Thanks for sharing some great adventures my first machine was a Garrett ground hog back in 78 enjoyed watching you guys pull out the good stuff I know how it feels 😁👍
Hey TD89--yep I finally escaped! LOL Appreciate you dropping in and posting up a comment! Been fortunate to find a few goodies in my new State! Hope to continue to get out a bit more! Take Care!
I found a Canon ball near fort Oglethorpe Georgia about thirty years ago still have I wasn't even looking i was dipping where an old building stood and found it it's in remarkable condition
Thanks Steven, Appreciate you stopping by and checking out a few of the videos! That was a fun video to put together! Even more fun finding it all!! LOL
Thanks 👍 Appreciate the comment FwF !! Just our turn I guess! Been very fortunate lately but also know it can turn off very quickly so just appreciating it while it lasts!!
You got that right Joe! Appreciate you stopping by and thank you for the comment! Gotta get em when you can! LOL This spot will be homes before you know it.
Thanks for the info. I know Leonard and he is absolutely the best-- a bit slow but the best!! He has done a couple restorations for us!! His silver Miner Medallion is from one of our buckles! Thx for dropping in!
Hey Chris--thanks for the view and the comment. I hear stories of the old days!! Unfortunately I wasn't in VA during those times! I'm just trying to find a few leftovers!! Happy Easter!
Hey Ron awesome hunt, y'all racked it up on the Confederate buttons and all the other stuff,I enjoyed the video. Looking forward to seeing your next video. Merry Christmas my friend
Thanks Terry-always happy to see you drop in and post up a comment! We had a blast the last few weeks but all good things come to an end-or at least slow down a bit. I should have another video with a few decent goodies soon. Maybe not 10 confederate buttons but a neat tidbit or two! Merry Christmas to you and the family!!
Hey David, its not only you. I too am amazed that you can still get on hot spots that have not been pounded to death. Long story on this site that maybe I can share someday. Thanks for dropping in and taking the time to post up a comment!
Nice! I have a Louisiana Tiger Rosette with a pelican on it, I have never seen another one like it. The Tigers crossed my property to a big battle and they also fought here on my land but I found the rosette over a mile away. I have found a lifetime of stuff in a little over 2 years. My collection even amazes me.
Hey Marvin--Thanks so much for the comment and thanks for the view!! I enjoy reading and replying to the comments! Just another fun aspect of the hobby and CZcams!! Another benefit of a small channel. I can stay active with the viewers.
Thanks James! Appreciate the view and the comment! Trying to get out as much as possible since Sept. Been pretty fortunate with some permission and friends inviting us to good sites!
Thanks again Rob!! We have been fortunate on the last few hunts but not sure we will have access to that site again. Fun while it lasted tho!! Appreciate the view and comment!
Man awesome video and has got to be fun to be in an area to dig cw stuff let alone Confederates stuff often. I get lucky every now and then and find some cw stuff at homesite but not like that man. Awesome stuff keep it up
Right on Dewey!! We are just in a lucky spot. I don't expect this to continue for long. But I just enjoy the hobby so as long as I am digging I am having fun. Won't lie tho--fun to dig confederate stuff!! hahaha
Nice video with some great finds. Wondering if you have done research on the area of your findings. Perhaps a battle was fought there or maybe our confederate brothers had an encampment there or the like. It would be great if you could tie some additional history to the treasure trove of your findings
Hey Kevin, I am now in the Richmond VA area. The entire area was a "battlefield" When I moved here and asked where I should hunt people just told me ANYWHERE!! This particular area is inside the Richmond defenses so mostly Confederate stuff in this area. A known Confederate encampment. Was fortunate to get on it but all good things must come to an end I guess! Thanks for the comment.
Nice I need to invest in a metal detector since I live in NC and there's stuff everywhere, and I've spent a good amount of money on buttons, but worth it.
Hey John, Thanks for stopping by and posting up a comment! Go for it my man! It is a great hobby! Especially if you know locals where you can get permissions. Get a few good permission and then call me!! hahahaha !! I'm in Charlotte 1-2 time a month.
