A couple days on a Civil War battlefield

Gitschlag

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I've spent a couple days out in the boonies hunting on a battlefield that I finally got permission to dig on. So far I have only given a small portion of it my attention, but I have been digging a lot! Many many bullets, including a pair of perfect dropped .69 Tower musket bullets. Also found a musket nipple a few feet from half a dozen .69 balls and buckshot. A few shell fragments as well! Just waiting for a belt plate to pop up! ��
I've been finding a lot just laying on the surface as well, including buckshot, .69 balls, a .69 French Dragoon bullet, and a keeper from a cartridge or cap box.
 

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GrandBlancDig

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Wow, seems like a dream site of mine! I loveeee me some .69 Musket balls! I found my first two this year. Great historical dig!
 

relic nut

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Sounds like a great place to hunt. They are getting harder and harder to find. No telling what might turn up. Congratulations, keep us posted.

HH, Relic Nut
 

alabama11

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Great work. Cool finds.
 

parsonwalker

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On the surface?? Good GRIEF!
 

d2

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Great job!!!d2
 

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Very nice relic hunt! Congratualtions! :occasion14:
 

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Gitschlag

Gitschlag

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Aug 7, 2011
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Several dozen acres were just clear cut on this property, so I have a lot of ground to cover. It has been hit pretty hard by diggers before in some areas, but I'm going to assume that because of all the eyeball finds I am in some pretty lightly treaded regions.
 

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