Civ at the historic PA church

[gforce1972]

Spent a few hours yesterday morning at the historic church in York, PA. The highlight was the civil war bullet. There is a legend that confederate troops stopped here to water their horses. Unless they had some stolen Union equipment, it appears that federal troops stopped here too. Any help on the ? items? The button looking item (?5) has a wide threaded ring on the back.

Gary

 

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[gforce1972]

Update: Turns out the face thing is a vintage Mercury hubcap emblem.

 

[Pacivilwarluke]

Hey there! I'm from the area too, I think I know what church you're talking about! Now about the bullet, see that mold seam? I do believe that means it's likely confederate. I think you have a good one there! The only cicil war stuff I've found in York Co has been towards the river.

 

[texjim]

Awesome finds

 

[jeff of pa]

allot of cool Keepers

 

[sutphin]

FORCE I THINK FORD HAD A COMMERCIAL THAT FEATURED MERC AND THE PHRASE THAT SAID MERCURY THE WINGS OF MAN I MAY NOT BE RIGHT ABOUT BUT I HEARD THAT SOMEWHERE ANYWAY . I HAVE PROBALLY PASSED BY THE CHURCH , WE EITHER TRAVEL TO LANCASTER OR YORK SIGHTSEEING LIKE CHEECH AND CHONG WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED UP . YOU GOT SOME COOL PEICES . WONDER WHO WK IS .

 

[Loco-Digger]

Cool digs. Looks like you pulled some nice relics and coins.

 

[bdsawyer]

The button looking thing with threading looks like a lid to a gun powder tin or maybe a lid for an oil lamp (the side access to pour the oil into)

 

[Erik in NJ]

You got some nice stuff there gforce! My favorite relic is the octagonal piece with the initials WK on it! Great job and nice write-up

 

[basque-man]

Nice assortment of finds. Love that Indian Head!!!! Great color!!!

 

[Nepa-Will]

Great finds! That Mercury emblem is really neat

 

[gforce1972]

The button looking thing with threading looks like a lid to a gun powder tin or maybe a lid for an oil lamp (the side access to pour the oil into)

It was found about two feet from the bullet. I like your ideas. I'll do more research. Thanks.

 

[Diggin Dude]

Great stuff!!!!!! Congrats on your finds, enjoy and HH

 

[against the wind]

Very nice GForce
Really pretty IHP
The 3 ringer and Mercury emblem are heart stoppers

 

[gforce1972]

So this bullet I found... Thought it was a union minie. As Luke pointed out above, it is side cast and has a seam...the union versions were not made that way, only the confederate vers. My books on CW bullets confirm this. So it turns out that it is a confederate bullet! The legend is confirmed!