Bible Bullet?

[Rhapsody]

Hit the 'no man's land' between two known cellar holes looking for a new hotspot and found a little iron concentration near a flowering plant that had no business growing there. Worked the site for the 45 minutes I had before the sun went down and got a really cool relic. Looks like some soldier heated a 69 cal bullet and squished it in his bible/journal whilst still hot (my theory anyway). The brass ring definitely has the right patina to be CW and is ovular and curved sort of like a shoebuckle but I have no clue what it is yet. Anyhoo thanks for looking and happy digging!

 

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[pepperj]

Wonder if that was a game piece of sorts?
Good to see you out digging.

 

[Rhapsody]

Wonder if that was a game piece of sorts?
Good to see you out digging.

thank you for the sentiment pepper. Game piece seems likely or just a soldier suffering from ennui, sentry duty must be exceedingly boring!

 

[Digger RJ]

Hit the 'no man's land' between two known cellar holes looking for a new hotspot and found a little iron concentration near a flowering plant that had no business growing there. Worked the site for the 45 minutes I had before the sun went down and got a really cool relic. Looks like some soldier heated a 69 cal bullet and squished it in his bible/journal whilst still hot (my theory anyway). The brass ring definitely has the right patina to be CW and is ovular and curved sort of like a shoebuckle but I have no clue what it is yet. Anyhoo thanks for looking and happy digging!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Lenrac2]

Very cool finds! Congrats!!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Nice Saves! Where abouts in NOVA are you? I am in Herndon.

 

[Rhapsody]

Nice Saves! Where abouts in NOVA are you? I am in Herndon.

Just moved back to Reston recently from Montrose, Colorado to do some care providing for the parents, howdy neighbor!

 

[devldog]

Nice CW Saves. Love those carved lead bullets. To know that some soldier took the time and whittled on these bullets and created these different pieces. Amazing. One of my favorite personal finds.

 

[Tnmountains]

People got bored and carving was in style back then and they carved a lot of bullets. I agree nice saves.

 

[Rhapsody]

Nice CW Saves. Love those carved lead bullets. To know that some soldier took the time and whittled on these bullets and created these different pieces. Amazing. One of my favorite personal finds.

Thank you very much, I was pleasantly surprised to find it was altered after cleaning it up. Today at a different location but same time period I found a complete instrument (minus the wood), dug like fifty reeds in same hole and a dozen little iron cranks...gonna have to do some research now to figure out what I dug.

 

[Rhapsody]

People got bored and carving was in style back then and they carved a lot of bullets. I agree nice saves.

thank you, sounded like a large cent in the hole but think I like this better!

 

[oldmxrat]

Neat stuff, congrats!

 

[Rhapsody]

Neat stuff, congrats!

thank you sir different stuff out east for sure

 

[BuckleBoy]

Thank you very much, I was pleasantly surprised to find it was altered after cleaning it up. Today at a different location but same time period I found a complete instrument (minus the wood), dug like fifty reeds in same hole and a dozen little iron cranks...gonna have to do some research now to figure out what I dug.

Reeds from a pump organ

 

[Rhapsody]

Reeds from a pump organ

thank you very much was an interesting find, love to see your poker chip with word 'poker' on it sometime sounds awesome