@@RonSwensonRelicAdventures I live by Bennett place in Durham and was even thinking all those surrounding woods solider had to march through, there might be something somewhere, were people camped out during the last signing of the Civil War, then Hillsborough would be a cool spot a lot of history there, I have the NC military institute button of Charlotte, ran by DH hill it's a cool one I did a video on it
you guys are the only hunters that seem sad when u dig a civil war eagle button maybe their not as cool as I think they are just a little confused God bless you guys and your families my friends
Hey Mike, I apologize for being a relic snob!! It is all a mindset based on where we are. We have been hunting a confederate site so hoping for that confederate brass and the union stuff is a bit of a let down in this site. I know it is pretty bad to act disappointed. But put me in a Union site and I am expecting Eagle buttons and then they are more exciting. Kind of like digging a modern silver in a colonial site. I love silver regardless but just hoping for older silvers! Guess we come off as spoiled at times!! Will try to be a bit less of a relic snob because any Civil War button or relics is a great score! Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by and taking the time to post up a comment.!!
@@RonSwensonRelicAdventures buddy I didn't mean to make you think I thought you was a relic snob I just thought maybe they just was more common than the other ones I would never judge u like that but ty for taking the time to explain it to me I really did enjoy your video and u now have a new subscriber ty again and God bless you and your family my friend
Hey teaberry. Thanks for stopping by. Nothing wrong with Eagle buttons when you are in a Union site. But we were in a known confederate camp so an Eagle button is a bit of a let down there. Still fun to find and a great relic but just the wrong button for the site we were in. Lol
Just curious....why don't you first spray those buttons and other finds with water to loosen the dirt rather than brushing them. Seems to me the water would help reveal the detail better than the scrub.
Thanks for the view and question. I guess I’m just set in my ways. Everyone has their secret for field cleaning. Special sprays. Extra water jug just for cleaning. I just brush off the dirt best I can. Plus sometime I don’t like adding extra moisture to a relic that has just been exposed to air. Don’t have the scientific explanation but just is what it is I guess. Thanks again for stopping by
@@RonSwensonRelicAdventures I'd never thought that adding moisture to an old relic might be harmful to it but that's a good thing to consider. I live in a Gulf state and I don't know of any battle sites around here that aren't on the register of historic places and none of the old homesites I've searched had anything more than trash and old broken iron so, you are fortunate to be able to hunt old campsites and skirmish sites. Fortunate indeed.
Hey Richard -congrats on the D2. Thanks for dropping by! I built several programs using the GENERAL as the foundation program. If you run general and adjust the reactivity based on the amount of iron or trash in your site you should be fine. Don't be afraid to run 0 reactivity in low trash areas. It is the deepest. Then increase reactivity based on the amount of trash. I personally have never run more than 3 reactivity in my sites and still get fantastic separation. I run 0 disc and a iron volume of 2. I like to hear the iron. But you can run 5-10 disc and not lose any performance. I run full tones. Just like to hear the variation. personal preference. The preset programs will work fin if you select General or Park. If hunting deep silver coins you can just run Deep HC. That can get a bit chirpy as the soil setting on that is 1 I think. I run mine at 2 to silence the ground down a bit. Check out Gary on XPmetaldetectors (CZcams) videos on every aspect of the Deus and D2. Good Luck.
Hey Brandon--Thanks for stopping by. A lot of people were late to the party. I was late to the party but managed a few goodies!! People had been out there for 6 months prior to us getting permission for a few days.
Hey BSPF!! Cameron might be using a version of the CH programs but I have tweaked my own over the years using a different base program. I think they are all pretty similar but some of the programs utilize the frequencies a little different. Thanks for dropping in!!
