by Cory excavated JoeofRobbins. seconds after publisher Butch it. Holcombe recovered button dug by Cory Rind. pit excavated by Joe Robbins. Holcombe recovered it. quest. We decided to hunt another part of the property a CS belt plate while digging a pit. Or so he thought. anddecided I was not dugproperty up a nice sized Apparently, while Streaka was of his dig quest. We to disappointed hunt another when part ofI the a CS belt plate while digging pit. helping Or so hea buddy thought. piece artillery shell. The guys to be much another pitStreak about 30 yards away, Craig Williams and I was not of disappointed when I dug upfound a niceitsized Apparently, while was helping a buddy of his digplanted a exciting did, found as I was fakeCraig ceramic CS plate in theasidewall piece ofmore artillery shell.than The Iguys it to be much another pit about 30 yards away, Williams planted still in search of a buckle. of Streak’s hole and, while waiting more exciting than I did, as I was fake ceramic CS plate in the sidewall Atoftimes, as I stood at the top of for hole Streakand, to while return,waiting told everyone still in search a buckle. of Streak’s some as of Ithe hillsatlooking in the vicinitytold what he had done. At times, stood the top out of across for Streak to return, everyone the now tranquil farmland, I would be When Streak got back to his pit to some of the hills looking out across in the vicinity what he had done. with emotion continue he pit sawto the CS the now overcome tranquil farmland, I would visualizing be When Streak got digging, back to his thewith sceneemotion that hadvisualizing taken place there jumped overcome continueplate, digging, he out saw ofthehisCShole and so that many the bullets did a very the scene hadyears takenago place there plate, jumped out impressive of his holehappy and dance. Randy McMahon asked him to put so manyflying yearsand agomen falling the bulletsand only did a very impressive happy dance. imagining the pain and they it on the ground flying and men falling andsuffering only Randy McMahon asked so himhetocould put hear it endured. silence and his machine, thenhear replied imagining the painMy andmoments sufferingofthey it on thewith ground so he could it that it Brad Upp dug six curry combs meditation were broken only by the didn’t give a reading. Streak endured. My moments of silence and with his machine, then replied that itwhipped sound of broken the howling wind outahis Garrett probewhipped to check it and Brad Upp curry combs in a dug pit. six In the same hole was a give meditation were only by the or Ron didn’t reading. Streak on the radio. then realized that he’d been sound ofcalling the howling wind or Ron out his Garrett probe to check it andhad. in a pit.bottle, In the same hole was a a horse shoe, and a horse’s In the good spirit of detecting Streak, along with many others, calling on the radio. bottle, a horse shoe, and a horse’s leg bone. Photo by Perry Olingerthen realized that he’d been had. withgood friends andofthedetecting fact that it wasleg bone. Photo by Perry Olinger endured In the spirit Streak, alongsuch with good manynatured others, ribbing Apriland Fool’s Day,that there were some to be inribbing abundance on with friends the fact it was endured that suchseemed good natured great pranks played on fellow hunters. One incident April 1. My husband, Ron, quite the prankster April Fool’s Day, there were some that seemed to be in abundance onhimself, happened to veteran diggerhunters. Kim “Streak” Cox, who found various fake tickets around the great pranks played on fellow One incident April 1. “lost” My husband, Ron, winning quite the lottery prankster himself, happened to veteran digger Kim “Streak” Cox, who found “lost” various fake winning lottery tickets around the
Joe Grabenstein was using Though it shines like gold when This tiny hand carved bone Joe Grabenstein using it shinesthis likeisgold whena glassThis tiny hand bone a White’s was V3 detector, butThough backlit, actually ring was carved eyeballed by Doug a White’s V3 detector, but when backlit, this is actually a glass eyeballed by Doug it made no difference bottle seal for “CH Old Mononring was Harris while digging a it madehenoeyeballed difference for “CH Monon and Harristrash while digging thiswhen sword belt bottle sealGahela RyeOld Whiskey,” pit in the Newa York / he eyeballedplate this in sword belt Gahelapicked Rye Whiskey,” and Smith. trash pit in the New Yorkcamp. / a washout. up by Brent Massachusetts plate in a washout. picked up by Brent Smith. Massachusetts camp.
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