November 4-6, Stoneman's Switch Fredericksburg, VA
On a chilly, wet November morning in VA, 125+ eager relic hunters took the field at the historic Stoneman's Switch...surface targets were abundant as well as the huts. Each hut that was dug, was catalogued for finds, measured for dimensions and features, marked for GPS coordinates, and flagged to be mapped by a surveyor. The rest is history...
Date(s): November 4-6, 2004. Album by Greg Toney. 1 - 42 of 42 Total. 14995 Visits.
1 Brad Hunt of VA and his first US belt plate.
2 Close-up of Brad Hunt's plate fresh out of the ground!
3 Kevin Ambrose digs a coat full of buttons.
4 3 bullets rest on the hut floor.
5 Troy Galloway and his Shadow do a little surface hunting.
6 What could possibly be drawing the attention of so many hunters?
7 Robert Smith of Virginia, proudly displays his small AVC box plate he dug from a Yankee hut.
8 Robert "Smitty" Smith of VA and his AVC plate.
9 Close-up of Robert Smith's AVC box plate.
10 Even the most experienced diggers are impressed! John Kendrick, Bob Buttafuso, Steve Mullinax, and Terry Fisher look on.
11 Ron Mitchell from Maryland, having a little fun by putting on eye black to show he was serious about getting some Civil War glass, dug his first...a small 12-sided ink.
12 Close-up of Ron's ink.
13 Hut digging is back-breaking work as shown by this pile of rocks removed from this hut by Ron and Shane Stump of VA.
14 Randy Smith carefully digging out a bottle from his hut.
15 Randy Smith showing off his prize!
16 The DIV 2 site at Stoneman's Switch is covered with open hut sites.
17 A nice crock is unearthed.
18 The DIV 2 site at Stoneman's Switch.
19 Hut digging.
20 Me in my enormous hut I opened up on Thursday. 2 days later it was 9'x12'x3' and I still had only found two sides of the hut.
21 Me again.
22 The "relic show" at the Saturday pincic.
23 Toshiba Digital Camera
24 Ashley Fletcher of VA and his PA ID tag.
25 Charles Cavanaugh Co. H 6 PA Reg CAV I Lancers Volunteers Entered Service July 7 1861
26 Front of ID tag.
27 The amount of relics was amazing!
28 Steven Starns digs 3 plates on the first day, including a GA frame.
29 Steven Starns and his buckles!
30 More relics on display!
31 Rick Horsley of Cincinati, OH digs an early P-guard sword.
excellent work folks,I enjoyed these artifacts as much as I did on dig #1.KEEP ON DIGGIN'..What exactley does "DIV" stand for? - Bobby Plemons | headhunter_1970@yahoo.com, Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:16AM
WISH I WAS THERE WHAT GREAT FINDS - al in mass, Fri, 11 Mar 2005 9:22PM
Nice pics, Smitty!! Pic of the AVC plate is in an upcoming story in Western and Eastern Treasures magazine. - Ed Fedory, Sun, 9 Jan 2005 5:50AM
robert smith, my brother in law...great job smitty! - wanye watson, Sun, 9 Jan 2005 5:39AM
Good to see you again at DIV II Greg. Great pic's and great finds. - Butch in Colorado, Fri, 7 Jan 2005 8:13AM
Great Show Greg! We enjoyed meeting you and diggin next to ya! Hope to do it again soon! - Ksrandy, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:58PM
Very nice, impressive - Harlan DuBois, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 6:13PM
GREAT PICTURES LOVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE RELICS THANKS - CHET, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 4:50PM
Excellent pictures, presentation, and format, and content. A+ - Steve Evans, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 9:20AM
