Civil war trash pit found in Tennessee with belt buckle inside.

[@edaguirre7314]

Hi Jeff, what an awesome find that plate is amazing, I am just now starting to get into detecting and have dreamed of stumbling on to a camp like that. I have family in Nashville but I live in California hopefully not to much longer I can be where I really belong! Thanks for the video it was very inspiring and thanking God for without him we are nothing .

[@deer123able]

Thanks Ed!

[@naui_diver9290]

How many times do you need to run the detector over the hole? Jeebus

[@HillbillyNitroUSA]

Sweet find! Congratulations from East Tennessee! 👍👍👊

[@walkingtrails7776]

you said" thank you Jesus " and I immediately subscribed!

[@bobbycamp8515]

My cousin found a 3 ring bullet with really deep teeth marks in it how rare is it. b camp in Dunlap tn.

[@MRBIGDADDY19321]

@@bobbycamp8515 bite the bullet. Civil war surgery

[@RealLifeWorthLiving]

As perfectly as those bones were cut, I think I would check them against a good human anatomy chart. As many amputations as there were in the Civil War, they may be amputated human bone, ankles, elbows , so on.

[@deer123able]

I hope not became they're in my display case with everything from that pit . lol

[@TeeterTuckin]

TennesseeJeff Uhhh, you hope not?? That’s exactly the kind of thing you need to bring attention to your states historical services. They need to test it. You’re doing a great disservice by not doing that. Pissing a bunch of people off. Aquachigger is one of the nicest guys but he’d have your throat for keeping possible civil war amputated bones to yourself. POS.

[@JS-ip7mh]

Was they animal bones?

[@michaellewis-ww1lm]

I like your language and attitude. So many swear and carry on. Take care and dig up the hole lot. Great find my friend.

[@deer123able]

Thanks friend

[@LaGold]

Congrats brother! That was exciting to watch! Gotta love it when the hours spent pay off! GL and HH!

[@AmericanCoinHunting]

One heck of a hunt and a weeks worth of digging cool finds Jeff . You're making us all jealous .

[@DigginwithSeven]

WOW! What a great bunch of finds! That plate is absolutely amazing, but to dig all of the buttons and other items in the pit makes this really special. You will remember this 3-day hunt for a long time. Thanks for the shout-out, buddy. Can't wait to see your next video. GL & HH.

[@deer123able]

+Diggin' with Seven Thanks buddy.. I almost forgot to do a shot out and Taylor said what about Diggin with Seven.GL&HH

[@DigginwithSeven]

Yeah if I found that plate I would forget everything else too. Lol. Great find. Congrats again.

[@FrankBaugh]

Great finds! A lot of work! I usually bail out when he starts getting more than a foot deep. I'm a bit aged and crippled up for mining like you did!

[@deer123able]

Thanks!! No way I could do that today, having ankylosing spondylitis has put a stop to a lot of my metal detecting.

[@SkiSearcher]

had me hooked in the whole video Jeff ! very awesome belt plate and relics 🤙🤠🏴‍☠️

[@thekingsilverado9004]

With those cut bones and unspent rounds you probably stumbled onto a surgical tent area or where they parked the surgeons wagon at. They always burnt the bloody bandages and clothes. That would explain all the underwear buttons as well... The guys were probably undressed there and shit tumbled out of their ditty bags...

[@wendyedmonson9394]

You go sir,I must be just to emotional cause I'm crying for our south boys we lost all those years ago,you just keep digging up their life's to tell they're story.God Bless the South.

[@douglasvilledarling2935]

Wendy Edmonson agreed. I just found out my ggg uncle, who was from Tennessee, died at New Hope Church. It breaks my heart what they are doing to a the monuments. Isn't that what memorial day and veterans day is for?

[@lightningmyers6833]

Great finds! Great video! That plate is a bucket list find for me!

[@МаксимБогатырев-е7д]

Пряжка супер! Мои поздравления!!! The buckle is super, my congratulations - greetings from Sevastopol !

[@deer123able]

Thanks!

[@slantsix6344]

Beautiful plate! Thanks for posting this! Fantastic find!

[@deer123able]

Thank Slant Six!! Its my best so far.

[@susanpayne6107]

You really worked hard for all of that really good hunt!! Thanks for sharing it with us too! You are a quality guy and it’s good that you have a supportive family and a good friend in Diggin’ with Seven. Love that buckle! Some soldier couldn’t let go of parts of that. God bless you and your family!

