Civil War Camp Finds - 150 Year Old Barlow Knife and a Lead Sabot

[Dman]

Sunday morning was cool and windy, but that did not stop our hunt. VOL1266-X and I made our ninth trip to a favored location, a temporary Union camp. There was a lot of moisture in the ground due to recent rain and snow, making targeting easier. My first target was a small pistol bullet, at about 6 inches deep. I found a dropped .54 caliber bullet and a fired .58 caliber bullet, both were about 4 inches deep. I dug up a piece of lead canister shot. I then got a good strong signal and dug out a lead sabot from a three inch Hodgekiss shell. I got a fluty/funny signal and dug the Barlow knife from about 10 inches. I later showed the knife to a local knife expert and he said it was a Civil War period knife, not bad for a 3 hour walk.
Thanks for looking,
Dman

 

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[Hutch911]

Good finds Like the knife

 

[Detectingfreak]

Love the bullets and knife!!!!

 

[VOL1266-X]

When you showed me the barlow, I knew it was old but I never dreamed it was as old as you. Nice finds!! Where there are Hodgkiss sabots, there are frags and maybe unexploded CW shells.HH.

 

[johnreb1980]

Nice finds Dman.

 

[Dman]

When you showed me the barlow, I knew it was old but I never dreamed it was as old as you. Nice finds!! Where there are Hodgkiss sabots, there are frags and maybe unexploded CW shells.HH.

You should know how old it is. You worked at old man Barlow's factory when it was made.
Dman

 

[ModernMiner]

When you showed me the barlow, I knew it was old but I never dreamed it was as old as you. Nice finds!! Where there are Hodgkiss sabots, there are frags and maybe unexploded CW shells.HH.

You should know how old it is. You worked at old man Barlow's factory when it was made.
Dman

Classic!!!
Congrats on the CW finds Dman. That knife was a great find.
-MM-

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Cool finds dude

 

[lovedigging]

Great Finds, Cool knife

 

[seger98]

WTG, nice finds!

 

[Burdie]

Great finds are you going to try to clean the knife any further?

Burdie

 

[DD-777]

Fantastic finds D - that knife is spectacular!!! Any chance of cleaning or will you leave it as-is?

 

[John Deere Digger]

Great finds.
JDD

 

[silverfreak]

Good stuff D

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice hunt and finds! HH, Mike

 

[marxionu]

On a * DSC00637.JPG down right little thing is a detonator and extremle dangerous. Maybe i m wrong, but seen here lot of things like this.

 

[superficialbob]

NICE C/W FINDS

 

[Dman]

Great finds are you going to try to clean the knife any further?

Burdie

No, I think I will leave it like it is. Thanks for asking.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice hunt and finds Dman

 

[Dman]

Fantastic finds D - that knife is spectacular!!! Any chance of cleaning or will you leave it as-is?

No. I am going to leave it like it is.