2-09-08 Civil War finds, Tsgman

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My buddy John dug this eagle button and carved bullet. Here are a few more pics.
 

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That's quite a variety of relics Tsgman,
I couldn't imagine being shot by one of those hunks of lead :-[
Thanks for sharing
HH
Dan
 

Nice finds! Ya'll dun good!
Mike
 

Very nice to see some minies :)

HH
-GC
 

CONGRATS on some nice lead & relics ,what is the coin looking find?

Randall
 

Great Photos and Great finds buddy! Glad you were out..... You are going to have to build on an extra room at your house just to keep all your stuff..

You can call it the: TSGMAN Detector Finds Museum or something.. Maybe we can get you on the National Registry!


See ya bud
Chris

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Very nice finds, WTG!!!
Dig that little pendant piece, Neat...
Also, if those are .58 caliber bullets" lined up along the back, what in the world is the diameter of that bullet on the end?
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~
 

Nice going Tim.Any idea on the seal,box car maybe?Like the medallion too.....I think you just sold me on the Super 12,I was leaning that way anyway but I'm hearing and seeing good thing's about it especially for my kind of hunting.Congrat's and HH!!
 

Great looking finds Tsgman, I love the CW era relics WTG. The necklace piece is very nice.
Glenn
 

Nice finds Tsgman! What is that thing that has the D.M.C on it?
 

Bunch of nice relics there TSG,should be some coins there somewhere!That coin looking thing is definitly a boxcar seal and that DMC thing resembles a milk bottle.Congrats again, Bootstrap
 

WOW!!! What a great variety of bullets you found. Very cool. A carved bullet can't be too common I'm sure.
Congrats to you.
What is a bale seal? Are these old? I've found some before, but thought they were lead seals off of a meter box.
Thanks,
MM
 

randall61 said:
CONGRATS on some nice lead & relics ,what is the coin looking find?

Randall

Randal, the coin is a Shield Nickel, i cannot see the date but we have found several of those in this camp. I have one decent shape dated 1865. So far i have dug a 1856 half dime, a 1912 Barber dime, a couple V Nickel's, two Franklin Halve's and a couple Walking Liberty's. My Buddy John has dug a 3 cent silver, a 1807 { The 7 was stamped over the 6} Flowing hair large cent, a couple of Barber quarter's a seated dime 1841, and he also has dug a few Shield and V Nickels.
 

Master Sarge said:
Nice finds Tsgman! What is that thing that has the D.M.C on it?

Not sure what it is yet, i hope to figure it out, lol. thanks. Tim
 

Leon said:
Very nice finds, WTG!!!
Dig that little pendant piece, Neat...
Also, if those are .58 caliber bullets" lined up along the back, what in the world is the diameter of that bullet on the end?
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~

Leon, that's a 69 caliber bullet. fairly common find here in Sothwest Missouri, used more in the early part of the Civil War. If you got hit by one of those you would notice it, lol.
 

civilman1 said:
Nice going Tim.Any idea on the seal,box car maybe?Like the medallion too.....I think you just sold me on the Super 12,I was leaning that way anyway but I'm hearing and seeing good thing's about it especially for my kind of hunting.Congrat's and HH!!

Thanks Civilman, Our ground here in SW Mo. is very good, not much mineralization. I was told by someone in Virginia that with the hot soil there it is not as effective? Not sure if this is true or not but i will find. I am going to the Diggin In Virginia.
 

Super Finds! The brass piece with D M & Co on it is the cover for a padlock that protected the key cylinder from the elements. These are period. I found one on the front of a lock near the Hartsville Tennessee Battlefield about 10 years ago. Continued luck yo you!
 

Wow, that's a bullet haul. ;D :D Nice variety too. Surprising that you don't have more coins in with those.

Bob
 

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