Epic Hot Spot Hunt Satisfies My Minie Ball Ocd

[Chase Goldman]

Me and a hunting buddy happened upon a CW firing range. We thought, great, we'll dig a few minies and move on. But when we swung it was immediate target after target. A rare unexploited hot spot. Limited only by how fast we could recover the targets. Another buddy made it over to the area coming from a different field and joined in with the Deus. But this was hot Culpeper dirt so I had the advantage with my GPX 4800 PI detector.

My other buddy fanned out to look for the likely firing line holding drops and buttons, but no joy. Likely cleaned out by others who were there beforeMe and a hunting buddy happened upon a CW firing range.

Anyway, it kind of became an obsession and challenge for me. I would either be continuously recovering a target or checking/confirming one of my buddy's Deus targets.

Would the minies dry up or would I drop from exhaustion? The minies won. 81 minies, one button, and 7 hours later, I called it a day with plenty of targets still heard as I walked out of the 20 yard by 20 yard patch. If you did the math, that is one minie recovered on average every 5 minutes.

So now I have that out of my system, can take the memory of the day I dug minies at will, and will probably never have a day like that again, which is probably a good thing. 

P.S. The minies with the star marking in the cavity mean they were manufactured at the Washington Arsenal.

[NCtoad]

Wow!  That HAD to weigh your pouch down😀. Any idea how much all that lead weighs?

[Chase Goldman]

1 hour ago, NCtoad said:

Wow!  That HAD to weigh your pouch down😀. Any idea how much all that lead weighs?

At about 1.1 oz per minie that translates into about 5.8 lbs.  I had a day pack and a zip lock bag so I was collecting them in that once it started getting ridiculous.

[Valens Legacy]

Great hunt, did you come across any coins at all?

Good luck on your next outing, and save some of those mini's for me when I get a chance to get out that way.

[BchPatrol]

Wow! Congrats on a great haul.

[F350Platinum]

Quite a bag o' lead you got there. Does the button have backmarks? That's a lot of work. Great stuff!

[rvpopeye]

Wow , if they had just been firing gold bullets you'd be SET !

[Chase Goldman]

4 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Quite a bag o' lead you got there. Does the button have backmarks? That's a lot of work. Great stuff!

Didn’t see one.  Have to take a closer look but my vision is a little blurry from the lead 

[rvpopeye]

Are you sticking them in your mouth to clean the dirt off ???😝

Don't forget to brush after !

[kac]

Need a little red wagon to start lugging lead like that.... More mini balls than I find sinkers!

Did you figure out where they were shooting from?