Civil war Lead

[smokeythecat]

From one of my Gettysburg Campaign spots, some 20 miles from Gettysburg, more or less.

No buttons this time, maybe next.



Top row, CS Richmond labs sharps, US Washington Arsenal minie, US minie
bottom row, Three Confederate 2 ring Gardners.

 

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[Elvis]

Beautiful lead!!!! Congratulations

 

[smokeythecat]

This spot has 99% dropped bullets, my favorite.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!!!! Congrats!!!!!

 

[HI-McDunnogh]

Nice finds!

 

[smokeythecat]

People ask me what my favorite CW item to find is, and I always answer a bullet. The reason for this is because bullets are something of a "least common denominator" and a more likely find than, say a Confederate button. So the sentence "let's go get just Confederate buttons today", just doesn't make a lot of sense.

 

[pepperj]

This spot has 99% dropped bullets, my favorite.

Well done on the bullets Smokey.
Query: As I know little to nothing about the Civil War-and you get so many dropped bullets from this spot. I ask why are there so many drops?

 

[erfranks]

Nice Lead!!

 

[smokeythecat]

Pepperj, there are many more Civil War camps, picket posts, traveled roads, general merchandise stores and homes the troops visited than battlefields. If one searches out the camps, homes, etc. most of what you find are drops. On battlefields, it's mostly fired bullets with some drops mixed in.

 

[Steve in PA]

Looks like you have a .54 Gardner there.

 

[BLK HOLE]

Very nice drops Smokey! I'm with you, I do love them bullets.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

nice lead recoveries! way to go