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Tim Murphy
May 1, 20211 min read
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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Tim Murphy
Apr 3, 20215 min read
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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Tim Murphy
Nov 29, 20204 min read
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, 20201 min read
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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Tim Murphy
Feb 9, 20205 min read
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, 20191 min read
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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Tim Murphy
Mar 31, 20195 min read
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, 20183 min read
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, 20183 min read
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, 20184 min read
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, 20175 min read
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 19, 20174 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20174 min read
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, 20162 min read
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 20, 20162 min read
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 7, 20154 min read
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, 20155 min read
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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