Civil War Relic Hunt Gives Me My First CORPS BADGE! Maybe...

[FoxHound0985]

Civil War Relic Hunt Gives Me My First CORPS BADGE!

Greetings everyone,

A buddy and I got out to a well hunted Civil War camp site today for a few hours. The relics were VERY few and far between, but I did manage to get a nice .69 caliber "plug cavity" minie ball, the remnants of a soldier's pocket knife, and a very interesting cross shaped piece of brass that I strongly suspect is a 6th Corps Badge. It was pretty crumpled up when I found it, and I might have been a little too aggressive in trying to bend it back. We have hunted this site many times over the last few years and have found quite a few bullets and buttons, but very little else comes out of the ground. I got a nice US cartridge box plate from this site the first time we hunted it. My buddy's finds for the day were a fired .58 minie, an unreadable large cent, and a toasted Spencer cartridge. It was definitely a great day to be out in the woods! Thanks for looking and HH

 

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[scruggs]

Love the relics you found! Quite a day you had!

 

[dirtlooter]

congrats on the "great day", those kinds of finds would have me pretty stoked for quite a while

 

[trapperart]

Nice hunt congrats on some nice finds

 

[Davers]

I can see it , can also see it as a "Maybe'' but it does look cut .

Looking again it's bigger than I thought it was at first, so 'You may have a Camp made badge' I hope so.

Always love the 'Big 69's' plug cavity is a +.

Wish those knives held up better or could be re-assembled.
As they were a Soldier's personal property.
Great hunt guy's.

 

[FoxHound0985]

Thanks guys! It turns out that the bullet measures .705, which would have been used with the .71 caliber Austrian Lorenz rifle. Now I need to get out there and find some more of them

 

[relic nut]

Great hunt! Love to see those CW relics rescued. Congratulations [emoji106]

HH, RN

 

[Davers]

Thanks guys! It turns out that the bullet measures .705, which would have been used with the .71 caliber Austrian Lorenz rifle. Now I need to get out there and find some more of them

.705 huh.
Cool only seen them super big boys in the books.
I wonder how common they are?

Also after looking through some magazines, books, and computer , i'm 95% sure you do have a corps badge.

My opinion really does not matter tho

What do you think it was made from? 'with the circle & all'?
Davers

 

[FoxHound0985]

Thanks!

Davers, the two .705s that I've found are the only ones I've ever seen. I guess they're pretty uncommon. As for the corps badge, I'm pretty certain it is one as well. It's made from brass and is clearly hand made/cut. There is some solder on one side, so it probably had a pin attached to it at one time. I'm pretty happy with it! Hopefully we can get back out to that site again soon.

 

[RVRoamer74]

Nice hunt saving some History...Congrats and GL next outing.

 

[sutphin]

IS THAT A PERCUSSION CAP? MAN NEET FINDS

 

[Davers]

Thanks!

Davers, the two .705s that I've found are the only ones I've ever seen. I guess they're pretty uncommon. As for the corps badge, I'm pretty certain it is one as well. It's made from brass and is clearly hand made/cut. There is some solder on one side, so it probably had a pin attached to it at one time. I'm pretty happy with it! Hopefully we can get back out to that site again soon.

Best of luck , when you get back out there.