Back in the saddle after a year break........

[DugHoles]

Hey gents,

Some of you may remember me, some may not, but Hello anyway.....

Decided to start the season off right by going to a park where I scored 2 musket balls 7 years ago. This park is in the area of Burgoynes encampment in July 1777, just before his loss at Saratoga.

I removed:

-22 old pull tabs
-12 old steel twist caps
-6 old aluminum twist caps
--Hey, I was looking for relics......so.....you know......

I scored:

-33 pennies
-2 nickels
-2 dimes

-1 silver Canadian dime

-2 musket balls

Talk about being stoked.....these small ones were packed in with the standard British 69 caliber ball, usually between 4 to 6 per one 69 caliber ball. This gave a shotgun like effect obviously. I guess due to the poor accuracy of the musket, this gave you a better chance at hitting something....

Anyhoo, thanks for the look and happy hunting....

Cheers!

Dugholes

 

[allen]

that clad adds up and what is the arrowhead shaped jewerly made of ??

 

[Goldiver]

Hey, It is nice to see someone on here that lives near where I grew up. I grew up on Gilchrist Road in Hebron, not far from Goose Island.

I wish I was more into relic hunting when I lived up there, I was mostly a coinshooter. Lots of history up there.

Anyway nice finds, I like the musketballs.

Steve

 

[DugHoles]

that clad adds up and what is the arrowhead shaped jewerly made of ??

According to the back, it was a button......no metallic value unfortunately