First Civil War!

[HillBilly244]

Was out in a field not too far from the house this morning and was really excited to find my first civil war bullet , then 2nd , 3rd, 4th, 5th Than found a buckle, its in pretty bad shape but ill take it. Was a very good morning

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on a stellar hunt!

Good to see someone in NC scoring the nice stuff.

 

[The Rebel]

One helluva hunt! I'd look into the local history to see what you could dig up (every pun intended) on CW Camps/Skirmishes in your area.

 

[RustyGold]

Congrats on your awesome finds!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Found the 2 on the right this morning. I'm thinking melted bullets? What do ya'll think?

View attachment 1508348

The one in the middle almost looks like it was bitten. It has the same little mark on it repeatedly, like a tooth... maybe?

 

[HillBilly244]

Tom, you may be right. I have seen where someone has bitten it or an animal has chewed on it.

 

[pitbullfan]

Nice finds! Lived in the triangle 4 years never found any CW relics. Way to go!

 

[Louisiana Ken]

Wow!!!!! Nice finds!!!!!

 

[JBnNC]

Very nice! If that's your "First Civil War"...ya done good. Puppy paws or arrow hooks?--JB

 

[HillBilly244]

The back is totally eaten away. It could be a belt buckle or ammo box plate, i guess i will never know. Either way i am happy with it!

 

[Truth]

OMG!!! Unbelievable day for you. I found my first 2 CW minies this week. A plate would have put me in cardiac arrest. Congratulations


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your finds. Any Civil War item is a good one. I would take that buckle in a heartbeat.

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the lead and the buckle, you had a really great hunt and getting something many would love to dig.

 

[diggervet]

fantastic start! congratulations!

 

[Davers]

The one in the middle almost looks like it was bitten. It has the same little mark on it repeatedly, like a tooth... maybe?

I was thinking that also , lead tastes sweet 'they say'.

BTW
Awesome first CW finds.

I know a Guy who's first signal was a Shotgun Hull , 2 ed Iron , 3rd a CSA plate.
Since then he has dug most every relic that is common to this N GA area.

Like the 'Foreigner' song goes , " you got Stars in your Eye's"

 

[Davers]

I was thinking that also , lead tastes sweet 'they say'.

BTW
Awesome first CW finds.

I know a Guy who's first signal was a Shotgun Hull , 2 ed Iron , 3rd a CSA plate.
Since then he has dug most every relic that is common to this N GA area.

Like the 'Foreigner' song goes , " you got Stars in your Eye's"

Yr def,on a good site.

 

[Sleepy]

Congrats. Like others have said keeping hunting it. You stumbled on to a nice site. We found a site like that on my friend's aunt's property and spent literally the next twenty five years hunting it and have found hundreds of bullets and odds and ends. We still go about once a year and always bring back a few mini balls and Spencer casings. Good luck.

 

[HillBilly244]

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using TreasureNet.com mobile app

 

[HillBilly244]

Just found these 2 this morning. What kind of bullet do you think the small one is? I have never found one like it. It was deeper than the Minie balls, it was about 10 inches deep.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using TreasureNet.com mobile app

 

[Sleepy]

Just found these 2 this morning. What kind of bullet do you think the small one is? I have never found one like it. It was deeper than the Minie balls, it was about 10 inches deep.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using TreasureNet.com mobile app

From the bottom it looks like an enfield or something but not from the side and the length is short. But I'm definitely not a bullet expert. Somebody on TNET will probably identify it when they see the post.

 

[HillBilly244]

Yeah, i thought it could be a Whitworth but it is kind of small. I don't know, hopefully someone will be able to help out.