There is a residence that was a Civil War camp and skirmish site back in the day and I got off work today and hunted it for a couple hours. This place has been absolutely vacuumed!!! Mastereagle hit it the other night and found a three ringer and two musket balls. This lit a fire under me to go try it again, and with rain looming, I wasted no time.
There is tons of rusty nails and such here, but I managed a few things.
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Does anyone know if the ball in the middle is a musket ball. It has a tiny little wire point sticking out one end. It came in on the detector more like copper (I think), but I thought it was a musket ball. It sure does look different than the one to the left. The one on the right is rusty metal and I guess it is like a cannister shot. Hmmm.
I actually think this is a percussion cap. What do you civil war experts think?
I didn't know they had bombs during the Civil War. Guess ya get some modern stuff too.
I had fun; hope I can get the final word on a couple of these things though. Thanks for your help
Baldingboy
There is tons of rusty nails and such here, but I managed a few things.
Everything:
Does anyone know if the ball in the middle is a musket ball. It has a tiny little wire point sticking out one end. It came in on the detector more like copper (I think), but I thought it was a musket ball. It sure does look different than the one to the left. The one on the right is rusty metal and I guess it is like a cannister shot. Hmmm.
I actually think this is a percussion cap. What do you civil war experts think?
I didn't know they had bombs during the Civil War. Guess ya get some modern stuff too.
I had fun; hope I can get the final word on a couple of these things though. Thanks for your help
Baldingboy
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