Gardners

[Joe G from Md]

Heres a few Gardners I found near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Top row, .69cal, .58cal. .54cal., .577cal. one ring. Bottom row. Blown thru Gardner and a .58cal pulled Gardner. Blow thru is caused by weak casting.

 

[Davers]

Heres a few Gardners I found near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Top row, .69cal, .58cal. .54cal., .577cal. one ring. Bottom row. Blown thru Gardner and a .58cal pulled Gardner. Blow thru is caused by weak casting.

Wow!
What an assortment , even a 'blow thru'.
As you likely know we don't get as many Gardner Types here in 'The Sherman Campaign area' .

They pop out every now & again , I only got a Handful of Fired ones & about 3 weeks ago I dug a Dropped but slightly flattened one near "The Battle of Peachtree Creek" . Thought it was a Sharpe's at first ; then sew that distinctive Cavity.

BTW.
Looking again at your picture ; the one I recently got looks similar to the one on the 'top row far right'.

 

[Spats]

That .69 is sweet!

 

[smokeythecat]

The .69 is beyond sweet.

 

[Yak1366]

Great assortment of Gardners!!! Did you dig them all in the same area?

 

[Joe G from Md]

I dug all but the blo thru on right of Lee's line off Harpers Ferry road and the pulled one from Confederate picket post off of Hagerstown road, I have a few more fired, dropped

 

[devldog]

Joe G, very nice find of the Gardner bullets. Like Davers stated, we don't find too many of these in Georgia, but when we do it is a cool find. I have dug 1 blown through next to a creek and have found a few others. I have found a few on this hill, but it is covered in brush and pretty thick trying to hunt. I believe there are a few more on this hill if I could get this hill cleaned off. Lol Love finding those.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Here's an edited picture to show those finds off more gooder! Oh yeah, I now know that you have the good stuff and I know where you live!