Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates bullets *UPDATE* the rest from the hole!!

[MonkeyBoy]

Still working my good spot... approached it from a different angle... I didn't have as much time to dig as I would have liked ended up talking to the landowner for a while... so... 1/3 of the way in with nothing to show for it except a couple new bullets and one flat button.. I get a power hit.. jumping all over... really good and crappy iron mixed in. Getting close to dark... and past my time to be home... I almost left it for next time but decided to make it the last hole and then head out... I dug down about 6" or so and then switch to the pinpointer... mainly for the light and it was a constant tone all over the bottom of the hole... so now.. I'm thinking big chunk of iron!! well.. the next deep scoop was loaded with 3 ringers!! I start widening the hole.. and pulling up two hands of dirt at a time and piling it up.. ended up being the remains of a dropped/tossed cartridge box!! Dug the Box Plate, Eagle Plate, a couple of rivets and 17 3 ringers!!! I cleaned out the hole and there was a massive piece of iron below it... I'll go back and just dig the whole area out now, trash pit maybe The ironic part is I dug a bunch of relics within 100' of this 3 years ago but this area was so over grown it was not huntable... It's late... I'm starving.. so I'll post cleaned up pics later...



Enjoy!!

MonkeyBoy



April 8th - I had a little time to go back out and dig out somemore of the hole.. I did get a few more 3 ringers deeper and a little off to the right of the rest. I pulled as much of the iron out as I could.. seems like trashpit iron to me but No idea what it is.. I've seen the circle piece of iron before.. the rest was pretty rotted so any ideas please post them!!! I circled out into the woods and dug a nice eagle button and one lone dropped 3 ringer before the rain got to heavy!

 

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[Juanmoretime]

Re: Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates, bullets and some rivets

Super finds, what cha gonna do for an encore after this?? Lol!

 

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[Nate in Ohio]

Re: Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates, bullets and some rivets

That's nuts dude! Congrats on having the privilege to find all that! Keep enjoying your hunts!

 

[jasonbo]

Re: Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates, bullets and some rivets

Cant wait to see what else is in the hole

 

[Trond]

Re: Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates, bullets and some rivets

wow great finds

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates, bullets and some rivets*UPDATE* the rest

Jeez again Mark!

You are one of the Better CW diggers on this site hands down..
I think I will name you king of "BUCKLES" You are the original Buckleman

 

[JerV3]

Re: Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates, bullets and some rivets*UPDATE* the rest

Congrats man,

You have some really great sites.

HH Jer

 

[aa battery]

Once and a while i see posts like this that keeps me going. CONGRATS !!

 

[Tnmountains]

Re: Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates bullets *UPDATE* the rest from the ho

Great Banner Monkey Boy. What a thrill is must have been as you saw it all coming out of the ground. Really cool find. Congratulations.
TnMtns

 

[moundbuilder]

Re: Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates bullets *UPDATE* the rest from the ho

Great banner but I have a feeling that the best is yet to come!

 

[jrsherman]

Can't tell for certain, but your iron bits look like ration can pieces to me, the round piece definitely looks like a rat can cap. Congrats on all your finds, they're nothing short of amazing!

 

[jb58]

what a great find-congrats and hope you find more! banner 4 sure!

 

[brnn53]

Congrats Mark! Awesome banner find!
Mike

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Re: Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates, bullets and some rivets*UPDATE* the rest

Jeez again Mark!

You are one of the Better CW diggers on this site hands down..
I think I will name you king of "BUCKLES" You are the original Buckleman

Wow!! Thanks...

MB

 

[Deepdiger60]

Those plates cleaned up well ,a entire box of bullets WTG Congrats on the Banner Dd60

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Can't tell for certain, but your iron bits look like ration can pieces to me, the round piece definitely looks like a rat can cap. Congrats on all your finds, they're nothing short of amazing!

I think you might have nailed it, after after doing a google search... I won't mention the pieces that sort of looked like that I've tossed in the iron bin over the years..

 

[BuckleBoy]

Can't tell for certain, but your iron bits look like ration can pieces to me, the round piece definitely looks like a rat can cap. Congrats on all your finds, they're nothing short of amazing!

I think you might have nailed it, after after doing a google search... I won't mention the pieces that sort of looked like that I've tossed in the iron bin over the years..

I don't think that's a ration can, but rather a tin insert (or what's left of it) from the cartridge box. All of the pieces except one are flat and squared off with corners. It looks like badly decomposed tin to me, not iron--and I think I can see part of the "lip" on the insert in one of the bigger pieces you just dug. (Where the tin was folded over at the top, like in my link above). There is only one round piece, and I don't know what that is.

http://www.saylerscreekrelics.com/sc1406.4.bmp


Did you find the finial from the box yet? (It may have been lost before the box was lost or tossed).

Regards,


Buckles

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Can't tell for certain, but your iron bits look like ration can pieces to me, the round piece definitely looks like a rat can cap. Congrats on all your finds, they're nothing short of amazing!

I think you might have nailed it, after after doing a google search... I won't mention the pieces that sort of looked like that I've tossed in the iron bin over the years..

I don't think that's a ration can, but rather a tin insert (or what's left of it) from the cartridge box. All of the pieces except one are flat and squared off with corners. It looks like badly decomposed tin to me, not iron--and I think I can see part of the "lip" on the insert in one of the bigger pieces you just dug. (Where the tin was folded over at the top, like in my link above). There is only one round piece, and I don't know what that is.

http://www.saylerscreekrelics.com/sc1406.4.bmp


Did you find the finial from the box yet? (It may have been lost before the box was lost or tossed).

Regards,


Buckles

Nope.. no finial.. I was looking at all the pics I could find of the tin inserts.. and I could not match it up.. it does make sense.. but they are so rotted hard to tell.. but.. I'm going to dig out the whole area sooo hopefully the NEXT Cartridgebox will be in better shape and I will be able to tell.

MB

 

[pitdiggers]

That tin you found is absolutely the cartridge box tin! Congrats on the banner. Keep up the good work!

 

[civilman1]

I think you got piece's of both the tin box and ration can's.Nice clean up Mark.

 

[geo4472]

WOW outstanding find