My first U.S. favorite find for November is the Civil War era Cavalry Hat Pins (company B letter and crossed sabres), found by Tony F. from Colorado with his AT Gold.
Tony’s story: While searching a permission across the street from a confirmed civil war era Cavalry site, I was able to find a Company B letter and crossed sabres from a Cavalry issued hat. Both items were found in the same hole approximately 5 inches down. The Company B letter is in perfect condition and the sabres were slightly bent. For being in the Colorado ground for approximately 154 years, they are in beautiful condition. I found these two hat pins while using my Garrett AT Gold machine and my Garrett Pro-Pointer AT.
My second U.S. favorite find is the 1853 Type 1 $1 Gold Coin, found by Connor B. from Ohio with his AT Pro.
Connor’s story: My name is Connor Bennett. I am 12 years old. I have been detecting for 3 years. I do all of the research and found some old house sites on an 1875 Indiana map which is now a cornfield. This was the first time me and my dad had been back to this field this season. The day started off awesome with my first 3 cent nickel that I eyeballed on the surface. A couple of hours later I got a 49-50 signal thinking it was trash. But I dig everything 40 and up in this iron covered field. After seeing this gold coin pop out, I ran all the way across the field to hug my dad but he didn't believe me! I kinda feel guilty because people detect their whole life without finding a gold coin. I will never forget that day with my dad!
My third U.S. favorite find is the 1790’s George Washington Cufflink, found by Keith S. from Pennsylvania with his AT Max.
Keith’s story: I went detecting on November 10 at a permission that keeps on producing awesome relics. I had already found a few flat buttons and a three ringer when I got a faint signal. After I dug the plug I found this little cufflink but couldn't really see any design on it. This was the first cufflink I had ever dug so when I got home I cleaned it and saw it had something like a picture and I could read G Washington on it, so that's when I looked it up and found out what it was and how old it was. This is definitely the coolest thing I have ever found.
My fourth U.S. favorite find is the Kentucky Militia Civil War button circa 1850, found by Michael and Reese B. from Kentucky with their AT Max.
Michael’s story: I reinterred the hobby about a year and a half ago. I wanted a hobby to share with my youngest son who was 11 at the time. 600 hours and 85 permissions later we are obsessed and loving every minute spent together saving history.
On this particular day school happened to be out on a warm fall Monday. We had a wonderful permission at a Civil War General's mansion. No one lived there and we had a standing invitation to hunt whenever we wanted. We were honored to just be spending the day in such a beautiful and historic location. It didn't take us long to determine that the place had been hunted because there simply weren't any high tones. Our usual approach at a spot that had been hunted is to concentrate on nickel tones and think out side of the box.
In this case there was a small amount of wooded area separating our permission from the next property. The area was grown up and full of leaves and our first signal was an unimpressive 68 to 70. It was scratchy and iffy at best but you don't skip signals at a 250 year old permission. We popped a plug and dug down about another inch and saw gold! It only took a second for me to yell that I thought we had our first Civil War general service button! But as we gently continued cleaning it off I exclaimed that I thought it was a Kentucky Militia button! We had skipped right past general service button to what I considered the Holy Grail!
Our hearts were beating out of our chests so we took a break to do a little investigating on the internet. It turned out to be an 1850 manufactured Kentucky Militia button KBI from the Kentucky Military Institute! We could not have been happier. Thank you Garrett for your awesome products. Our AT Max never lets us down. We enjoy every minute of every day spent together in the field with the ghosts of history.
