It's getting tougher and tougher to find Civil War relics. These days, anything mentioned in the historical literature has been dug or is off limits, like a park. I have several Civil War sites, and we also find occasional items from homesites. These little guys are from the last 2 day's hunts. It was really windy yesterday, and I do not like the howling winter winds.
View attachment IMG_1476.jpg The first picture is charcoal dug from about a foot underground from a Civil War campfire, with a few pieces of CW beer bottle.
Two .52 Sharps bullets, one has the cast line on the base, the other does not, a watch winder, two cuff Eagle buttons, two iron underwear buttons, a brass grommet and grommet with stud.
View attachment IMG_1478.jpg Large nail and a couple smaller nails, camp lead and damaged minie ball.
View attachment IMG_1479.jpg Six percussion caps (a tough find), rain poncho grommets, and camp lead.
Tough diggings. The HF 9.5" elliptical coil (the little laser) scored these. For a hunted out camp, not too bad. BTW everything comes out deeply stained RED due to the high iron content soil. I found the easiest way to clean it put in hot hydrogen peroxide, only takes a couple minutes.
View attachment IMG_1476.jpg The first picture is charcoal dug from about a foot underground from a Civil War campfire, with a few pieces of CW beer bottle.
Two .52 Sharps bullets, one has the cast line on the base, the other does not, a watch winder, two cuff Eagle buttons, two iron underwear buttons, a brass grommet and grommet with stud.
View attachment IMG_1478.jpg Large nail and a couple smaller nails, camp lead and damaged minie ball.
View attachment IMG_1479.jpg Six percussion caps (a tough find), rain poncho grommets, and camp lead.
Tough diggings. The HF 9.5" elliptical coil (the little laser) scored these. For a hunted out camp, not too bad. BTW everything comes out deeply stained RED due to the high iron content soil. I found the easiest way to clean it put in hot hydrogen peroxide, only takes a couple minutes.
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