[@deer123able]

Thanks Susan!!

[@larrystephens7437]

Enjoyed the determination of your dig. Nice pit.!

[@scottd41069]

Awesome video and finds! I have about 45 acres in middle TN that i have permission to dig and this video makes me want to get down there soon!

[@susankreye3171]

Jeff, We don’t care what it sounds like just show us the object you found.

[@tincuptimmetaldetecting9259]

WOW! Great finds! Love the Buckle, Congrats! God Bless, GL & HH!

[@Hornbush]

Wonderful 3 days of digging! I am so happy for you Jeff! You have really learned your GPX well and the results are showing. HH Bro!

[@deer123able]

+Hornbush Thank buddy wish you could have been there.

[@JohnnyReb]

32:41 Okay so the keeper is missing and it was in a trash pit. The officer that wore the belt lost his keeper so he just took his belt off and tossed it into the pit. Pretty awesome find when you can piece together what went down!

[@draculasgrl]

Keep history alive bud, great video, hope to see what you find on the next one,

[@Coinazoid]

Wow man the civil war buckle is amazing! Congrats on all of the finds. The cow crapping on video was a bonus too, Lol

[@deer123able]

+Hooked on History LOL

[@ronalddvorak1967]

Congratulations on that Great find, It's the best find I have ever seen!

[@RobbSanderson]

Praise the Lord for finding the plate! Congratulations!

[@deer123able]

Thank you...It was definitely a surprise. I'm sure you could tell by my reaction. 😁

[@philippoole1716]

Very interesting and watchable thank you very much. In Great Britain we have a lot of ancient stuff being dug up all the time. Things l know can be different in the US. The difference though is that the stuff we dig up here leaves you scratching your head as to what the heck is it. Your stuff is all very human and we can easily imagine the story that goes with every find. Please keep posting.

[@RelicDog]

Fantastic finds Jeff! Great video too, I really liked the ending - it's cool that your family looks like they enjoy your hobby too - made me smile. HH, Chris

[@FuturesPast1]

Wow, great finds! I found this video quite interesting. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[@westtexastumbleweed4626]

Beautiful buckle, congratulations! Enjoyed the video

[@barbkeen1221]

What a great find!! And just think, the last time it saw daylight was over 150 years ago! Wow!

[@susiepittman601]

I love history. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@frankiecowsert9364]

First of your videos I have found and I truly enjoyed "digging" along with you. The plate is awesome...I sub'ed and like......awesome video and finds....Congrats

[@CrossBow206]

Great video Jeff, thanks for sharing and congrats on the finds

[@MrChipBryant]

Thank you for sharing your find. I'm in Tennessee also, I appreciate you.

[@bradmorgan3923]

Hey Tennessee Jeff, I also live in Tennessee and I have found a couple of US Box plates minie balls, parts to a Confederate Calvary Sabre and some other Cool Civil War pieces. Great find on the sword plate!

[@deer123able]

Thanks Brad

[@ritagail4559]

Good lord what a find good for you im excited for you hon good luck keep a going

[@deer123able]

Thanks Rita!

[@tommyvinson6]

Congratulations Jeff great find

[@xpdale5254]

Great video Jeff that's lot of history you had a dream weekend congrats

[@gwagon4188]

I absolutely cannot believe you found that.... that buckle is so cool... and the ash ...unbelievable find...that is so funny the bones find...they must've been sitting around a campfire cooking chicken and pig, drinking beer, getting drunk or whatever and decided to burn their clothes.....interesting...oh but I read about the surgical tents....makes sense....anyway rip leg....I guess...maybe you could dna those bones

[@rge1858]

Nice buckle Jeff, love the videos!!!!!!

[@stratocaster1greg]

Sir that buckle is awesome! Like how you thanked Jesus.

[@brandon4601]

Awesone hunt! That buckle would be my find of a lifetime. Cheers

[@meals55]

Great finds Jeff!

[@idighistory8405]

Great video man, that's an outstanding site!

[@DanielCamachoArcticDigger]

Congrats on your beautiful plate bud. I really liked this video.

[@JohnnyReb]

Nice finds! And a belt plate! Pretty darn cool!

