4 day civil war camp hunt. soldiers silver tooth(cap/crown)!!!

[matt092079]

So I recently revisited a camp I discovered in the woods early last year. There's a small window to hunt in the woods due to hunters and then too overgrown in the spring and summer. I found 50 bullets so far over four day period, which is a lot considering I thought there was maybe 10 or so at best left to find. I've also dug a lot of camp lead or melted lead, but very little brass. I did find a gs cuff button my first trip back out this year.

So last Thursday I go back and dig one hole where I'm just digging tons of melted lead out, well little did I know when I got home and cleaned my finds, that one piece was not melted lead...instead this was shiny, but not aluminum. It's heavy for its size and left a slight black residue on my fingers when I cleaned it with water and baking soda, like a tarnished silver would. I'm no professional, but I think what I have appears to be a silver cap or crown for a tooth.

I'd love to hear others thoughts and opinions. Thanks for looking and HH!

 

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[Ocean7]

wow, that's quite a pile of bullets! Nice finds! Silver thing - no idea!

 

[pepperj]

Sure looks like a crown, maybe when the poor guy bit down on the bullet for pain it broke his tooth. Nice pile of lead and the silver crown.

 

[UnderMiner]

Now just find the bullet with the same grooves as the tooth!

 

[Ahab8]

I can't imagine what else it could be bud. Very interesting find

 

[Goldiver]

I don't know about the silver thing but you pulled some great looking drops out of there!

Steve

 

[jwarner51]

Spit on it then wrap in in aluminum foil. Wait about 10 seconds then open it up, if it has a sulphur like smell its silver.

 

[UnderMiner]

Spit on it then wrap in in aluminum foil. Wait about 10 seconds then open it up, if it has a sulphur like smell its silver.

I wonder why this works so well?

 

[cjon455]

Th at a nice big Ole pile of lead you have!
That silver item is intriguing

 

[pepperj]

I wonder why this works so well?

Here's the answer: Remove Tarnish from Silver

 

[dirtlooter]

nice pile of lead, good luck on the possible silver

 

[beez0404]

Not sure if it's a crown/cap but it's sure shaped like you would expect one to look. That's a very cool find.

 

[collector01]

That's a great looking pile of bullets!!

 

[VOL1266-X]

Matt, Dman found one of those in a US CW camp in Arkansas but it looked like a temporary crown and was the color of a tooth. You dug a lot of lead. WTG, Q.

 

[park pirate]

Awesome hunt...

 

[matt092079]

Matt, Dman found one of those in a US CW camp in Arkansas but it looked like a temporary crown and was the color of a tooth. You dug a lot of lead. WTG, Q.

I looked it up and they did and still do make a silver crown or cap. Obviously not pure silver, but it was silver and other metal mixture. I thought at first melted silver coin or jewelry, but it did not have the characteristics of being in a fire or melted.

 

[diggervet]

great bunch of finds!

 

[jwarner51]

I looked it up and they did and still do make a silver crown or cap. Obviously not pure silver, but it was silver and other metal mixture. I thought at first melted silver coin or jewelry, but it did not have the characteristics of being in a fire or melted.

You should do that simple test I posted about earlier. Dying to know if it is actually silver.

 

[Fullstock]

You said you found it with melted lead, maybe it's a melted silver coin.

 

[matt092079]

You said you found it with melted lead, maybe it's a melted silver coin.

I thought this at first, but some said it looked like a tooth and it does resemble that of a cap or crown.