South Side of tha Saline River & Bullets Abound

tabdog

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South Side of tha Saline River & Bullets Abound


Just No Mini's,,,,,,,

Hi Folks,

This is the first time I have been well enough to get
out for a while. I went down to River Road and tha
old steel bridge on tha Saline River, (no longer used)

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Not far to the east is this old RR bridge that is still in
service,

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I know that both the Confederate and the Union troops
camped down here somewhere. I have yet to find any
Civil War relics though. So, every time I go down there,
I hunt a different place.

For starters, I ran right into brass and bullet heaven.

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I got tired of collecting brass and headed into the thickets.
Better to do it now while it is winter. I came across some
stuff here and there,

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Then I dug up an old FORD hubcap,

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Then I came across this strange Arkie rock,

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Then I unearthed this 1956 Car plate,

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In 1956 it was thought that Saline County had more
aluminum ore than any place on earth. Saline county
produced 90 percent of all aluminum processed world
wide. They were wrong however, and ran out of ore
in the 1970's. There is still some, but it is hard to get
at.

After that, I found this cool little bottle exposed on the
river bank. It seems to be a small medicine bottle,

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Also, along the river bank, I found this quarts crystal
that has been smoothed by the river,

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I can soak that in a acid and water solution and the
brown color will disappear.

I looked for arrow heads. But no luck.... That about
did me in for tha day.

Thanks fer l@@kin yawl,

Tabdog
 

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Pudsbrat

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Re: South Side of tha Saline River & Bullets Abound

Glad to hear you are out and about these days......sounds like you had fun.....take care and try to stay well...
 

kimsdad

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Re: South Side of tha Saline River & Bullets Abound

Great finds!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I would have been worn out from digging all that brass!

That is a cool pic of a great old bridge!
 

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Re: South Side of tha Saline River & Bullets Abound

Neat old plate, nice find on the bottle, but those shell casings & lead had to be a killer to dig all that.
 

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tabdog

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Re: South Side of tha Saline River & Bullets Abound

That brass was easy. It had washed into a low place.
I just eyeballed most of it.

I cleaned that little medicine bottle by putting
soap and part of a brass neckless in it and
shacking it until it was clean on the inside,

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Thanks fer L@@kin,

Tabdog
 

Knightwalker

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Re: South Side of tha Saline River & Bullets Abound

Looks like it was a interesting hunt. Hubcap huh, it looks like one of those soldiors was riding a Mustang. :laughing7: Keep a searching, it's got to be there some place. Plus if the bridges was built back in the 1800 or later, then there should be camps where the worker stayed.
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Re: South Side of tha Saline River & Bullets Abound

I am glad you are feeling better. Keep trying you will find that CW camp.
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