Civil War Camp Finds & Native American Artifacts

mangum

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Hello all! It's been a while since I've posted. I haven't been getting out much due to the heat & very dry, hard ground. We located a Civil War site this weekend we have been waiting to get on for quite a while (plowed fields, easyish hunting other than tobacco rows & stalks). I feel honored to be able to save this history. I know the group of soldiers that dropped these relics & the exact day they were camped on the site. It's all about the history for me! In total we recovered about 20 bullets, 2 j hooks, piece of a belt keeper & a lot of camp lead. I also found a few broken Native American artifacts while detecting which is always fun. It's not a belt plate or anything great but it's special to me. Any help with the unknown relics would be great, I can post additional photos if needed. HH! finds.png lead.png unknown.png unknown1.png arro.png
 

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Thanks for sharing, I will be braving the Heat this weekend to go Detecting. goldnugget
 

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I can relate mangum, we know a lot of the history from the Union camp we hunt. When they were there, some of the units, etc. The Union retreated from this camp then the Confederats came in so we find relics from both sides (mostly Union) its cool to me to pull a relic from the ground then stand up and look around and just imagine what took place. Found a VA seal button once that would have been with Jackson's troops. Was he a prisoner or there ransacking the camp? Makes you think. I love it!! Nice finds. Congrats
 

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Congrats Josh. Nice Civil War relics
 

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Great finds! Isn't it awesome to so some research, get permission then find what your looking for?
Thats what makes this hobby so much fun!
George
 

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Great finds. I'm almost sure the object on the far right in your unknowns is a Lincoln cent but I will wait for the experts to authenticate it!:laughing7: As for the others could the convex round piece be a button? And, is the tube hollow? If so it could be a primer for a artillery shell. I have nothing on the other two pieces.
 

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Very, very cool that you can trace your site's history to the very day they were there.
 

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great civil war finds, those cleaner bullets are really cool, I like the indian artifacts aw well!
 

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You are getting warmer to the good spot! Great finds
 

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Great finds! Isn't it awesome to so some research, get permission then find what your looking for?
Thats what makes this hobby so much fun!
George
It is very rewarding indeed. It's a big difference finding something randomly (that is very cool as well) vs. finding something that's documented & you can attribute to a specific event in history.
 

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A great start to fall MG!! I have seen the long skinny brass relic that looks like the stem of a safety razor identified as a cased pen in Crouch's book and an oil can (minus the top) in Lord's Encyclopedia. WTG, Q.
 

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A great start to fall MG!! I have seen the long skinny brass relic that looks like the stem of a safety razor identified as a cased pen in Crouch's book and an oil can (minus the top) in Lord's Encyclopedia. WTG, Q.
Thanks for the info!. I was thinking it could be part of a pen or mechanical pencil. If it's not too much trouble would you mind sending me a photo of the page in Crouch's book you referenced? Thanks!
 

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Very nice finds love to find a cleaner bullet one day. Nice to come across the worked stone. Congrats on the hunt.
 

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Great finds Mangum. I feel the same way about the history I dig up and its really awesome you can pinpoint these relics so exact. VOL1266-X's post had me interested and I always like learning about this stuff, so I flipped open the Crouch book to take a look. It certainly does look like those pens in there. Great to learn about something new and thank you VOL1266-X :thumbsup:

Since I had it opened and in front of me I figured I'd send the photo. Hopefully this is the correct page, but it looked like it to me.
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Cool finds Josh! It makes those finds so much more personal to know something about those who left them behind all those years ago.
 

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Thanks for the info!. I was thinking it could be part of a pen or mechanical pencil. If it's not too much trouble would you mind sending me a photo of the page in Crouch's book you referenced? Thanks!

Look at the 4th pen from the left on the top MG. That trumps my one .58 from yesterday & 3 bullets this am-LOL HH, Q.
 

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