[@wesstringer1636]

Hi there Jeff..I know this is an older video but I just now seen it. Wow bro what a pit that buckle is amazing! Can't wait to get back out with you again!

[@deer123able]

Thanks Wes your welcome anytime.

[@tennesseegem1063]

Great, great find. Now that was some digging. Good job.

[@lc127gh]

Where are you able to hunt here in TN? I'm near Castalian Springs and I would like to hunt but I don't know the rules. Where are you hunting exactly and how are you nlolt getting in trouble because when I research online every source keeps basically saying I can't anywhere except my yard really..thank you!

[@alferrier5]

That sure was a butiful eagle buckle for it to be seen and not pitted or unseen was awesome👌

[@BillC71]

Great video of your finds, that belt plate is amazing. I hope to find a place to hunt in north Alabama or mid Tennessee.

[@MrPapergti]

That's what I call a good time. Awesome hunt!

[@dadgad68]

I'd say you found a latrine hole. All those buttons. They boys would have snuck in there to have a drink or two. The ash was likely used to cover up the smell. Some great finds thanks for sharing.

[@reginaromsey]

Beautiful country. Do you know what units were there?

[@douglasvilledarling2935]

Wanda Pease I know. When I see these I wish we could get the history of the place, but I guess they don't want everyone coming and looking for things

[@LarryandColleenReynolds]

Man what a find Jeff! Congrats.

[@deer123able]

+LarryandColleen Reynolds Thanks!!

[@DDMMetalDetectives]

that is one really nice plate. nice hunting there

[@debrarader7155]

how many stars on it please

[@raymondcoggins297]

Wow wow what a fantastic find

[@deer123able]

Thanks

[@relichunter7169]

Do you use a probe to check out once you get to bottom of the hole

[@simplesara115]

That’s awesome!!! Where is this? Do u have to ask permission to metal detect these random fields?? I’m new to detecting . So far I found 7 smashed beer cans, 4 pull tabs, a copper penny, 2 long bullets, and 2 Winchester shotgun shells🤣 these finds are awesome!

[@youaregodspursuit-47]

You may already know this but in the archeology field trash pits are called "middens." Almost any place with humans living n a spot for a length of time had a area where trash, debris was tossed. My Dad called them treasure pits. He and friends seldom found any real treasure; an occasional coin, bullets, parts of weapons, buttons, knives and more. They had decades of fun though.

[@michaelhickey6650]

Field hospital?

[@rogerromero6250]

Hey great videos, what do you do with your with all your finds ? Keep it or give it up to local museums?

[@hank6887]

I'm happy for you Jeff, congrats !!'

[@deer123able]

Thanks

[@TexasTimelapse]

Excellent finds!!

[@williambeichler4971]

What a find. Great job

[@ChrispyMulder]

I have 2 gggrandfathers who went to Andersonville. They both lost part of an arm. Never thought before that their arms could just be buried out in a field somewhere

[@veltonmeade1057]

What type of metal detector are you using? Thanks in advance...

[@genxmurse7019]

30:52 That could be a horse tooth. If it's fossilized, then it was one of the ancient and extinct horse, or some other plant-eating species, that inhabited North America thousands-millions of years ago. Years ago, I found one in Palm Beach County, FL along with fragments of a mammoth femur.

[@deer123able]

I was looking at it today and was thinking about what you said.. it could be I will have to get it looked at.

[@genxmurse7019]

Thinking back to my find 20+ years ago, I now believe I stumbled across an ancient Indian site. A horse tooth and a split mammoth femur found right next to each other could mean that's where they sat and ate. It's too bad shortly after my find, the area has been developed into residential suburbs. Such is the case in south Florida. With the exception of state or federal parks & preserves, everything green is being bulldozed over for more urban sprawl; I hate it!

[@genxmurse7019]

You could take it to a nearby university that has a paleontology department.

[@StrangeRealityVlog]

awesome my great great great grandfather found in the 12th cavalry Tennessee Company D with General Nathan Bedford Forrest. His name was Moses "Buck" Walker

[@deer123able]

Thanks

[@LA-el1vb]

Jeff, what part of Tennessee do you hunt? I just bought a place in Rogersville, East Tennessee. I have a primary house in Florida. I'm researching Tennessee for places to detect.

[@deer123able]

I'm In middle Tennessee about 30 minutes north east of Nashville.

