Michiganne
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Relic ID'd - Jan. 22
Hi all,
I had posted some wood's finds from a Jan. 17th hunt. One item that was unidentified has now been positively ID'd. First, let me tell you I was lucky to have found it. There is a lot of territory to cover in the woods. I was heading from one hill top to another and was going to travel down a deer trail which was the easiest way down the slope. I remembered on a previous hunt I had taken that same route so I opted for a less user friendly route in order to cover more ground. Right at the bottom I got a signal directly in front of me. I pulled out this relic and thought it looked like the tip to a flag pole.
Mike from MI recognized it in my post and had an idea of what it really was. So, I brought the item to the SWMSS club meeting. Mike and another gentlemen, who know their CW relics better than I, told me it was a bayonet scabbard tip. They thought it has the patina to be genuinely old. Now this woods site has had CW reenactments held there in the past. Mike said that some CW reenactors will buy original CW pieces to use. So, who knows how it got into the woods for sure. Regardless, how cool a relic is that?!
HH and thanks for looking,
Michiganne
pic 3 - the inside looks old
Hi all,
I had posted some wood's finds from a Jan. 17th hunt. One item that was unidentified has now been positively ID'd. First, let me tell you I was lucky to have found it. There is a lot of territory to cover in the woods. I was heading from one hill top to another and was going to travel down a deer trail which was the easiest way down the slope. I remembered on a previous hunt I had taken that same route so I opted for a less user friendly route in order to cover more ground. Right at the bottom I got a signal directly in front of me. I pulled out this relic and thought it looked like the tip to a flag pole.
Mike from MI recognized it in my post and had an idea of what it really was. So, I brought the item to the SWMSS club meeting. Mike and another gentlemen, who know their CW relics better than I, told me it was a bayonet scabbard tip. They thought it has the patina to be genuinely old. Now this woods site has had CW reenactments held there in the past. Mike said that some CW reenactors will buy original CW pieces to use. So, who knows how it got into the woods for sure. Regardless, how cool a relic is that?!
HH and thanks for looking,
Michiganne
pic 3 - the inside looks old
I have never seen one of those before, this website sure does educate on historical relics. congrats on a great find!! 
