BuckleBoy
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...well, not quite. But the deep mud and stinking standing water in the cane rows of our straggler field, plus the relentless mosquitos made it seem like a swamp, missing only the vegetation and water snakes.
We did pretty well in our last hunt. Shanegalang dug his first Civil War button, a GS Eagle in decent shape with a stand-up shank. Here is a photo of the button, just dug:
And a photo of the happy finder. The photo was taken at 8:30am after we had been hunting since 5:30. 90% humidity and a feels-like temp of close to 100.
Shane has already posted his good finds, so it's my turn. I got a Civil War knapsack triangle. I've dug the hooks before--all styles--but not found one of these, so I was pleased with it. Also got two barrel taps and a nice Georgian-era drawer pull. Added a ramrod tip to the collection too (top right). Got a couple whatzits, some clay marbles, some nasty toasted wheat pennies, and a clay pipe stem. Was pleased to get a tombac lid to a gunpowder can (center bottom).
The following photo (originally posted by Ironman in this thread: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/w...ound-civil-war-camp-today-powder-can-cap.html) shows a similar powder can he dug. The threads around the rim of the one I dug were a dead giveaway, in spite of the fact that the screw-in bottom of it was broken off.
And photos of mine:
I also realized that I had dug the missing piece to one of the barrel taps during a previous hunt. Fits together perfectly:
Here is a photo of some of the stuff Shane has pulled recently.
The long relic (in many pieces) at the top is the arm from an old scale, similar to this:
All in all a fun hunt at the straggler field, and nice to see some mid-1800s and Civil War for a pleasant change of pace from the colonial stuff.
And with that, the Canefield Bandits will sign off until next time. But I'll leave ya with a little Southern Louisiana Eye Candy.
Cheers,
Buck
We did pretty well in our last hunt. Shanegalang dug his first Civil War button, a GS Eagle in decent shape with a stand-up shank. Here is a photo of the button, just dug:
And a photo of the happy finder. The photo was taken at 8:30am after we had been hunting since 5:30. 90% humidity and a feels-like temp of close to 100.
Shane has already posted his good finds, so it's my turn. I got a Civil War knapsack triangle. I've dug the hooks before--all styles--but not found one of these, so I was pleased with it. Also got two barrel taps and a nice Georgian-era drawer pull. Added a ramrod tip to the collection too (top right). Got a couple whatzits, some clay marbles, some nasty toasted wheat pennies, and a clay pipe stem. Was pleased to get a tombac lid to a gunpowder can (center bottom).
The following photo (originally posted by Ironman in this thread: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/w...ound-civil-war-camp-today-powder-can-cap.html) shows a similar powder can he dug. The threads around the rim of the one I dug were a dead giveaway, in spite of the fact that the screw-in bottom of it was broken off.
And photos of mine:
I also realized that I had dug the missing piece to one of the barrel taps during a previous hunt. Fits together perfectly:
Here is a photo of some of the stuff Shane has pulled recently.
The long relic (in many pieces) at the top is the arm from an old scale, similar to this:
All in all a fun hunt at the straggler field, and nice to see some mid-1800s and Civil War for a pleasant change of pace from the colonial stuff.
And with that, the Canefield Bandits will sign off until next time. But I'll leave ya with a little Southern Louisiana Eye Candy.
Cheers,
Buck
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