Found Gold Plated CW Period Ring in 1862 U.S. Camp Yesterday

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While waiting for the weather to cool & the rattlesnakes to go to sleep, I hunted a large U.S. camp yesterday in a hay field where the snakes wouldn’t slip up on me-LOL. I dug this misshaped & broken adult size thin brass ring that is plated with yellow gold inside and out. I have dug a couple of brass rings this size in CW camps before. Larry Hicklen of Middle Tennessee Civil War Relics told me that girlfriends & wives sent a variety of ring types from home with their soldiers. Breezie thinks my ring may even be older than CW period and veteran Oklahoma digger John Freeman said it’s period and he has dug two such brass rings (one gold plated & one silver plated brass ring) from CW camps in his 40 years of detecting. With these 3 friends possessing much CW history knowledge believing the ring is period, I’ll happily add it to one of the display boxes from that camp. HH, Q.

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Great dig there Quindy. Makes me wonder how many "good low 20's" I've left in the ground.

I doubt you have left much for others to find Richard. BTW, I ordered your new "Battle of Waynesboro" book this am. Can't wait to get it. Looking forward to your upcoming North South Trader's Civil War Magazine article as well. HH, Q.

 

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I would say that it is at least Civil War period or maybe even before. I've dug similar looking rings at really old house sites and one in a yankee camp down at Readyville. I've read the relic book by DMan and Josh "How too finds real relics from de civils wars" and remember seeing a ring like yours in the book. I liked the chapter on "civil war pulltabs, how to identify" and "The Confederate Automobiles". DMan is a relic magnet!!! As a matter of fact, you should give him that ring because of all of the "knowledge" that he shares with us!!! See you soon.

 

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I would say that it is at least Civil War period or maybe even before. I've dug similar looking rings at really old house sites and one in a yankee camp down at Readyville. I've read the relic book by DMan and Josh "How too finds real relics from de civils wars" and remember seeing a ring like yours in the book. I liked the chapter on "civil war pulltabs, how to identify" and "The Confederate Automobiles". DMan is a relic magnet!!! As a matter of fact, you should give him that ring because of all of the "knowledge" that he shares with us!!! See you soon.

As you & Julia know only too well, Dman is a fountain of "something". Knowledge is not part of the flow-LOL. The ring was on the ridge east of where you & Dman were hunting the tent lines and digging relics there. Looking forward to seeing & hunting with you guys soon. Thanks & HH, Q.

 

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Nice digs.

 

[tennessee digger]

Quindy......just waiting until the weather turns cool. Hope to see you guys in not too long, got a couple of places to check out up your way.