[@elli003]

31:26 - Hmmm. What could have been sawed-off right after a battle in the Civil War ?

[@petrovski1948]

That’s why America is great..... there are still people who love and respect the Lord Jesus. I’m from the UK.

[@tubularfrog]

That is so exciting. To imagine that buckle has been resting there for ca. 150 years is so incredible. What a great find! Is there any record of a battle or encampment in that area? The cattle roaming by is so funny. That site would seem to qualify as archeological.

[@backyardpyrollc5662]

Jeff, I have seen another site just like the one that you found. I really hate to tell you this, but you found a field medical station site. That is why there were so many trouser buttons and so much glass. They were remnants from surgery. The bones that you found are a lower tibia and fibula from foot amputations. That is the reason they are cut so clean. When meat was cooked in the field, it was cooked for the mass. They would not have taken the time to cut the bone, they would have cut it at the joint. In the rare occasion that a bone was cut, it would have been done by a cook with a cleaver. Those are saw cuts. I could be wrong, but what was found at the the two sites is almost identicle. You should really look into it.

[@deer123able]

That makes perfectly good sense. I'm taking the bones back and burying them and saying a prayer.

[@tubularfrog]

@@deer123able That is amazing and profound. Sends chills down my spine!

[@danlawson625]

Awesome dig Jeff. Bob told me Saturday at the relic show you were in a hot spot. That GPX really makes a difference! Rocky Face Dan

[@deer123able]

+Dan Lawson Dan the GPX is a monster out in the open fields.It wont take many hunts like this to pay for it's self.

[@maytagmark2171]

What happened that buried that stuff so deep? Sediments?

[@CKing-388]

Bone? Like human? You ever worry about digging up a grave? You start finding a bunch of buttons kinda freaks me out you’ll come across a skeleton. If people got sick and died at camp. They just buried them where they were.

[@navythomas8]

Really nice finds!

[@DiehardPicker]

Very nice buckle man.

[@deer123able]

+Hoosier Diggin Some Thanks

[@advenzures]

Beautiful finds and great video! Thank you so much for subscribing to my channel.

[@JJX921]

Enlisted man's plate, officers were solid without silver wreath. Awesome! I found mine in NC. Pic on my channel. Great find Jeff.

[@harryksadventure9236]

Awesome finds. That trash pit produced a lot of cool things. GL-HH

[@petefloyd]

Congrats on the buckle!

[@panhandlepioneer9256]

Nice find! But yer killing me scratching around with that damn knife get it outta there! Geesh

[@deer123able]

OK OK!!! lol I finally got a Lesche. Thanks for looken

[@RESEARCHINGYOURROOTS]

Congratulations! Grreat video! Thanks!

[@RESEARCHINGYOURROOTS]

Nice family too! God bless y'all too!

[@deer123able]

@@RESEARCHINGYOURROOTS God bless

[@tactnastyv2]

Whose land are you on? I want to start doing this but not sure if it's legal where I want to

[@deer123able]

I was on private property!! If you want to start detecting Google the laws its a bunch of them and you can get into some big trouble if you don't know them.

[@doughill6928]

Good video. It could give a middle Tenn. fella the fever!

[@woolybuck6852]

When the the bones were being displayed toward the end of the video I was thinking they looked more like human amputations than slaughtered animal bones. I thought it odd there would be animal bone remnants cut like that amongst all the garment paraphernalia.You could be on a former surgical sight during the war. Might be worth looking into.

[@ronnietravis7972]

What area in Tenn.? My Confederate Kin folks live in and around Franklin Co. Tn.

[@maryannanaya905]

Amazing so much stuff in one small area even thou it looks deep.

[@parson7260]

Absolutely!

[@Edwardnarby92]

Awesome video mate!

[@teamambush306]

I found one of them plates today way up here in Saskatchewan.

[@WorldScienceTV]

did they make the buckle in gold

[@LUCKYB.]

Is them bones a Burried Johnny Reb !

[@jasondigginva7564]

did you find any brick or rocks, from the fire box? looks like y'all gotta a lot of huts to dig now. congrats

[@deer123able]

+Jason Warren I did Jason but not very much.

[@ralphdillondr1428]

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[@bbsouthernsafari]

wow awesome finds!! Congrats

[@jburritt426]

Wow Praise the Lord you found such a beauty.