JimK
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Hello all,
Well we have not been to our Civil war camp for a while due to some crop spraying, but made it out on Saturday. Our best spot was not accessible due to the hay being about chest high. However there is another field that had been planted with corn that was only 3-4 inches high so we hunted between the rows. We did not do great but still found some good stuff. We managed four 3-ringers, 3 pistol bullets (one may not be period), a small caliber pistol ball. A brass tent or poncho grommet, a brass oval piece that we believe was a bridle rosette. We found a very thin and worn copper disk that may or may not have been a large cent at one time. If you look at it in just the right light under magnification and let your imagination run wild you can almost see a few features that would make you lean in that direction. We also got a 1958 wheat back penny, a bunch of iron stuff and wire and nails. But the coolest find of the day is a brass or copper token (about the size of a nickel) that says JOS. PFITZER 5 Cts on it. I could find no information on this one online. Is there anyone here that might know what and how old it is? It is thin (about half the thickness of a modern penny) and may have been attached to something at one time. There is nothing else on the back. Anyway please feel free to give any input or information about any of our finds and thanks for looking.
JimK
Well we have not been to our Civil war camp for a while due to some crop spraying, but made it out on Saturday. Our best spot was not accessible due to the hay being about chest high. However there is another field that had been planted with corn that was only 3-4 inches high so we hunted between the rows. We did not do great but still found some good stuff. We managed four 3-ringers, 3 pistol bullets (one may not be period), a small caliber pistol ball. A brass tent or poncho grommet, a brass oval piece that we believe was a bridle rosette. We found a very thin and worn copper disk that may or may not have been a large cent at one time. If you look at it in just the right light under magnification and let your imagination run wild you can almost see a few features that would make you lean in that direction. We also got a 1958 wheat back penny, a bunch of iron stuff and wire and nails. But the coolest find of the day is a brass or copper token (about the size of a nickel) that says JOS. PFITZER 5 Cts on it. I could find no information on this one online. Is there anyone here that might know what and how old it is? It is thin (about half the thickness of a modern penny) and may have been attached to something at one time. There is nothing else on the back. Anyway please feel free to give any input or information about any of our finds and thanks for looking.
JimK
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