Hey VetDetect. I have not done a head to head with the CTX and the Deus2. Mark and I did plenty of testing with the original deus tho and obviously the Deus separated better even vs the 6" coil on the CTX. But feel the CTX (coil for coil) was a deeper machine with better ID at depth. However, I have found that the D2 does a great job of VDI at depth. Much better than the original Deus. I have moved to the 11" coil on eh D2 and in the soil I hunt get some really good depth. The minelabs were always good in the mineralized CA soil but I am seeing good depth with the D2 here. Cant say it is any deeper than the original Deus but it does have better ID. And the D2 is 1/3 the weight of the CTX so that alone is a big part of me using it. 20+ years of the heavy minelab tanks has taken a toll on my shoulder!! LOL Dug a pile of stuff with em tho!!
sorry bud! You are always after that big gold nugget. Forgot to pack it and place it on this trip. I will try to do better and drop a big nuggie in the hole on the next video!!
Hey Tin foil you and man bun need to quit diggin up all the beautiful archaeological sites bub! What you think you can move from california to VA, and think you can just steal the history of the peoples 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 lmao. Good job fellas looking good
Damn-- you found me. Now I have to change the name of the channel again! Hope all is well with you Jerimo! When I moved, you must have lost the number I kept and have had for the last 15 years!! 😁
Please tell us about these find. What the heck is an “I”. Remember, you gottaset up context to your viewers. Are you even trying to communicate with viewers when you made this video? Obviously not. Exiting out therefore
Ok see ya later!! Part of the fun in research. Google I button and you will learn a lot more than what I can explain in a video. I just do this for fun and if you don't have fun watching my vids then go find one of the other 10K CZcamsrs showing detecting finds! Your not hurting my feelings none! PS: I is for Infantry, A is for Artillery, C is for Cavalry, R is for Rifleman, TY is for Thank You for stopping by and GB is for Good Bye. GL is for Good Luck finding what you like and understand.
What the heck is in a button? It appears that you guys are not making any effort to communicate with the viewers. You are not telling us the context of the fines you’re not telling us a little bit of the history of the location you’re at you’re not even talking to us. I am exiting out they blocking channel. No viewers in mind as you made this.
You're crushing it like Rosie O'Donnell sitting a bag of potato chips...they're gonna kick you out of Virginia. It's about time you write an article for American Digger Magazine, a good title would be 'Escape From California.'
hahahaha Those chips are now potato flour!! I like that Title!! I wrote a few articles for W&E Treasures back in the day. Enjoyed that too!! Now ya got me thinking!! Thanks for dropping in and taking a peek at the goodies!!
Thanks for sharing some great adventures my first machine was a
Garrett ground hog back in 78 enjoyed watching you guys pull out the good stuff I know how it feels 😁👍
Glad you enjoyed it, Appreciate you taking the time to post up a nice comment!
Good stuff fellers
Thx a ton BirdDogg. Appreciate you stopping by and posting up a comment.
Wow! What a permission!
Great finds, great variety of bucket list buttons! Congrats!
Thanks a bunch HR for the view and the comment! Was a fun couple weeks. Site access is slowing so on to new sites! Take Care!
Just amazing 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks Steven Appreciate you taking the time to take a peek and post a comment!!
YOU LUCKY DOG... YOU MOVED OUTTA KALIFORNIA.... YOU SURE BEEN FINDING SOME SWEET RELICS
Hey TD89--yep I finally escaped! LOL Appreciate you dropping in and posting up a comment! Been fortunate to find a few goodies in my new State! Hope to continue to get out a bit more! Take Care!
Love all them Buttons. Haven't really seen to many Confederate Buttons before. Thank you for sharing your finds. Love the Silver Coins also. Take Care
Thanks CD!! That was a fun few days!! Love seeing those old buttons pop out but I agree a Silver Flash is exciting!!
A true Button vid ,,, Unreal
Thanks or the view and the comment!
I found a Canon ball near fort Oglethorpe Georgia about thirty years ago still have I wasn't even looking i was dipping where an old building stood and found it it's in remarkable condition
Thanks for dropping in and congrats on your great find! Always a rush to find a great relic!
Saving history, one button at a time. Great hunt you guys, keep up the beep, good luck and happy hunting
Thanks a lot Jason! Appreciate you taking the time to post up a comment! We are doing our best to save a little history!
Thats cool bringing history back to life. Some really great finds.
