Hunting in the brush for CW bullets. A few sharps and etc.

[silversweeper]

Hunted an extremely brushy area this week that borders a field that held a large encampment. I was hoping that the briars and bramble may have protected a few goodies from the dozen or so hunters that have beat the open field to death. The first day it was below 40 degrees out with intermittent sprinkles and sleet but... my imagination had me convinced that I was going to come out with a pouch full of relics, so I stayed as long as time and daylight allowed. Was there swinging around saplings and chopping brush with a machette for a long time before I dug a high impact fired Sharps. Later came a fired 44 cal colt and that was about it for the day. A hard, cold day of hunting but I was still feeling my way around the brush and looking for the best hunting spot. Back to it a few days later and was surprised to see someone else was there with the same idea. He'd not had any luck but I'm getting pretty good at sniffing out goodies in hard to get to places so I "waded" in.... Later that afternoon I left with the first dropped sharps I'd ever found as well as a nice 68 cal drop, a perfect 44 cal. colt drop, and a large brass rivet part (dang things ring up like there's really something awesome under your coil!). I badly wanted another sharps to go in the case I'm putting together for my wall so I hit it again today after work for a few hours and.....dug 2 more dropped sharps, a hard rammed & dropped 68 cal, as well as a small fired/high impact ball and a strange pistol size bullet that is oddly shaped (any ideas?). Awful lot of hard work for a few bullets but they will look awesome in my collection.

 

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[pwcguy]

Those are some good looking bullets. Mine come out of the ground with thick crust and I have to pick it off to get to the nice white patina.
Keep up the good work.

 

[deathhare]

The one on the left in the bottom pic is carved.
Find of the day.

 

[zaxfire69]

I was looking at the bullet on the bottom left and was thinking that it was just a heavy ramrod mark. It is awesome either way carved or otherwise. Congrats on those sweet find. What is it if it is carved?

 

[civilman1]

Nice and white,just the way I like em'

 

[deathhare]

I was looking at the bullet on the bottom left and was thinking that it was just a heavy ramrod mark.

It looks to me that there is material removed though.
If it were rammed, that would mean it would have to have been fired, which is appears it never was or the front would be damaged in some way from its landing? What do you guys think?
Looks like a drop but I have seen those hard rammed or double loaded minies with a similar look.

 

[crashbro17x]

I looks like a ram rod mark to me. The back of the bullet looks as if it may have "skipped" when it hit the ground. Without holding it in my hand, that would be my assumption. JMO

Nice haul by the way! Congrats on those Sharps....they are nice bullets!

 

[silversweeper]

Thanks to all for the replies. To be honest I'm not sure what to say about this one. I thought carved when I dug it, hard rammed once I washed it. It was found on a small hillside close by a couple of the dropped sharps bullets so I just figured it was dropped as well. I'm definitely no expert so I don't know. Could it have fallen out of the barrel had it been rammed on top of another bullet? I don't see any "skid" marks so I don't think it was fired. Who knows.....could be a carved phallus but I think I'd rather tell people it's just a hard rammed drop......lol. In any case it is a nice addition to my bullet collection. I've long wanted a carved bullet but this isn't exactly what I had in mind........

 

[duggap]

You keep digging sites like that one and you will get your carved bullet. We found a site once and more than half the thirty bullets we got were carved. One had the soldiers name on it. Good hunting.

 

[Getty]

Thats the way to do it! Get on in the thick of it where nobody else wants to fight that hard. Your rewards tell the rest of the story. Great job!!!

 

[fyrffytr1]

The bullet you are looking for an ID of looks like a savage revolver round. My brother gave me this one. It is .36 cal and about 3/4" long.

 

[mikeshayne]

Glad to see a fellow Missourian hitting the cw sites and being successful. I find a lot of sharps in central and south central Missouri myself. And I agree, I always start hitting a site on the edges of fields and then into the brush and then before heading out, I hit the open fields. Congratulations and very nice looking bullets.

 

[flatbuttonman]

Hunted an extremely brushy area this week that borders a field that held a large encampment. I was hoping that the briars and bramble may have protected a few goodies from the dozen or so hunters that have beat the open field to death. The first day it was below 40 degrees out with intermittent sprinkles and sleet but... my imagination had me convinced that I was going to come out with a pouch full of relics, so I stayed as long as time and daylight allowed. Was there swinging around saplings and chopping brush with a machette for a long time before I dug a high impact fired Sharps. Later came a fired 44 cal colt and that was about it for the day. A hard, cold day of hunting but I was still feeling my way around the brush and looking for the best hunting spot. Back to it a few days later and was surprised to see someone else was there with the same idea. He'd not had any luck but I'm getting pretty good at sniffing out goodies in hard to get to places so I "waded" in.... Later that afternoon I left with the first dropped sharps I'd ever found as well as a nice 68 cal drop, a perfect 44 cal. colt drop, and a large brass rivet part (dang things ring up like there's really something awesome under your coil!). I badly wanted another sharps to go in the case I'm putting together for my wall so I hit it again today after work for a few hours and.....dug 2 more dropped sharps, a hard rammed & dropped 68 cal, as well as a small fired/high impact ball and a strange pistol size bullet that is oddly shaped (any ideas?). Awful lot of hard work for a few bullets but they will look awesome in my collection.

Nice Bullets!! great hunt, nice ring tail sharps I rely like finding those.
flatbuttonman