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Diggin' In Virginia: The Brandy Rock Farm Farewell Video

May 1, 2021
1 min

Diggin' In Virginia: The Brandy Rock Farm Farewell Video

Last month marked the fifteenth and final Diggin' In Virginia relic hunt at Brandy Rock Farm. I have been fortunate enough to visit...

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Diggin' In Virginia: The Brandy Rock Farm Farewell Hunt

Tim Murphy

Apr 3, 2021
5 min

Diggin' In Virginia: The Brandy Rock Farm Farewell Hunt

Since 2006, Brandy Rock Farm has played host to fourteen Diggin’ In Virginia relic hunts. With each event, hundreds of participants have...

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Diggin' In Virginia XLIX: Beauregard Farm

Tim Murphy

Nov 29, 2020
4 min

Diggin' In Virginia XLIX: Beauregard Farm

Earlier this month, I attended Diggin’ In Virginia XLIX at Beauregard Farm, my fourth visit to this site and nineteenth relic hunt...

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Tim Murphy

Nov 22, 2020
1 min

Diggin' In Virginia XLVII: The Video

In November 2019, I attended Diggin' In Virginia XLVII at Spillman Farm. This was my eighteenth hunt with the organization and third...

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Diggin' In Virginia XLVII: Spillman Farm

Tim Murphy

Feb 9, 2020
5 min

Diggin' In Virginia XLVII: Spillman Farm

Last November, I attended Diggin’ In Virginia XLVII at Spillman Farm, my third visit to this site and eighteenth relic hunt overall with...

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Tim Murphy

Apr 7, 2019
1 min

Diggin' In Virginia XLV: The Video

Last week, I attended Diggin' In Virginia XLV at Brandy Rock Farm. This was my seventeenth hunt with the organization, my fifth at Brandy...

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Diggin' In Virginia XLV: Brandy Rock Farm

Tim Murphy

Mar 31, 2019
5 min

Diggin' In Virginia XLV: Brandy Rock Farm

Earlier this week, I traveled up to Culpeper, Virginia, to take part in Diggin’ In Virginia XLV at Brandy Rock Farm. This was my...

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Tim Murphy

Apr 9, 2018
3 min

Diggin' In Virginia XLI: Coles Hill

On April 6-8, 2018, I attended my sixteenth Diggin' In Virginia relic hunt--this one held at Coles Hill. This was the organization's...

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Tim Murphy

Mar 26, 2018
3 min

Diggin' In Virginia XL

This past weekend I attended Diggin' In Virginia XL at River Land Farm and Woodbourne Farm. This was my fifteenth hunt with the...

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Tim Murphy

Feb 21, 2018
4 min

Diggin' In Virginia XXXIV: Brandy Rock

Hi all! For some reason, I never got around to publishing my story on Diggin' In Virginia 34, which has been in my drafts for nearly two...

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Tim Murphy

Nov 27, 2017
5 min

Glass from the Past

I've always had a knack for exploration, even when I was a little kid. About seven years ago, I was walking along a creek bed in the...

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Tim Murphy

Nov 20, 2017
4 min

Diggin' In Virginia XXXIX: Ratrie Farm

This past weekend, I attended Diggin' In Virginia 39 at Ratrie Farm. This is the organization's third time at the site and my second...

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Tim Murphy

Oct 29, 2017
3 min

Diggin' In Virginia XXXVIII

Hi all! This past weekend I attended Diggin' In Virginia 38. The hunt this fall was located just outside of Warrenton and was the site of...

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Tim Murphy

Apr 2, 2017
4 min

Diggin' In Virginia XXXVII: Brandy Rock

This past weekend I traveled back to Culpeper, Virginia to participate in another Diggin' In Virginia Civil War relic hunt. This...

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Tim Murphy

Nov 8, 2016
2 min

Diggin' In Virginia XXXV: Glebe Farm

This past weekend I traveled back to Culpeper, VA, in anticipation for Diggin' In Virginia XXXV, my eleventh hunt with the organization....

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Tim Murphy

Feb 21, 2016
2 min

Diggin' In Virginia XXXII: Coles Hill

This relic hunt took place back on November 15-17, 2015, but I'm sending this story out now in anticipation for a busy March. Coles Hill...

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Tim Murphy

Oct 8, 2015
4 min

Every Second Counts

Patience is a virtue when it comes to relic hunting. Don't expect to find "gold" (neither literally nor figuratively) every time you get...

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Tim Murphy

Oct 2, 2015
5 min

More Than Just A Field

Most of the sites that I have hunted for relics, to the untrained eye, look like nothing more than some woods, farmland, and cow...

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Diggin' In Virginia: The Brandy Rock Farm Farewell Video

Diggin' In Virginia: The Brandy Rock Farm Farewell Hunt

Diggin' In Virginia XLIX: Beauregard Farm

Diggin' In Virginia XLVII: The Video

Diggin' In Virginia XLVII: Spillman Farm

Diggin' In Virginia XLV: The Video

Diggin' In Virginia XLV: Brandy Rock Farm

Diggin' In Virginia XLI: Coles Hill

Diggin' In Virginia XL

Diggin' In Virginia XXXIV: Brandy Rock

Glass from the Past

Diggin' In Virginia XXXIX: Ratrie Farm

Diggin' In Virginia XXXVIII

Diggin' In Virginia XXXVII: Brandy Rock

Diggin' In Virginia XXXV: Glebe Farm

Diggin' In Virginia XXXII: Coles Hill

Every Second Counts

More Than Just A Field

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