VOL1266-X
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- Jan 10, 2007
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- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
The Hartsville battlefield/U.S. camp is the hardest hunted Civil War site in middle Tennessee. Our late friend Mr. Taylor let everyone who asked permission hunt for relics there since the mid-1960s. That small site has been searched by literally hundreds of relic hunters.
Sometimes, you just need to return to where it all started. In 1995, I dug my first bullet there and even though I knew that little was left to recover, yesterday I went back to the spot again with the F75 in hand this time not expecting to find much. The remaining relics were deep. I was surprised to dig a small civilian iron spur probably used by Col. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate Cavalry forces. This is meaningful to me because I had two ancestors who rode with the 9[SUP]th[/SUP] TN C.S.A. Cavalry who fought in that battle with Morgan. See the first pic to see my 9-23 finds. The conical bullet is a .54 Burnside carbine.
I returned this morning (9-24) and Tenn. Josh came directly from work and joined me for about an hour and a half. This was Josh’s first opportunity to hunt that historic site. He found many pieces of deep campfire lead, a fired Enfield bullet, fired pistol ball, and a nice carved nipple protector. I dug 2 dropped .58 cal. bullets, fired pistol ball, and a few iron relics. Josh took his relics with him so only my relics are shown in the last pic.
Not our best day but not bad as the relics there in that historic site are few and far between anymore. HH from Josh & Quindy.
Sometimes, you just need to return to where it all started. In 1995, I dug my first bullet there and even though I knew that little was left to recover, yesterday I went back to the spot again with the F75 in hand this time not expecting to find much. The remaining relics were deep. I was surprised to dig a small civilian iron spur probably used by Col. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate Cavalry forces. This is meaningful to me because I had two ancestors who rode with the 9[SUP]th[/SUP] TN C.S.A. Cavalry who fought in that battle with Morgan. See the first pic to see my 9-23 finds. The conical bullet is a .54 Burnside carbine.
I returned this morning (9-24) and Tenn. Josh came directly from work and joined me for about an hour and a half. This was Josh’s first opportunity to hunt that historic site. He found many pieces of deep campfire lead, a fired Enfield bullet, fired pistol ball, and a nice carved nipple protector. I dug 2 dropped .58 cal. bullets, fired pistol ball, and a few iron relics. Josh took his relics with him so only my relics are shown in the last pic.
Not our best day but not bad as the relics there in that historic site are few and far between anymore. HH from Josh & Quindy.
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That's right ..... I heard you , everyone has to be aware of those meanass rattler snakes out there 
