A Few CW Finds and a Lead Snake??

VOL1266-X · Feb 13, 2009

With the Tennessee weather improving, I did a lot of walking at a few CW sites this week. My meager finds are shown in the top pic Notice the lead shaped "snake" in the center of that pic I kidnapped Dman from his store for 3 hours on Thursday morning (He was an easy capture) and we hit a U.S. CW site. Dman found a nice Eagle Button and a dropped .69 3 ringer that he may post later. We were searching an area that had produced several Eagle Buttons and many pieces of campfire lead. That "snake" piece looked strange and I showed it to Dman. He said it looked odd. That camp has produced several carved bullets. After I cleaned it up, I could see tool marks on the back indicating some Union Soldier had deliberately messed with warm lead from a campfire. Most campfire lead is just a melted mess from where bullets were thrown into a fire.
The brass piece with the tab on the side is a ramrod holder for a rifle. The iron bridle buckle came from a cavalry camp. The tongue was there and broke off. The old brass latch and the brass sleeve are a mystery. The pistol balls are .36 and .44 cal. and I picked up a 1929 Wheatie. No banner finds this week but it was great to get out in 60 deg. weather. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!!!