HomeGuardDan
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I got out yesterday with my good pal Beau to take two outstanding young men (brothers) on a water hunt. They were geared and ready (and even happily fed us) for an adventure. We told them we could not promise relics, but a fun day if nothing else. We felt really good about the site we were taking them to, and it almost entirely disappointed us all. I recovered a sinker (most likely made from a CW bullet) early during the day, in fact, right where we launched from. We kept moving to cover ground, and after only another bullet sinker, homemade sinker and fragment from a lead artillery sabot to show for 5 or 6 hours (Beau found a scabbard tip and one of the boys found a bullet) we were heading back and thinking about other sites.
The plan was to hit the site again where I dug the first sinker and then head up river a little to check other sites before pulling out. It is amazing what one (not to mention 4) people can miss when moving quickly. Almost immediately when back at the site I recovered two fired bullets in one hole and Beau recovered one as well. We moved up river leaving the bullet hole to the brothers for a little while to potentially find an even better site.
Another site was not to be found, but there were relics where we left the brothers as they were adding to the lead count. We decided to spend the rest of the afternoon there digging mostly fired bullets with the occasional bullet sinker or home/camp made sinker mixed in. A few dropped bullets were also found mixed in.
I do like digging sinkers and whether homemade, camp-made, or other, they are all cool little pieces of art. I recovered 3 definite bullet sinkers with two others that could have been (though very crude) and one absolute homemade from lead. I also recovered one cut bullet that probably was going to be used for one or the tip already had been used.
Aside from the sinkers and cut bullet, I recovered 12 fired civil war bullets and a few other odds and ends. In total we probably dug over 50 bullets/bullet sinkers during the day and all almost right where we started the day. It was fun and enjoyable and while no one made the BIG find, we did all find a little.
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Dan
The plan was to hit the site again where I dug the first sinker and then head up river a little to check other sites before pulling out. It is amazing what one (not to mention 4) people can miss when moving quickly. Almost immediately when back at the site I recovered two fired bullets in one hole and Beau recovered one as well. We moved up river leaving the bullet hole to the brothers for a little while to potentially find an even better site.
Another site was not to be found, but there were relics where we left the brothers as they were adding to the lead count. We decided to spend the rest of the afternoon there digging mostly fired bullets with the occasional bullet sinker or home/camp made sinker mixed in. A few dropped bullets were also found mixed in.
I do like digging sinkers and whether homemade, camp-made, or other, they are all cool little pieces of art. I recovered 3 definite bullet sinkers with two others that could have been (though very crude) and one absolute homemade from lead. I also recovered one cut bullet that probably was going to be used for one or the tip already had been used.
Aside from the sinkers and cut bullet, I recovered 12 fired civil war bullets and a few other odds and ends. In total we probably dug over 50 bullets/bullet sinkers during the day and all almost right where we started the day. It was fun and enjoyable and while no one made the BIG find, we did all find a little.
HH
Dan
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