morgan70
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I've been meaning to post these sooner, but due to computer difficulties decided to wait.
Canewrap will post the pics for me hopefully today.
We've been hunting an area in North Alabama in search of a large camp. I think that we have found a couple of schirmish sites, but so far we haven't found the main camp.
These finds represent probably about 10 hours of hunting and most were found in an area about 50' x 250'.
Here's the count so far:
approximately 60 bullets of mixed variety including an awful lot of pistol balls
1 .58 cal. bavarian
1 .58 cal baby belgian bullet ($$$$)
2 spencer cartridges
1 carbine sling tip
1 complete spencer cartridge with a hole on both sides of the rim. This actually had a rotted piece of leather through it when I found it. Must have been a necklace.
2 flat buttons
1 carved bullet. Looks like someone may have tried to make some dice at one time
2 pocket knives
Oh, I also found a .31 cal 1849 colt pocket revolver!!! You probably can't tell from the pics that will be posted, but you can still see the slots on every screw and it is complete right down to the front sight. Even has about 20% of the wood remaining. I plan on ordering a complete history of it from Colt as the S/N is still very visible.
A lot of this area is unhuntable now due to the thick growth. I cant wait for fall!!!!!
We are so grateful for this site. The landowners have given us exclusive and totally unrestricted permission to search the 220 acres. We even have a backhoe available to us if we need it!
Hopefully, my buddy Canewrap will post the pics today.
Canewrap will post the pics for me hopefully today.
We've been hunting an area in North Alabama in search of a large camp. I think that we have found a couple of schirmish sites, but so far we haven't found the main camp.
These finds represent probably about 10 hours of hunting and most were found in an area about 50' x 250'.
Here's the count so far:
approximately 60 bullets of mixed variety including an awful lot of pistol balls
1 .58 cal. bavarian
1 .58 cal baby belgian bullet ($$$$)
2 spencer cartridges
1 carbine sling tip
1 complete spencer cartridge with a hole on both sides of the rim. This actually had a rotted piece of leather through it when I found it. Must have been a necklace.
2 flat buttons
1 carved bullet. Looks like someone may have tried to make some dice at one time
2 pocket knives
Oh, I also found a .31 cal 1849 colt pocket revolver!!! You probably can't tell from the pics that will be posted, but you can still see the slots on every screw and it is complete right down to the front sight. Even has about 20% of the wood remaining. I plan on ordering a complete history of it from Colt as the S/N is still very visible.
A lot of this area is unhuntable now due to the thick growth. I cant wait for fall!!!!!
We are so grateful for this site. The landowners have given us exclusive and totally unrestricted permission to search the 220 acres. We even have a backhoe available to us if we need it!
Hopefully, my buddy Canewrap will post the pics today.
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Just kidding. Let us know how the research goes and post more pics!
