Civil war site finds

[treasurehound]

Boy today was a long day hunting in this heat. Tnrelicman and I started out hunting a civil war site in a very active area. One of the first things I found was brass ring thing. I don't know what it is yet but I have seen them on here before. Then I found a scabbard tip. No bullets or buttons this time but we did find several mason jar lids. There was the remains of an 1800's house in the field with only the chimney standing but was in heavy overgrowth so we will have to try it this fall/winter. Next we went to a field where the farmer has given us permission to hunt his property and the fields were freshly cut. A few relics have been taken from here in the past so we thought we would try it today again. After walking the rolling hills in the heat and no shade we decided to try some older homes with some shade and do a little coin hunting. We went to an old school and I found a 1951-D wheat penny. We then stopped for lunch and then went driving around and found another old house so we stopped to get permission. Tnrelicman found a couple very old wheats here 1918 and 1920 I think. We stopped and got permission to hunt another area for some more civil war relics but did not have any luck there. After a couple more stops we decided to call it a day. We did not find much today but anytime you are hunting with friends it is a good day.

 

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[detectoraddict]

Still, nice finds for toughin it out in that TN HEAT!!

 

[VOL1266-X]

Good Finds for this time of year Thound!!! The brass thing looks like the top of a small brass stirrup to me. HH, Quindy.

 

[FortBedfordbob]

Good Finds, I'm pretty sure your scabbard tip is a Burnside Cartridge http://armscollectors.com/mgs/cartridgebox.htm You wonder how hard it was to use such things

 

[dfx willy]

i was going to say stirrup also. willy

 

[civilman1]

Nice find's TH,any day out CW relic hunting is a good day in my book

 

[RELICDUDE07]

That buckle part looks pretty old! Maybe older than civil war. Keep hitting the area it was found!goodluck

 

[Dixiedigger]

Congrats on the relics. It's tough this time of year.

 

[treasurehound]

Good Finds, I'm pretty sure your scabbard tip is a Burnside Cartridge http://armscollectors.com/mgs/cartridgebox.htm You wonder how hard it was to use such things

You are correct. It is a burnside cartridge. I posted before I looked closer at it. Thank you for the link as well.