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Jan 04, 2008, 10:11 PM
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Civil War Caltrops
My brother and I found @ 20 in an area used by the Confederates, these are just the ones I found and cleaned up. They were found in 2007. The photo with the red backgound is an example of what a perfect one should look like. Sorry for the photo.
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Theodore Roosevelt
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Jan 04, 2008, 11:32 PM
#2
 Random chance seems to have operated in our favor
Re: Civil War Caltrops
Nice finds. They didn't do much to deter the foot soldier but they could sure lame a horse.
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Jan 05, 2008, 12:40 AM
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CANE FIELD BANDITS and IRON BRIGADE MEMBER
Re: Civil War Caltrops
AWESOME! I love seeing photos of these. I have seen many relics for sale but haven't seen very many caltrops. Excellent!
-Buckleboy
Spring 2012 CaneField Bandits Totals:
TEN Half Reales:
1740, 1777, 1784, 1796, 1801, 180?, 1806, 1807, 1808, and 1814
1836 8 Reales
A 17?? One Real
1819 Token/Jeton
Two "Russian Blue" Trade Beads
Henry Clay Campaign Button, 1820s or 1830s
FIVE Early New Orleans Seated Coins:
1838-O Dime (no stars), Two 1839-O Half Dimes, an 1840-O Dime, and an 1842-O Half Dime
1892 Barber Dime
1918 Walking Liberty Half
1866 and 18?? Shield Nickels, and some GawGag V's and Beefaloes.
Military Relics:
Possible Spanish Colonial Era Cap Badge
FOUR War of 1812 Artillery Buttons
1820s Pewter Militia "U.S." Button
CW Eagle Artillery Cuff Button
CW Eagle Infantry Officer's Coat Button
3-Ringers, Enfields, Musketballs, and Shell Fragments
Any relics, coins, or other items appearing in my finds posts were found on PRIVATE PROPERTY with total consent and permission from the owners of said property.
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Jan 05, 2008, 01:51 AM
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Re: Civil War Caltrops
They still will do a lot of foot damage to a horse even now.
Thanks for picking them up.
Nice finds, The major number of caltrops have secomed to elements and rusted away.
They are not common.
The only ones I have seen were in a wooden box from my brother's barn he found in the rafters. They were probably to be used to inhibit Union Troops in the Woodstock area of Virginia.
They never got used ... other than some slight surface rust they were pristine.
My brother's place is in Maurer Town , that is between Mt. Jackson and Woodstock.
He owns one of three barns that were not burned by union troops in that area.
I have no idea what he did with the caltrops.
OD
"Everybody dies"
"But not everybody lives."
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Jan 05, 2008, 04:57 AM
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IRON BRIGADE MEMBER
Re: Civil War Caltrops
I guess that would be like a horse stepping on a land mine. I wonder how effective they were? In all my civil war reading I have never heard them being mentioned. To be honest until I was a Tnet member I had never seen one. Gotta love this site!
KFB
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Jan 05, 2008, 05:00 PM
#6
Re: Civil War Caltrops
Excellent finds for sure... I also rarely see them even on-line... 
They were very effective - causing a horse to lame up fast.
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Jan 05, 2008, 10:20 PM
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Re: Civil War Caltrops
The magazine Man At Arms had an excellent article about a year ago detailing the history of the caltrop. Amazingly , variations are still found and they are used to inhibit movement of humans and animals
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Feb 27, 2008, 12:45 PM
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Re: Civil War Caltrops
Elvis~
JARMAN had posted something in What Is It about Calthrops, and no one could really give him an answer.
Here is a link http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,142807.0.html
What do you think?
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