pitdiggers
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- Whites MXT, Shadow X5, Tesoro Cibola, Minelab XTerra
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Hey TNET members,
We just got back from an incredible day of digging yesterday that lasted all day. We decided that we would go back down to the site, where we had just found the cartidge box spill and tons of civil war relics last time. It was a good choice because like the post's title says, the relics were flowing from the ground once again. The first find of the day actually was an eagle I cuff with some remaining gilt. I'll start off by telling a tiny bit about the site so you can understand the mixture of relics that are coming from the ground. The site is a civil war camp, along with a later 1800's housesite which accounts for some of the later pieces coming from the ground.
We started the day off returning to the exact spot of the catridge box spill where there were still some relics in the ground which included more cufflinks along with the two keys finishing off the spill. From here we continued to branch out and this paid off greatly. But as before we were forced to pick through the trash and enough trash that we filled up an entire backpack with junk!!! I'll let the pictures of the relics do most of the talking but here is the rough list of finds:
1 Eagle Breast Plate
1 NY Coat Button
3 Eagle Coat Buttons
1 Eagle A Coat Button
1 Eagle I Coat Button
1 Eagle I Cuff Button
1 1856 Kreuzer
Several Flat Buttons
Several Minie Balls
1 Large Cent That Has Been Shot Twice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 Pewter Canteen Spout Marked *JH*
2 Rosettes
1 Sword Hanger
...Thats just the start as you can seen from the pictures there is a ton of other finds and there would be too much to list. There are some really interesting items to point out, the first being the large cent that has been shot twice. You can obviously see the two impact points but when wet you can see the bow and head on the front and the wreath on back. Also the breast plate has a perfect hole in the center of it (any thoughts for why??) The pewter canteen spout is a first for us because it is marked with the soldier's initials *JH*. I also included a side view of the heart shoe plate because it shows how this soldier wore the plate thin with all of his marching. Also there are several items which i would greatly appreciate if you could ID. They are the last four images in the post, the first i thought could be a necklace pendant or some type of stamp or seal, the second photo is of three pieces of identical diameter all with wood in one end, and the last appeared to brass handles
Any ideas would be appreciated. Well I hope you all enjoy the relics.
HH- pitdiggers
We just got back from an incredible day of digging yesterday that lasted all day. We decided that we would go back down to the site, where we had just found the cartidge box spill and tons of civil war relics last time. It was a good choice because like the post's title says, the relics were flowing from the ground once again. The first find of the day actually was an eagle I cuff with some remaining gilt. I'll start off by telling a tiny bit about the site so you can understand the mixture of relics that are coming from the ground. The site is a civil war camp, along with a later 1800's housesite which accounts for some of the later pieces coming from the ground.
We started the day off returning to the exact spot of the catridge box spill where there were still some relics in the ground which included more cufflinks along with the two keys finishing off the spill. From here we continued to branch out and this paid off greatly. But as before we were forced to pick through the trash and enough trash that we filled up an entire backpack with junk!!! I'll let the pictures of the relics do most of the talking but here is the rough list of finds:
1 Eagle Breast Plate
1 NY Coat Button
3 Eagle Coat Buttons
1 Eagle A Coat Button
1 Eagle I Coat Button
1 Eagle I Cuff Button
1 1856 Kreuzer
Several Flat Buttons
Several Minie Balls
1 Large Cent That Has Been Shot Twice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 Pewter Canteen Spout Marked *JH*
2 Rosettes
1 Sword Hanger
...Thats just the start as you can seen from the pictures there is a ton of other finds and there would be too much to list. There are some really interesting items to point out, the first being the large cent that has been shot twice. You can obviously see the two impact points but when wet you can see the bow and head on the front and the wreath on back. Also the breast plate has a perfect hole in the center of it (any thoughts for why??) The pewter canteen spout is a first for us because it is marked with the soldier's initials *JH*. I also included a side view of the heart shoe plate because it shows how this soldier wore the plate thin with all of his marching. Also there are several items which i would greatly appreciate if you could ID. They are the last four images in the post, the first i thought could be a necklace pendant or some type of stamp or seal, the second photo is of three pieces of identical diameter all with wood in one end, and the last appeared to brass handles
Any ideas would be appreciated. Well I hope you all enjoy the relics.HH- pitdiggers
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Nah I'll keep diggin' haha. I am glad you like the relics. HH
