Dmans Turn To Dig A Carved Bullet At U.S. CW Site Today!!

[VOL1266-X]

Dman's Turn To Dig A Carved Bullet At U.S. CW Site Today!!

Dman and I both had things to do today but managed to get in a 3 hour morning hunt at a U.S. camp. He had the find of the day with the .69 cal. 3 ringer carved into a game piece.
My best find was the iron frag from a 12# cannonball. It read in the 20s on my F75 display. When I got it from the hole, I thought it was just a square nut and thought it read pretty high for a square nut. After I saw the hole was missing and it had a radius on it, I knew what it was. I showed it to Doug and he immediately recognized it as a shell frag as well. Our friend Larry Hicklen of Middle Tennessee Civil War Relics in Murfreesboro said the thickness was correct for a spherical 12# ball that would have been filled with powder. That is the only artillery relic we have recovered there to date.
It was a beautiful Tennessee late autumn day with sun and 60 degrees. It was fun to hunt with “The most interesting relic hunter in the world’ today. No banners-just fun. HH from Doug & Quindy.

 

[ModernMiner]

Way to go guys. Congrats to Dman on that great carver bullet.
I'm seeing a 3-ringer and a flat button too. Those aren't chopped liver either.
You guys are torturing me by posting these CW relics.
-MM-
P.S. What happened to that Josh character you used to detect with? Probably got tired of digging those eagle buttons and buying your lunch.

 

[Breezie]

Way to go 'Duo'! Those carved bullets seem to be jumping out of the ground for y'all. Congrats on the frag!


Breezie

 

[CoilyGirl]

Nice job on that carved lead!Nice to see that Tennessee relics are still coming out of the ground.

 

[Valley Ranger]

Nice finds Q! And, by the way, I really enjoyed your recent article in NSCWT - good job.

 

[VOL1266-X]

Way to go guys. Congrats to Dman on that great carver bullet.
I'm seeing a 3-ringer and a flat button too. Those aren't chopped liver either.
You guys are torturing me by posting these CW relics.
-MM-
P.S. What happened to that Josh character you used to detect with? Probably got tired of digging those eagle buttons and buying your lunch.

Thanks MM. We are trying to dig up all the relics in Tennessee before you get here-LOL. We hunted with Josh at a CSA camp yesterday in fact but it's a lot out of his way to hunt with us very long now since he's already worked all night. After taking 2 of his daughters to the doctor yesterday, he couldn't have slept over 3 or 4 hours. HH, Q.

 

[tennessee digger]

I really like your finds for such a short hunt. I've never seen any artillery relics from that area so that's a first. DMan dug a nice carved bullet and, by the way, don't you collect carved bullets HINT,HINT,HINT. Maybe we can get out one day soon. I look forward to it.

 

[Dman]

That was a fun little hunt. I think I will keep the carved bullet for my collection. Thank you very much.
D

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice carve for the Dman!!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice carved bullet! Who needs sleep when you can detect! Lol. HH!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Awesome finds! I really like that carved lead! Great job you two

 

[tennessee digger]

Well Quindy, I tried (like you told me to) but Doug is going to keep that carved bullet.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Man, you guys find more carved bullets than anybody I know.

 

[matt092079]

Love the carved lead. That's a nice piece there. Way to go, DMan!

 

[treasurehound]

Gotta love those carved bullets. More personalfied. We dig a few shell frags here in east Tennessee. Congrats on your short hunt finds.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Always a good day , nice weather , CW relics , carved bullet is a terrific relic recovery for Tenn 3 - 1 , that elusive CSA buckle is out there somewhere..... doggonnit ,

I just know it HH dawg

 

[Ifoundit69]

Nice score on the carved bullet DMAN and nice recover of the artillery frag Quindy !

 

[VOL1266-X]

Thanks for looking and taking time to reply:
Breezie
CoilyGirl
Richard (Old Stonewall) & glad you enjoyed the article in NSTCW.
Donnie (tenn. digger)-Doug knows how hard these carved are to dig-LOl.
Steve in PA -How's the wrist rehab going?
MSBB-you are so right
Dave-I owe you a pm.
Thrillahunt-We were lucky but the one I dug recently was the first since this time last year & 347 relics ago. Dman's was about the same # of relics.
Matt
Randy (treasurehound)
& the mighty Dawg

 

[BuckleBoy]

Well done Dman with the nice carved bullet! Hope Quindy doesn't let you go runnin barefoot through his sites like you do to mine.

-Buck

 

[VOL1266-X]

Well done Dman with the nice carved bullet! Hope Quindy doesn't let you go runnin barefoot through his sites like you do to mine.

-Buck

BB, he's certainly not a "Bigfoot" type but prefers to wear "Pool Room Slippers" instead. If you see those prints, he left them-LOL. BTW-he's still telling that joke. HH, Q.