Civil war canteen found this evening during quick hunt

[HutSiteDigger]

Found next to a stream in Fredericksburg,va - union canteen!

 

[Citiboy289]

You are the man Hutsite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[americanzero]

Really awesome canteen. Something you never really see come out of the ground whole, and in good shape at that!

 

[BuckleBoy]

KILLER find there. How do you intend to preserve it?

 

[Tnmountains]

Bullseye! Rare intact like that after so long. Nice!

 

[parsonwalker]

Wow - just WOW, Hut! You've REALLY got my attention now . . . so unusual to find in that kind of shape in 2013!! How did you resist thinking it was a tin can and leaving it . . . or just yanking it out of the ground and destroying it. I gotta hear some DETAILS man! And would you mind posting the markings on the throat? Congrats, man -

 

[Davers]

Very Nice esp, for this time [as said]; I would think preserving such an item will take much time and patience IMO. Great find HSD.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Super find HSD!! Now the hard part starts with cleaning and preservation. How will you approach that?

 

[CoilyGirl]

Very nice!

 

[nova treasure]

that sure beats the heck out of every so often canteen spout find,lol. Excellent save !!!

 

[Bubba65]

Wow that is a great canteen, CONGRATS

 

[Gary1963]

Congrats. WTG

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Hut
Outstanding find...real nice !!
Gary

 

[VWandSTUDEBAKER]

I wonder if there is any way to get some DNA off of the spout and figure out who drank from it.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

EL yeah! Man

"incredible Yankee Relic " !

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Yah you all... i was pretty shocked and actually didn't believe @ first it was civil war era, i've only seen them non-dug before or in photos - i told my self it was to good to be true, right after i dug it i went back to the truck and got on the i-pad and double checked myself..

It was found on a slight hill side leading down to the stream about 8 inches in the ground with the busted side facing up, if it wasn't for it being dropped on the hill i don't think it would have survived in-tact like this... When i first dug it and saw the busted up side, i thought @ first it was just a piece of junk and just about left it but - i plucked her outta the ground and saw the canteen spout... Glad i found her because the site i was hunting was a bust and the canteen was found right when i was about to call it a quits, i just told myself i needed to hunt the hill side real quick and get out.. Amazing how most good finds are found right when you are about to call a quits and then just tell yourself "well let me hunt this little area for about 5 minutes" and you find something amazing..

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice piece of history congrats!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[terpfan]

Sensational find HutsiteDigger, congrats! There is something personal about a soldier's canteen that makes it particularly interesting to me. When you found it, I was wondering if it was filled with dirt--if so did you have any trouble removing the dirt without harming the remains of the canteen?

 

[ecam1495]

So true. It always seems i get great finds when i was about to leave, but went for one last go