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Last week I found 1 Union dropped three raised ring bullet, a dropped cleaner bullet and a sheared portion of a fired Union bullet. The finds were nothing exotic. My son and I have found other bullets in the past around the area. Upon closely examining the fired bullet fragment I noticed as a result of the ground impact and heat influences a portion of the remaining bullet lead had formed a crude skull like formation. It is difficult to see relief details on the jpg but there are two small holes for the eyes, a portion for the nose and mouth area. Also interesting to me was the bullets were oxidized a noticeable whitish color as a result of being in red clay for 140 years. Soil conditions vary in the Petersburg , Va. area and most of the Confederate and Union bullets we have found tend to oxidize a greyish color influenced by the hard pan clay in which they impacted or were dropped. Attached is a jpg of the aforementioned bullet.
Switching subjects am I the only one who read in the Richmond newspaper about the guy from Lynchburg who found 34 buried Confederate 12 pound cannonballs somewhere(I could a good guess generally) 3.5 ft. down along Lee's Retreat route? The article indicated he received a weak response on his detector. This guy has found a lot of items according to the article. He must have a hell of a detector. He is to be profiled in one of the upcoming issues of a treasure hunting magazine.
Switching subjects am I the only one who read in the Richmond newspaper about the guy from Lynchburg who found 34 buried Confederate 12 pound cannonballs somewhere(I could a good guess generally) 3.5 ft. down along Lee's Retreat route? The article indicated he received a weak response on his detector. This guy has found a lot of items according to the article. He must have a hell of a detector. He is to be profiled in one of the upcoming issues of a treasure hunting magazine.
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