2 good finds today

[RJH02]

Hunted some woods and fields today not far from a battlefield, found a heel tap/ plate and a fired bullet . Hope to go back soon.

 

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[umrgolf]

Nice toe tap.. bullet looks like a Sharps or a Gardiner

 

[RJH02]

Thanks Jeff for the ID help,best of luck to you in Michigan.

 

[OutBack Duo]

I am sure there has got to be more there, keep looking.

 

[jrsherman]

I think your bullet is a Sharps, not a Gardiner. A Gardiner has a deep base, and is usually very easily noted by the ring at the base where a smaller piece of lead was used inside the paper cartridge to crimp it to the bullet itself.

A Sharps bullet is usually flat based, although they sometimes had a dimple in the base. The rings on a Sharps bullet are usually flat and wide, where a Gardiner is flat and narrow.

The toe tap is a nice find too. You may want to look around more, you could be just a stone's throw from a lot of relics. On the same token, you could have a hard search.

Good luck with it, and good luck digging!

 

[Rogerm069]

Couple of nice relics, got to be just starting and tou will find a lot more.

 

[umrgolf]

Thanks jrsherman, knew it had to be one of the two