Thanks Steven, Appreciate you stopping by and checking out a few of the videos! That was a fun video to put together! Even more fun finding it all!! LOL
What a hunt you two those are some awesome finds 👍🦀
Thanks 👍 Appreciate the comment FwF !! Just our turn I guess! Been very fortunate lately but also know it can turn off very quickly so just appreciating it while it lasts!!
Killer buttons, Ron! That is a good area you are hunting for sure!
Thanks Michael! Appreciate the view and the comment.! We were fortunate to get in on a good site.
Congrats to both of y’all! I know one thing! Y’all are in one hell of a spot!!! Must be nice, is all I can say!!
You got that right Joe! Appreciate you stopping by and thank you for the comment! Gotta get em when you can! LOL This spot will be homes before you know it.
Nice finds Ron, my friend Leonard Short in Christiansburg is the best for restoring damaged relics if you need that button restored...GLHH
Thanks for the info. I know Leonard and he is absolutely the best-- a bit slow but the best!! He has done a couple restorations for us!! His silver Miner Medallion is from one of our buckles! Thx for dropping in!
supper great dig, reminds me of the good days
Hey Chris--thanks for the view and the comment. I hear stories of the old days!! Unfortunately I wasn't in VA during those times! I'm just trying to find a few leftovers!! Happy Easter!
Hey Ron awesome hunt, y'all racked it up on the Confederate buttons and all the other stuff,I enjoyed the video. Looking forward to seeing your next video. Merry Christmas my friend
Thanks Terry-always happy to see you drop in and post up a comment! We had a blast the last few weeks but all good things come to an end-or at least slow down a bit. I should have another video with a few decent goodies soon. Maybe not 10 confederate buttons but a neat tidbit or two! Merry Christmas to you and the family!!
@@RonSwensonRelicAdventures Thank you my friend
It's incredible (to me, at least) that there can be so many buttons still out there after all these years. What an epic hunt.
Hey David, its not only you. I too am amazed that you can still get on hot spots that have not been pounded to death. Long story on this site that maybe I can share someday. Thanks for dropping in and taking the time to post up a comment!
Nice! I have a Louisiana Tiger Rosette with a pelican on it, I have never seen another one like it. The Tigers crossed my property to a big battle and they also fought here on my land but I found the rosette over a mile away. I have found a lifetime of stuff in a little over 2 years. My collection even amazes me.
Thanks for the view and congrats on some great finds and a great collection.
Great Hunts and finds Ron.
Hey Marvin--Thanks so much for the comment and thanks for the view!! I enjoy reading and replying to the comments! Just another fun aspect of the hobby and CZcams!! Another benefit of a small channel. I can stay active with the viewers.
good to see you on the fields again. good luck hunting!
Thanks James! Appreciate the view and the comment! Trying to get out as much as possible since Sept. Been pretty fortunate with some permission and friends inviting us to good sites!
awesome@@RonSwensonRelicAdventures
Hell yeah! I need to visit down there next vacation
Hey Kevin--thanks for dropping in and for posting a comment! Plenty of goodies still hiding out there! Take Care!
Great finds
Thanks Harold. Appreciate you dropping by!!
awesome as always!
Thanks again Rob!! We have been fortunate on the last few hunts but not sure we will have access to that site again. Fun while it lasted tho!! Appreciate the view and comment!
Casper here Ron...very nice hunt/vid
Nice to see you getting out....keep it up 👍
Hey Casper. Great to hear from you. Hope all is well in your world! Appreciate the view and the comment. Drop by again! Take care buddy!
Man awesome video and has got to be fun to be in an area to dig cw stuff let alone Confederates stuff often. I get lucky every now and then and find some cw stuff at homesite but not like that man. Awesome stuff keep it up
Right on Dewey!! We are just in a lucky spot. I don't expect this to continue for long. But I just enjoy the hobby so as long as I am digging I am having fun. Won't lie tho--fun to dig confederate stuff!! hahaha
Nice! I need to try and go find some civ now that I live out here.
