VOL1266-X
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- Jan 10, 2007
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- Location
- Northern Middle Tennessee
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
After being snowed out last Friday, Dman and I managed a 3 hour early Sunday Morning relic hunt and returned to the U.S. CW site where I dug the TENN Veterans Pin. I dug 4 dropped 3 ringers, 2 pieces of canister lead, a square nail coated with lead, the remains of an Eagle Button, and a brass/iron Whatsit.
I have recovered these lead coated nails before at CW campsites. I have been told that soldiers coated the nails with lead and used charcoal from campfires to write on paper. Simple pencils. If you know differently, let me know.
The whatsit in the left bottom corner is part brass and the longer part is iron. You can judge the size from the first pic. Dman says it looks like a trigger assembly with the iron part being the trigger and the brass part is the brass mount. We are stumped. Let me know if you can i.d. it.
I included the remains of the Eagle Button with a "Extra Quality" backmark because it fell to pieces in my hand. I wish these few landowners who deny relic hunters the opportunity to hunt could see this. These relics are decomposing in the ground and with acid rain and ground action will soon be gone forever. My favorites are people who tell you that they are"saving them for their grandchildren to find". Their grandchildren will probably never hunt the relics and by that time, the thin brass relics will be GONE. HH from Middle Tennessee
The whatsit is a hammer from a 1960s era toy cap pistol. Dman found a large portion of the toy gun minus the hammer assembly a few hunts there before. Thanks to RealeBill who sent a pic of the toy gun. Thanks to all guessers and Happ Holidays!!!
2008 CW Relic Count=160 YTD
I have recovered these lead coated nails before at CW campsites. I have been told that soldiers coated the nails with lead and used charcoal from campfires to write on paper. Simple pencils. If you know differently, let me know.
The whatsit in the left bottom corner is part brass and the longer part is iron. You can judge the size from the first pic. Dman says it looks like a trigger assembly with the iron part being the trigger and the brass part is the brass mount. We are stumped. Let me know if you can i.d. it.
I included the remains of the Eagle Button with a "Extra Quality" backmark because it fell to pieces in my hand. I wish these few landowners who deny relic hunters the opportunity to hunt could see this. These relics are decomposing in the ground and with acid rain and ground action will soon be gone forever. My favorites are people who tell you that they are"saving them for their grandchildren to find". Their grandchildren will probably never hunt the relics and by that time, the thin brass relics will be GONE. HH from Middle Tennessee
The whatsit is a hammer from a 1960s era toy cap pistol. Dman found a large portion of the toy gun minus the hammer assembly a few hunts there before. Thanks to RealeBill who sent a pic of the toy gun. Thanks to all guessers and Happ Holidays!!!
2008 CW Relic Count=160 YTD
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