I am relaunching the bobbymcbrideblog to reflect my most passionate passion. METAL DETECTING! I recently moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee and have been blown away by the history here. Major civil war battles and skirmishes happened on …
Read the full story »PICTURES OF MY DUG CIVIL WAR RELICS
PICTURES OF COINS AND BUTTONS DUG BY ME
STORIES, TIPS, AND INFO ON METAL DETECTING
RESEARCHING HUNT SITES AND IDing FINDS
I OCCASIONALLY HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS…..
THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY MAIN METAL DETECTING EQUIPTMENT. THE DETECTORS. THE DETECTOR ON THE LEFT IS THE MINELAB EXPLORER SE PRO. THE MINELAB IS AN UNBELIEVABLE SILVER AND COIN DETECTOR. ON THE RIGHT IS THE FISHER F75 SE. THE F75 IS PRIMARILY A RELIC MACHINE WHICH EXCELS IN PASTURES, FIELDS, AND OTHER WIDE OPEN SPACES. EITHER OF THESE MACHINES CAN BE USED IN EITHER APPLICATION BUT THEY ARE IN THEIR MAIN ELEMENT USED AS I DESCRIBE ABOVE. BOTH ARE FANTASTIC TOP-END MACHINES.
I FOUND THIS .69 CALIBER MINIEBALL TODAY AT MY UNION CAMP WHERE THERE WERE MANY SKIRMISHES BETWEEN THE ARMIES OF GEN ROSENCRANS AND GEN BRAGG AND THEIR CAVALRY. UNREAL! A DEAD CENTER IMPACT! I FIND …
HERE, FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, IS A PICTURE OF MY DEEP COIN/SMALL AREA METAL DETECTOR. THE MINELAB EXPLORER SE PRO. IT IS EQUIPPED WITH THE SUNRAY X-1 INLINE TARGET PROBE AND THE PRO-TECTOR THREE PIECE DETECTOR COVER. …
THIS CIVIL WAR BUTTON IS A BEAUT! THIS IS A (SLIGHTLY DENTED) TWO-PIECE UNION GENERAL SERVICE BUTTON IN SHIRT SIZE (THEY ARE FOUND IN ’CUFF’, ‘SHIRT’ AND ‘COAT’ SIZES. THE GENERAL SERVICE BUTTON OF THIS TYPE WAS FIRST …
With the goings on at the Stone’s River Battlefield celebrating the 149 year anniversary of the battle I wasn’t able to detect today. Bummer. It was an unreal 60 degrees and perfect for being out digging. …