Hey Chris, worth looking into. Civil War, Rev War and Colonial. All kids of options! Good luck and thanks for dropping by
Man, ya'll are on em! I may come on over and dig for you. Haha
Hey luka-- a personal digger doesn't sound too bad! Thanks for dropping by and for the great comment!!
Nice video with some great finds. Wondering if you have done research on the area of your findings. Perhaps a battle was fought there or maybe our confederate brothers had an encampment there or the like. It would be great if you could tie some additional history to the treasure trove of your findings
Hey Kevin, I am now in the Richmond VA area. The entire area was a "battlefield" When I moved here and asked where I should hunt people just told me ANYWHERE!! This particular area is inside the Richmond defenses so mostly Confederate stuff in this area. A known Confederate encampment. Was fortunate to get on it but all good things must come to an end I guess! Thanks for the comment.
AWESOME
Thanks Jerimy. Appreciate you dropping by and posting up a comment!
Nice I need to invest in a metal detector since I live in NC and there's stuff everywhere, and I've spent a good amount of money on buttons, but worth it.
Hey John, Thanks for stopping by and posting up a comment! Go for it my man! It is a great hobby! Especially if you know locals where you can get permissions. Get a few good permission and then call me!! hahahaha !! I'm in Charlotte 1-2 time a month.
@@RonSwensonRelicAdventures I live by Bennett place in Durham and was even thinking all those surrounding woods solider had to march through, there might be something somewhere, were people camped out during the last signing of the Civil War, then Hillsborough would be a cool spot a lot of history there, I have the NC military institute button of Charlotte, ran by DH hill it's a cool one I did a video on it
piles of history all over. I just got back from a SC trip. I dug a button from 4 wars! Pretty bad ass. Get out and dig!
you guys are the only hunters that seem sad when u dig a civil war eagle button maybe their not as cool as I think they are just a little confused God bless you guys and your families my friends
Hey Mike, I apologize for being a relic snob!! It is all a mindset based on where we are. We have been hunting a confederate site so hoping for that confederate brass and the union stuff is a bit of a let down in this site. I know it is pretty bad to act disappointed. But put me in a Union site and I am expecting Eagle buttons and then they are more exciting. Kind of like digging a modern silver in a colonial site. I love silver regardless but just hoping for older silvers! Guess we come off as spoiled at times!! Will try to be a bit less of a relic snob because any Civil War button or relics is a great score! Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by and taking the time to post up a comment.!!
@@RonSwensonRelicAdventures buddy I didn't mean to make you think I thought you was a relic snob I just thought maybe they just was more common than the other ones I would never judge u like that but ty for taking the time to explain it to me I really did enjoy your video and u now have a new subscriber ty again and God bless you and your family my friend
All good Mike. Appreciate the reply and the sub!!
Fantastic! But, what's wrong with the eagle buttons?
Hey teaberry. Thanks for stopping by. Nothing wrong with Eagle buttons when you are in a Union site. But we were in a known confederate camp so an Eagle button is a bit of a let down there. Still fun to find and a great relic but just the wrong button for the site we were in. Lol
Just curious....why don't you first spray those buttons and other finds with water to loosen the dirt rather than brushing them. Seems to me the water would help reveal the detail better than the scrub.
Thanks for the view and question. I guess I’m just set in my ways. Everyone has their secret for field cleaning. Special sprays. Extra water jug just for cleaning. I just brush off the dirt best I can. Plus sometime I don’t like adding extra moisture to a relic that has just been exposed to air. Don’t have the scientific explanation but just is what it is I guess. Thanks again for stopping by
@@RonSwensonRelicAdventures I'd never thought that adding moisture to an old relic might be harmful to it but that's a good thing to consider. I live in a Gulf state and I don't know of any battle sites around here that aren't on the register of historic places and none of the old homesites I've searched had anything more than trash and old broken iron so, you are fortunate to be able to hunt old campsites and skirmish sites. Fortunate indeed.
Hey Gents...
I just recently bought a Deus 2 and was wondering what program you were running and which settings in that program ? RT, Rich
Hey Richard -congrats on the D2. Thanks for dropping by!
