FoxHound0985
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Nice CW Hunt in Central KY...Found a Soldier's Pocket Watch!!
Hi All,
My hunting buddy and I went out to a long forgotten Civil War fort in Kentucky yesterday to do some relic huntin. There was so much area to cover so I took one ridge and my buddy took another. It wasn't long before we were both finding CW lead. There were fired minnies on the sides of both hills, and we know from research that the fort was attacked a couple of different times from 1863 to 1864. The fort has been hunted to death over the years so the finds were very few far between. I did, however, manage to find a really cool soldier's pocket watch!! I thought it was a breast plate when I first dug it up, lol. Once I got it home and cleaned up I was able to pry the back off of it. On the inside it has "Wm Ellery" and "Waltham, Mass.". The serial number is 126,945 which dates it to 1864!! I also found out that Abraham Lincoln carried a "Wm Ellery" watch before he was elected president. Talk about cool!! Anyway, by the end of the hunt I ended up with several Minnies (two of them being the big .69s), three Colt pistol bullets, three small pistol balls, and a really nice Colt Revolving Rifle bullet! I'm still worn out from climbing those really steep hills, but it was worth it! Enjoy!
HH!
Fox
Hi All,
My hunting buddy and I went out to a long forgotten Civil War fort in Kentucky yesterday to do some relic huntin. There was so much area to cover so I took one ridge and my buddy took another. It wasn't long before we were both finding CW lead. There were fired minnies on the sides of both hills, and we know from research that the fort was attacked a couple of different times from 1863 to 1864. The fort has been hunted to death over the years so the finds were very few far between. I did, however, manage to find a really cool soldier's pocket watch!! I thought it was a breast plate when I first dug it up, lol. Once I got it home and cleaned up I was able to pry the back off of it. On the inside it has "Wm Ellery" and "Waltham, Mass.". The serial number is 126,945 which dates it to 1864!! I also found out that Abraham Lincoln carried a "Wm Ellery" watch before he was elected president. Talk about cool!! Anyway, by the end of the hunt I ended up with several Minnies (two of them being the big .69s), three Colt pistol bullets, three small pistol balls, and a really nice Colt Revolving Rifle bullet! I'm still worn out from climbing those really steep hills, but it was worth it! Enjoy!
HH!
Fox
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Great hunt and CW finds 
. The hill that we were on is part of the Muldaugh's Hill range. There were several CW forts there, both Union and Confederate
Great going, FH!! 
