The J Team is Back: Confederate Fort Site

[{Sentinel}]

Hey Guys, it's been awhile since posting, been busy on the road and diggin'. My buddy Jeff flew into town and I took him to a new Confederate Fort and campsite that I've been hunting. Since it had been almost four years since we last got to flip some dirt together, we were stoked. So far this is what we've come up with after two days searching the inner walls of the fort. We'll be out there again tomorrow and Thursday before he flies back to Missouri on Friday morning.

It's good to have my brother back, just like old times


-Josh (Sentinel) & Jeff (umrgolf)

 

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[JerV3]

Welcome back that's awesome I love hunting with my bro. I'll bet you guys are gonna find more

 

[lockster99]

Sweet. Nice finds.

 

[ynpto804]

That is a pile of brass for a fort. Awesome Script C. What is the bullet in the center?

 

[Tnmountains]

Good relics. Hope you post what else you dig. Those buttons are in good shape. I like that fired cap they are not found like that often

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[ArDirtSlinger]

Luvin the Cleaner Bullet and Buttons

 

[Davers]

Great stuff From a great site.

"You Virginia Guys"!!!!LOL

 

[{Sentinel}]

Good relics. Hope you post what else you dig. Those buttons are in good shape. I like that fired cap they are not found like that often

Thanks Tnmountains, we will be sure to post what else pops up. I agree, the fired percussion caps are always a welcoming site....this particular one let us know that we had arrived on site.

 

[{Sentinel}]

That is a pile of brass for a fort. Awesome Script C. What is the bullet in the center?

The bullet at center is a rather tough one to find at most campsites, it's a .41 caliber "Volcanic" with a brass plug. These bullets actually contained the powder charge within and was an early type of self contained shot. The gun had a feeder tube and you loaded it up with these bullets and they fired themselves. Muzzle velocity was low and complications made this weapon fade into obscurity....however, the Volcanic firearm was the forerunner to the Winchesters and cowboy lever action rifles of the old West.

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

You Guy's are killin' it! That Rifleman is unreal!!

 

[Steve in PA]

Good to see you guys at it again. Looks like you're getting as much colonial as you are CW. My kinda site

 

[collector01]

Great looking finds! HH!

 

[Old Dude]

You Guy's are killin' it! That Rifleman is unreal!!

That's the relic that caught my eye too. Amazing amount of gilt still on it. Congrats on finding such a site.

 

[be2019]

Very cool finds, keep us posted...

 

[zaxfire69]

Sentinel is back!!! I'll trade you the matching heel plate from down here in Mississippi for a sweet Virginia relic or two! Glad to see you out digging man..Soon as the NO-Shoulders go in for the winter I'm hitting the woods.

 

[Goldiver]

Looks like you are into a good spot! Beautiful Confederate Cavalry and US Rifleman buttons!

Steve

 

[park pirate]

Sweet bunch of finds..

 

[{Sentinel}]

Sentinel is back!!! I'll trade you the matching heel plate from down here in Mississippi for a sweet Virginia relic or two! Glad to see you out digging man..Soon as the NO-Shoulders go in for the winter I'm hitting the woods.

Hey buddy, good to see you, shoot me a PM

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Inside a fort...that sounds like fun.
Like the old locks...never got one of those.