Found a Civil War camp site!

[Jacobsdt]

Me and my friend were out in the woods doing some detecting and we came across a ring of rocks that looked like they had been that way for a long time. A large camp fire. We proceeded to do some detailed detecting and we came out with a lot of buttons, bullets, and other artifacts.

. New York coat button.

. New York cuff button.

Anyone know what this one is From the hooks on the back I would guess it was hooked into leather.

. Another New York cuff button. It was punched in at some point.

. . This I believe is a ladies broach? It has a spot on the back for a hook of some sort.

. . I had to di deep for this one, 10 to 12 inches. tried to post a pic of the hole, but the site kept giving me an error. I tried cleaning it as best I could, it started falling apart on me.

Eagle I, a little rough.

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Thanks for looking, HH.

 

[mirage83]

Grid the area off and hit it hard my friend. Virgin camps are hard to come by nowadays, and almost always worth the effort to dig every single signal.

 

[EC.Mason]

Wow great job finding that spot!

 

[relic nut]

That's a fantastic site! Great finds. Hunt that area hard. Congrats![emoji106]

HH, Relic Nut

 

[parsonwalker]

Need a hunting partner? I'd go! Man, great job and how fortunate for you man. Love to find brass and personal items. I would believe that oval brass was a breastplate to a cartridge box sling. That's a dang nice find, if that's what it is. Post it in "What Is It?" and the experts will tell you a lot!

 

[tennessee]

Congratulations and thanks for posting. I agree with everyone else, hunt that area hard. Oh yeah, by the way, don't tell ANYONE the location of your new site.

 

[HomeGuardDan]

Need a hunting partner? I'd go! Man, great job and how fortunate for you man. Love to find brass and personal items. I would believe that oval brass was a breastplate to a cartridge box sling. That's a dang nice find, if that's what it is. Post it in "What Is It?" and the experts will tell you a lot!

Def not a breast plate, it is far too small. I thought it was as well until I saw a pic with it next to a bullet. It is an ornate leather decorative/strap weight. It is earlier then the CW and could have been lost seperatebor carried on a homeowner haversack (the later being my theory). Nice stuff, dig out the hole inside the rocks!!

 

[Introfiant]

Those buttons turned out beautiful! How did you go about cleaning them?

 

[trapperart]

Nice finds looks like you found a good spot

 

[Jacobsdt]

Those buttons turned out beautiful! How did you go about cleaning them?

I cleaned them with a q tip with Ammonia. Works good when the button still has gilt left on them. Thanks.

 

[CRUSADER]

The oval brass item with the 4 pins is off a horse blinker. (Heavy horse)