3-8-10 "Holy Cow Batman ! Tim Garton and John Branstetter, of the
Springfield, Missouri, area been having too much fun ! " "That's right Robin,
but Commissioner Gordon has informed me that it's legal " Good Golly, all
I can tell you about their site is that they were abducted by aliens, and put
down in a field of hut or cabin holes, according to them, approximately 150
light years from anywhere, ANY of the rest of us diggers know about !!!
. . lol . . Well, that's their story, and they're sticking to it ! Pictures that
follow actually cover about 9 months of diggin off and on, but show an
amazing amount of Civil War Period items, including some top drawer
military items ! Portions of their site also seems to have had occupation
up to the 1880s, and they are throwing all that worthless "old junk" in
a box for me to give to "Helping Hands." Thanks Guys, I'm gonna have
.... errrrr..... I mean, They really appreciate it ! Awful lot of good fun
diggin in these pictures !
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| Nice Jeff Davis Hatpin |
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| Police Button |
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| Unusual Cast Brass Cavalry Rosette with stippled background, and no device ! |
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| Absolutely beautiful larger caliber Dimmick Bullet. They just don't get any prettier than this ! |
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| Nice Little Single Shot Pistol |
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| Several hard rubber combs, spur, variety of metal, glass, and bone buttons, pipe stems, and other miscellaneous items |
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| Nice Stamped Brass Tongue Disc to a 2-piece Militia Officer's Buckle . |
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| Several eating utensils, brass toe taps, pipe bowl and parts, pocket knife parts, umbrella part and more ! |
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| One of the best prizes in December, 2009, was this solid cast US Belt Plate ! This is the only authentic pattern of solid cast US, with the stippled background, and often associated with Ohio Troops ! |
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| Reverse of the "Ohio" US Plate, shows all three attachment hooks still intact ! |
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| Thanks a bunch to Tim Garton & John Branstetter, for sharing their Photos and Story ! |
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