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The Tennessee Trio had 2 recent hunts and both were located at the same Morgan CSA Cavalry camp. Josh spent the weekend of 3-12 with his girls so Dman and I went hunting for a few hours on Sunday March 13. He had the Best Find with a French LeFaucheux 11 mm Pin Fire complete bullet shown with his other finds. The last one he recovered came from a U.S. CW camp. If you recall, I dug one on March 3rd that also came from this camp. My best find Sunday was a dropped Gardner bullet and iron relic with the hook in the second pic. Dman and I thought it might be a hoof pick but I posted it on the “What is it?” forum. It turned out to be a link strap hook. Thanks to “cavtrooper” for the I.D. Here's his reply:
Cavalrymen during the Civil War would also fight on foot. To do this, three out of every four troopers would dismount and use a link strap so that the fourth man, who remained mounted, would have control of the horses and be able to maneuver them to safety. The link strap attached to the bit of the dismounted mans horse and attached to the bit or halter of the horse next. What you found is the link off of that strap. This is a link to one of those straps on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-CIVIL-...STRAP-INSPECTED-STAMP-/330520270558 Congratulations, this is a wonderful find.”
Morgan’s Troopers were famous for fighting on foot and I have read that the youngest trooper held the horses. I was pleased to add this to my Morgan CS Cavalry collection and I don’t get excited about iron relics very often. I also dug a broken file. We find them in CW camps fairly often. Confederates made knives out of them as the metal was hard and files were readily available
Dman worked in his store on the 16th and rested his shoulder for our Arkansas hunt while Josh and I hunted the Morgan camp. The 3rd pic is of those finds. I dug another complete Pin Fire 11 mm bullet and Josh enjoyed digging the dropped .69 cal. 3 ring “Big Boy” as he’s never recovered too many of that type bullet YET. We are trying to figure out the iron relic with a “pigtail” on it in the last pic. Guesses appreciated. I posted it on "What is it?" forum and the consensus so far is that it's a harness relic. Happy hunting from the Tennessee Trio, Quindy.
Cavalrymen during the Civil War would also fight on foot. To do this, three out of every four troopers would dismount and use a link strap so that the fourth man, who remained mounted, would have control of the horses and be able to maneuver them to safety. The link strap attached to the bit of the dismounted mans horse and attached to the bit or halter of the horse next. What you found is the link off of that strap. This is a link to one of those straps on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-CIVIL-...STRAP-INSPECTED-STAMP-/330520270558 Congratulations, this is a wonderful find.”
Morgan’s Troopers were famous for fighting on foot and I have read that the youngest trooper held the horses. I was pleased to add this to my Morgan CS Cavalry collection and I don’t get excited about iron relics very often. I also dug a broken file. We find them in CW camps fairly often. Confederates made knives out of them as the metal was hard and files were readily available
Dman worked in his store on the 16th and rested his shoulder for our Arkansas hunt while Josh and I hunted the Morgan camp. The 3rd pic is of those finds. I dug another complete Pin Fire 11 mm bullet and Josh enjoyed digging the dropped .69 cal. 3 ring “Big Boy” as he’s never recovered too many of that type bullet YET. We are trying to figure out the iron relic with a “pigtail” on it in the last pic. Guesses appreciated. I posted it on "What is it?" forum and the consensus so far is that it's a harness relic. Happy hunting from the Tennessee Trio, Quindy.
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those pinfire bullets are something I've not dug 
hope you get an i.d. on the pig-tail piece
I need to get down to your neck of the woods and do some huntin! lol 
HH!
I'm purdy sure coinmaster2db nailed the ID on that one piece.Part of a yoke.The site he posted has the same one.
