Howdy folks! his is one of my best finds ever....hit a big signal, thought it was a can...checked it out just in case...one little square of flint popped out and I thought at first it was a scraper...then another and another popped out as well as the musketballs. i realised i had found a dropped pouch of musket flints with musketballs. Dragoon buttons have been found on the site.
Wow, great find! That's pretty darn interesting, congrats!
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Cool Cool Cool!!!! I do flint knapping and that kind of flint ain't real common in the states. That's what we call root beer flint, and most of it's english. I have a chunk of it in my garage that I bought from a buddy that imports it from England. Did the U.S. import it's flint during the Civil War? But I guess we got most of our CW era rifles from England, right? So it would stand to reason that that could very well be english flint. Somebody correct me on this if I'm wrong, I dig history, just don't know that much about it.
Or is this Revolutionary era stuff, again, I don't know much about history. I know a little more about flint since I make arrowheads, but not a ton there either. I'm just interested!
That find is quite exceptional. I don't think I've EVER seen so many PERFECT gun flints in one spot.
Awesome!
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.
thanks for all the comments folks! there were English Dragoons on the site at one time...the Indians that inhabited the area were long gone by the time those flints were dropped there. I believe they are English flints. The site has alot of history, from Confederate, to US Army, to Rough Riders, to Spanish fish ranchero..then there is the Indian history, which goes back from 500 ybp to paleo days. I will post some close up pics later that will show that they aren't completely perfect, many of them have percussion marks on them.
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congrats
