Good day on a Northern Civil War Calvary camp

[chiloquin]

Got out for a few hours Saturday and Sunday at a Northern Calvary camp. The main house was built in 1858, moved to the back of the property and "new" 1883 mansion on the hill was built. I hit this property a couple of times before the new owners bought it and found a couple of bullets. I got permission to hunt the entire property from the new owners. The property is about 6 acres and was the site of a late Civil War Calvary camp in North Georgia. There were over 900 bullets pulled from the property by a single individual several years ago. With that in mind, I decided to grid off several small sections of the upper and lower property hoping the previous hunter left a few goodies. First out of the ground on Saturday was the Silver pencil near a large oak tree. Next was the .50cal? sharps rimfire shell right at the base of the same tree, and then the Mercury Dime. Today I decided to move close to the main road and grid off a large rectangular area at the bottom of the property. All three bullets were found within about a 50ft square. Any help on the bullets would be......well helpful. The tent rivet was on the way back to the car on a steep slope. I'm going to take my time and really give this property a slow going over. Thanks for looking, GL and HH.

 

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[TheGoldProspector]

Wow, Awesome Finds!!!

 

[mirage83]

Nice finds you've got there, really like the pencil. Your two-ringer bullets have a number of possible ID's depending on their specific dimensions. Any chance you have or could borrow a set of calipers to measure them with? It would definitely help determine what weapon they were used in.

 

[bootybandit]

Nice digs!

 

[Gaspipe]

That looks like a nice spot. Beautiful silver relic.

 

[beez0404]

Congrats on some excellent CW finds. If you need any help hunting that site let me know, I'll be glad to drive down for a couple days!!!

 

[chiloquin]

Nice finds you've got there, really like the pencil. Your two-ringer bullets have a number of possible ID's depending on their specific dimensions. Any chance you have or could borrow a set of calipers to measure them with? It would definitely help determine what weapon they were used in.

I'll get a set from a friend this week and post the dimensions. Thanks for the help.

 

[treblehunter]

Good work and research.

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[chiloquin]

Thanks for the great replies. I'll be placing the finds in a shadow box for the land owners to put on their mantle. I think that would be something they could share with visitors.

 

[coinman123]

Very nice finds!