Weekend Civil War Saves (Glass, Brass, Iron, and Silver)

[metalev4]

I escaped with my brother last weekend for a couple days of digging at a new site. Surface finds were difficult to come by although I did locate what I think might be the cut off barrel of a musket, epaulette scales and a nice dropped pistol bullet. The bullet, looks similar to a colt, however I compared it to several I have dug and its bigger. Perhaps a Sage? Any input would be nice. The remainder of the time was spent searching for fire pits and digging out a privy which had been dug previously many years ago but not sifted. The brass watch chain came from the privy wall. I searched desperately for the pocket watch without success. Several Uniform buttons wrapped in original uniform cloth came out as well, several of which were given to a friend. Seeing the Union blue is quite a site after 150 years. Given the amount I have found in period privies in this area I can only assume they used the old uniforms as toilet paper. The crossed sabres were a nice surprise out of a small firepit and are tough to dig intact. Eagle buttons and other camp items surfaced as well as a period Burnetts Hair tonic bottle, which I gave to a digging friend. Overall a great hunt and likely my last before DIV. I guess this will have to be the warm up. Thanks for looking, good luck and stay dirty.

 

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[Bill D. (VA)]

Another great looking pile of goodies there Evan. Looks like that site has the potential to be productive for quite a long time. And good job on saving those relics that others left behind by using your trusty sifter. Folks don't know what they're missing by relying solely on their detector and eyeballs.

 

[relic nut]

If that's just warming up, I would hate to see you Hot!! Nice job. Thanks for sharing.

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks like a great weekends result to me.

 

[thrifty76now]

amazing hunt there.Did that seated QUARTER COME OUT OF THERE ALSO? Show an obverse and date please.

 

[parsonwalker]

What a great hunt! Beautiful buttons and those sabers . . . DANG!

 

[metalev4]

amazing hunt there.Did that seated QUARTER COME OUT OF THERE ALSO? Show an obverse and date please.

Yes, dug by one of my buddies. Its an 1854. I will locate a picture of the obverse when I have a chance. Thanks for the nice comments.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Holy wow, that's amazing.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Drool worthy finds!

 

[cjon455]

Very productive day!, I like this sifting thing, I have a cornfield /colonial homesite that I will be doing this at this fall!

Great job!

 

[Old Dude]

Wow. The crossed sabers are my favorite with the pipe bowl being a close second. Look out Virginia!

 

[Steve in PA]

Great pile of relics Evan! You are definitely an earth mover and it pays off for you time and time again
Good job on the crossed sabers, it's tough to find them intact like that.

 

[qaela4]

Great stuff! I've done a little sifting in my driveway and it was a lot of fun. I really need to find a local spot and rescue some goodies.

 

[VOL1266-X]

That's a great haul Evan. The crossed sabres & the buttons are really cool. HH, Q.

 

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[Trezurehunter]

Great looking buttons, & insignia piece.

 

[46Wheat]

Amazing group of finds

 

[sutphin]

METAPHOR THATS A PERFECT ARRAINGMENT FOR A SHADOW BOX OR DISPLAY CASE.

 

[BuckleBoy]

I really enjoyed reading this post and looking at your excellent photos. Congrats on such great finds,

Buck

 

[metalev4]

Thanks for all the nice comments. Nice to share with people who really appreciate Civil War relics and the dedication necessary to find them these days.