What's new

2 good finds today

RJH02

Sr. Member
Joined
Dec 30, 2007
Messages
438
Reaction score
9
Golden Thread
0
Location
Virginia
Detector(s) used
Silver umax w/ 7in Deep Search Wide scan coil
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
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.
 

Attachments

  • PICT0045.webp
    PICT0045.webp
    71.9 KB · Views: 575
  • PICT0046.webp
    PICT0046.webp
    79.6 KB · Views: 574
Upvote 0
Thanks Jeff for the ID help,best of luck to you in Michigan.
 
I am sure there has got to be more there, keep looking.
 
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!
 
Couple of nice relics, got to be just starting and tou will find a lot more.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top Bottom