Battlefield Digging in Central Virginia

[mudduck]

What a great day (OK, four days ago).

Hit a private farm for some additional digging. Had a banner day. I found a 24lb ground burst, gun wrench, Macon arsenal bullet, knife, small hammer, and a bunch of other stuff. The guy I was hunting with found an unexploded Schenkle shell. That was awesome to watch.

Looking to reconstruct the 24lb cannonball. Don't think I have ALL the pieces. The box only weighed in at 16lbs of iron.

Encouraged by all the big frags we are finding as well as the Schenkle. Perhaps there are a few more unexploded rounds somewhere out there.

 

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[SCDigginWithAK]

Very good day! Lot of frags. I still want to find a frag. My father found a base to an artillery shell near me. That's as close as I've gotten lol

 

[farmerjay]

Cool finds good job.

 

[TNGUNS]

Killer stuff....... literally ha ha. Congrats.

 

[SCDigginWithAK]

Killer stuff....... literally ha ha. Congrats.

Hahahaha

 

[parsonwalker]

VERY nice. hey! I think I recognize that tailgate!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Valley Ranger]

Great recoveries!

 

[fishdaddy]

im almost certain that the chain with the ring on the end came off a foot hold trap.the swivel in it is a dead giveaway.it must be old because ive never seen that type of swivel..with your permission i can show the pics to some friends and maybe find out how old and what type of trap it was on.

 

[mudduck]

go right ahead and share fishdaddy. i had someone else say it was a swivel link from a trace chain. this was found on a battlefield.

 

[hugoborchardt]

Very nice spot! Keep swinging!

 

[diggervet]

great finds, there's gotta be more there, go back!

 

[BuckleBoy]

That is a SWEET frag reconstruction project!!! Always nice when you can find a ground-burst one to piece back together. LOVE the gun tool and of course the complete schenkl.

Cheers,

Buck

 

[fishdaddy]

go right ahead and share fishdaddy. i had someone else say it was a swivel link from a trace chain. this was found on a battlefield.

your right. i was wrong.

 

[parsonwalker]

your right. i was wrong.

Oh Mudduck. Why dost thou doubt me?