CW Caltrop

[mlhudson]

today was a good day to dig some relics. so we took off to a spot way above a creek over looking narrow that seen a lot of taffic over the years. this was a bout 8 1/2 inches down.
when i first sew it i what'nt to sure of what it was. it has 6 spures with mold tap coming from the middle. other than that, that was all we found today. but i'm happy about finding one of these, i hear they are not common digs. how rare are they? who would have used these more ?


the pic on the bottom is one from a website, not dug

mlhudson

 

[allen]

definetily dont see many of them posted !

 

[ivan salis]

yep a civil war era anti cavalry caltrop --- meant to injure horses and stop cavalry troops. both sides used em .

if one was setting up for battle and did not want enemy cavalry troops to be able to rush across a feild at you you seeded it with these to slow or stop their advance -- foot soldiers not looking down could also step on em slipping and twisting a ankle as well.

or if foot soldiers were being chased by fast moving cavalry troops down a road -- foot soldiers could seed the road behind them with these to help slow down the horse soldiers and thus break off their chase . --giving the foot troops time to regroup.

 

[Tnmountains]

Thats a cool find. I forgot about those things. Pretty wicked. Not seen any of those in a long time.
TnMountains

 

[mlhudson]

more pics

 

[mlhudson]

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[ModernMiner]

Very cool find ML. You don't see those posted here too often.
Congrats to you,
MM

 

[Swingit]

Poor Horse

 

[randazzo1]

Very interesting - I didn't realize these were really used - thought it was a ninja myth.

 

[ivan salis]

nope horse cripplers --bad bad item for a cavalry mans horse to step on since hes then a "foot soldier" with a lame horse to care for till hes healthy again or shoot .

 

[briankb70]

interesting find !!!!!!
WTG

 

[Monty]

Please no more pictures! I'm going blind! Look for a Macro setting on your camera. It's a little flower symbol. Thanks! Monty

 

[mlhudson]

thanks monty, that cam i got , i should bury it in the next hole i dig...-lol

mlhudson

 

[Nana40]

Yipes! But a neat find, ML! I think this is only the second one of those I've seen on here.

Glad ya got out to hunt~

Nana

 

[sonny61]

That's what it is for sure. Found mine last year at a spot where the yanks were being pushed back by the rebs. They also used a caltrop called a "crows foot". Very ugly and painful. Do a google search and take a look at it. Yours was also used on union workforce strike lines and other places to quell riots. Hope this info is helpful. Great find WTG Sonny

 

[civilman1]

Yipes! But a neat find, ML! I think this is only the second one of those I've seen on here.

Glad ya got out to hunt~

Nana

You're probably right Nana....two at top's ML...that is something on my wish list for sure,Great Find....And Sonny61,thank's for the reference of the "crow's foot"...HH

 

[Gunny71]

Nice, havent seen one of those here before, and definately didn't know they were used in the CW.


Pics make my head hurt tho...

 

[mlhudson]

I'm currently allowing it to sink in. I'v heard conflicting stories about the sorce of the " Caltrop" or " crow's foot". The rumer is that this style is a part of a iron stove part. The other is that this
spure item is the " Real " deal. The place it was found had active " Cav. units" in the area. It was more than 10 inches under leaves and limbs, this place aint seen people in a very long time,
aleast not with a detector . There is hardly any information about them either, so if any one has some odd ball accounts about the use of them during the CW, that would be good...thanks

Keepa Diggin

MLHudson

 

[chefrider]

Very nice ML. I especially like CW finds, reminds me of what some of my relatives had to endure.

 

[mlhudson]

I COULD SEE WHY THEY DONT TALK ABOUT THEM OFFEN, THERE WERE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT SLIPS FROM THE PAGES OF HISTORY BOOKS. THE STORY THEY COULD TELL. THERE'S NOT ALOT OF
INFO IN THE " OR's". AT ALL. """" YES, IT WAS FOUND IN NORTH ALABAMA, YEA BOY....

NOSE TO THE GRIND -- SHOVEL IN THE DIRT. MLH


KEEPA DIGGIN

MLHUDSON