Civil War Relic Hunting

[Pathfinder767]

Love his accent. Was he from Virginia? Too bad actors who play southern Civil War soldiers can't do it better. A shame these accents are fading away.

[themetaldetectorguy]

amazing video!

[oldtoys1961]

Awesome.Thanks for posting this vid. I'm attending the 24th Middle TN CW Show on sat and I always think about TOm when I go to the shows. Keep posting these vids. I never got tosee Tom dig but he told me about many of his trips to the Central MS area.Priceless....

[TigerRifle]

LSU track star extrodinaire, and inspiration to many Louisiana boys. God Bless him.

[trentsmillmansion1]

Wow, what an awesome video! I must've watched this 10 times, and every time my favorite part is when he says, "You can't go at this too fast....you'll find more if you take your time and go slow!" So true, and so great to be reminded of it by one of the legends

[ModularV8]

I say helll no!

[niteprowler70]

Tha' Good Ole Days

[deweymhoke]

keep beating on that bomb lol

[drott5]

Wow! That seems like it was back just before the hobby really took off. As I figured from Christopher Dickey's comment, that was a military type of detector, undoubtedly used for mine detection.

[Skytroop]

@drott5 That is correct. Its an SCR-625 Mine detector from WWII. not the most sensitive metal detector but sufficient to find artillery projectiles and larger fragments. They are now worth more than a lot of low end and more accurate detectors on the market.

[onelolifepvte]

These videos are AWESOME!! I first met Mr. Dickey about 30 or so years ago at the Marietta,GA relic show, and he ID'd a couple of Confederate Girardy fuses for me. Wasn't too many years after that I heard he passed away. A great man. Thanks so much for posting these, Christopher.

[hermanzoon]

"This is rattlesnake country!"

[emilyxyz]

His accent alone makes it worthwhile.

[fledoux62]

What a legend, and true Southern gentleman Tom Dickey was. One of the best in the field!

Good Video,Thank you

[patio87]

amazing find

[rammjaeger]

the metal detector he used was a very old one,perhaps a 2WW model?

Probably not so sensitive as the modern ones....?

[ksrandy07]

Great video! Enjoyed it! Thanks and keep em commin

[BillTheRelic]

Chris great knowhow shell hunting video. Please keep them coming.

[christopherdickey]

World War II surplus. If you take a look at the first clip Tom explains that it was the most stable, at least at that point, almost four decades ago. Cheers

[chchchuckles]

wow, what kind of detector was that? It got the job done, even if it was 34 years old.