I built several programs using the GENERAL as the foundation program. If you run general and adjust the reactivity based on the amount of iron or trash in your site you should be fine. Don't be afraid to run 0 reactivity in low trash areas. It is the deepest. Then increase reactivity based on the amount of trash. I personally have never run more than 3 reactivity in my sites and still get fantastic separation.
I run 0 disc and a iron volume of 2. I like to hear the iron. But you can run 5-10 disc and not lose any performance.
I run full tones. Just like to hear the variation. personal preference.
The preset programs will work fin if you select General or Park. If hunting deep silver coins you can just run Deep HC. That can get a bit chirpy as the soil setting on that is 1 I think. I run mine at 2 to silence the ground down a bit.
Check out Gary on XPmetaldetectors (CZcams) videos on every aspect of the Deus and D2.
Good Luck.
I know where this is.. went there about 2 months ago..thousands of dig holes.. I was late to the party.
Hey Brandon--Thanks for stopping by. A lot of people were late to the party. I was late to the party but managed a few goodies!! People had been out there for 6 months prior to us getting permission for a few days.
Nice work guys, you using JJ’s deep program??
Hey BSPF!! Cameron might be using a version of the CH programs but I have tweaked my own over the years using a different base program. I think they are all pretty similar but some of the programs utilize the frequencies a little different. Thanks for dropping in!!
How does the Deus 2 compare to the Ctx in your opinion?
Hey VetDetect. I have not done a head to head with the CTX and the Deus2. Mark and I did plenty of testing with the original deus tho and obviously the Deus separated better even vs the 6" coil on the CTX. But feel the CTX (coil for coil) was a deeper machine with better ID at depth. However, I have found that the D2 does a great job of VDI at depth. Much better than the original Deus. I have moved to the 11" coil on eh D2 and in the soil I hunt get some really good depth. The minelabs were always good in the mineralized CA soil but I am seeing good depth with the D2 here. Cant say it is any deeper than the original Deus but it does have better ID.
And the D2 is 1/3 the weight of the CTX so that alone is a big part of me using it. 20+ years of the heavy minelab tanks has taken a toll on my shoulder!! LOL Dug a pile of stuff with em tho!!
What?
No 3 gold ounces???👈
sorry bud! You are always after that big gold nugget. Forgot to pack it and place it on this trip. I will try to do better and drop a big nuggie in the hole on the next video!!
Hey Tin foil you and man bun need to quit diggin up all the beautiful archaeological sites bub! What you think you can move from california to VA, and think you can just steal the history of the peoples 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 lmao. Good job fellas looking good
Damn-- you found me. Now I have to change the name of the channel again! Hope all is well with you Jerimo! When I moved, you must have lost the number I kept and have had for the last 15 years!! 😁
Please tell us about these find. What the heck is an “I”. Remember, you gottaset up context to your viewers. Are you even trying to communicate with viewers when you made this video? Obviously not. Exiting out therefore
Ok see ya later!! Part of the fun in research. Google I button and you will learn a lot more than what I can explain in a video. I just do this for fun and if you don't have fun watching my vids then go find one of the other 10K CZcamsrs showing detecting finds! Your not hurting my feelings none! PS: I is for Infantry, A is for Artillery, C is for Cavalry, R is for Rifleman, TY is for Thank You for stopping by and GB is for Good Bye. GL is for Good Luck finding what you like and understand.
What the heck is in a button? It appears that you guys are not making any effort to communicate with the viewers. You are not telling us the context of the fines you’re not telling us a little bit of the history of the location you’re at you’re not even talking to us. I am exiting out they blocking channel. No viewers in mind as you made this.
Jay sorry you have your own issues to deal with. I wish you the very best. What is a button? that is a first for me!!
You're crushing it like Rosie O'Donnell sitting a bag of potato chips...they're gonna kick you out of Virginia. It's about time you write an article for American Digger Magazine, a good title would be 'Escape From California.'
hahahaha Those chips are now potato flour!! I like that Title!! I wrote a few articles for W&E Treasures back in the day. Enjoyed that too!! Now ya got me thinking!! Thanks for dropping in and taking a peek at the goodies!!