Found my first civil war relic.

[Jerry1NJ]

I went detecting to my local park here in NJ which was originally called Camp Olden. It was a civil war training ground. I decided to go to a wooded area in the park. I got a good signal and dug up this round disc item. I took it home and cleaned it up a little. It says "Wells and Provost Proprietors NY Patent July 18 1854" I did some reasearch on it and found it's a powder can top to a 25 lb cannister of gunpowder. I'm going back there soon to see if I can find any more relics.

 

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[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

WTG on find!1..gregg

 

[time4me]

Very cool relic! Congrats!!!

 

[cwdigger]

Great job jerry on your 1st CW relic,

Cw
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[tymcmurray]

That is a great pice to start your collection with.
May you find many many more cool relics!

 

[Markinnsprings]

Sweet find!! See what else you can dig up there.

 

[Kent in AL]

Awesome find!

Kent

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Great find!! What a way to break into CW items!!! That is really unique!

MB

 

[John (Ma)]

Very nice and congrats

 

[johnreb1980]

Thats a great find.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice CW relic, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[mlhudson]

N I C E F I N D

KEEPA DIGGIN

MLHUDSON

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

WTG on first CW find!! how big is it??..gregg

 

[Discrimination Dave]

Fine Fine Fine work Jerry!
I only get to see that stuff in books and on Tnet here on this side of the big ball.
Go Go Go back while your luck is cookin!

 

[Detectingfreak]

nice civil war relic!!!

 

[Jerry1NJ]

Gregg its about 3" in diameter. Google "Civil war gunpowder lid" and search images. I found the same one on a relic sale site.

 

[Ramitt]

This on?

 

[HISPAN]

great historical research and study

 

[Jerry1NJ]

Yes Ramitt. Thats it!

 

[Hutch911]

Great find