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Message:: [QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 4644005, member: 18157"]A while back, I was working at Langley AFB near Hampton, VA. I would frequent a bar on J Clyde Morris Blvd called "The Sandbar". Anyone who plays the TV Trivia game they have in many bars may be familiar with "The Sandbar"...they are almost always in the Top-10 in the country for trivia. There's a group of 6-7 guys (and gals) that are simply brilliant when it comes to trivia. You may also see another bar on top of the Trivia charts (Manhattan's). It's just around the corner and the same bunch of geniuses play there, too. Anyway, two of the guys (forget their names) stop in after their day job with VDOT (Virginia Dept. of Transportation). At the time, they were working on a project to widen Ft. Eustis Blvd. After work, they would grab their metal detectors from their trucks and scan any newly disturbed patch of ground. They would come into the bar late at night with a treasure trove of Civil War relics (mostly unspent ammo, but some uniform buttons and coins, too). One evening they came in with an 1807 dime in nice XF "details" condition. It actually looked quite nice, but had a small amount of environmental damage on the reverse. I offered them $100 cash on the barrel head...but they graciously declined my "generous" offer. It's illegal to metal detect in many areas where Civil War battles were fought...but it was somehow OK for VDOT employees (I guess).[/QUOTE]