Hunting the U.S. CW Infantry Camp Triangle-with Video

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We are beginning to hunt a little. Doug & I hit a Gen. John Hunt Morgan C.S.A. camp on Monday. I returned there solo on Tuesday. My few finds from that hunt are shown in the pic with the brass spur. I have made a few scouting trips but nothing promising so far. Josh has been digging a few relics & buttons as his work schedule allows.
After scouting two sites yesterday morning without promising results, I went to a nearby site that the Trio lightly hunted about 3 years ago. I thought that we may have overlooked a few relics because of the soil being dry that spring. This site is between two U.S. Infantry camps & near a good water source. We call it the “Triangle”. My finds from a 2 hour hunt yesterday and a few hours this morning during the rain are shown on the paper towel. I do enjoy digging those dropped .69s. Attn. F75 users-some of the .69 cal. “Big Boys” were 9 in. deep & read only a “12” on the display but had a good tone. Moisture content was ideal.
The campfire lead, square nails, & utility knife validate our feelings that was indeed a camp for a short period & not just a resting area near fresh water. All 3 of the “Triangle” camps were issued different caliber weapons. The camp I hunted today used mainly .69 cal. rifles (early war), one camp used .58s, & the third camp had .54s.
The only eagle button I dug had a damaged face. Unfortunately, most of the buttons dug in fertilized fields will be in poor condition from now on.
The campfire lead that looks like a horse face in the pic is interesting but just a coincidence.

Thanks to those on Tnet who watch our videos. You helped us hit a milestone 15,000 views with 176 subscribers. HH from the Trio, Quindy.

 

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Congrats on the milestone! I am proud to say I am one of your subscribers because I always enjoy your videos and find them very informative, and of course entertaining! How could they not be, right?
 

Looked like a little bit of a tough hunt this time. But, the relics are still showing.

Thanks for sharing!
 

Congrats on the finds. Enjoy and watch all your videos on here. Those old western shows sure bring back memories of a kid growing up in the 60's. To bad they don't make many westerns anymore.
 

I enjoyed the video as usual. I hope to be in some of them starting next week. I also hope we find more wrench's because we have a bunch of friends with screws loose. LOL
 

Q, Many thanks for the Video! I had forgotten how nice the theme song for The Virginian was. I noticed that the iron spike was exactly like the one from a previous hunt. I have found several of the same in the Port Hudson area. I thought them to be railroad spikes, but you're finding them at camp sites. I'm beginning to think they may have been used as tent spikes as well. Thanks again for including them in your displayed recoveries. N.O.
 

Quindy,
Thanks for another great video and taking the time to shoot them for us. Congrats on the recent CW recoveries and all the YouTube viewers.
Happy Halloween Buddy!

-DUHg-
 

Congrats on the milestone! I am proud to say I am one of your subscribers because I always enjoy your videos and find them very informative, and of course entertaining! How could they not be, right?

Thanks OD. They are much more entertaining when the other 2 Trio clowns hunt with me. HH, Q.
 

Looked like a little bit of a tough hunt this time. But, the relics are still showing.

Thanks for sharing!
About 2.5 hours was all I wanted yesterday WAF. We are in the low 30s this am with a North wind. Thanks, Q.
 

Congrats on the finds. Enjoy and watch all your videos on here. Those old western shows sure bring back memories of a kid growing up in the 60's. To bad they don't make many westerns anymore.
Mike, I heard that during the week in the 1960s there were 27 different westerns on TV. Ah, they were the good ole days if you liked westerns. HH, Q.
 

I enjoyed the video as usual. I hope to be in some of them starting next week. I also hope we find more wrench's because we have a bunch of friends with screws loose. LOL
You can STAR in one next week if you find what I think may still be there. We could use a BOX of wrenches-LOL. Q.
 

Q, Many thanks for the Video! I had forgotten how nice the theme song for The Virginian was. I noticed that the iron spike was exactly like the one from a previous hunt. I have found several of the same in the Port Hudson area. I thought them to be railroad spikes, but you're finding them at camp sites. I'm beginning to think they may have been used as tent spikes as well. Thanks again for including them in your displayed recoveries. N.O.
N.O., they seem to be a little shorter & small dia. than a tent spike but too big to be used on wooden crates or ammo boxes. If we keep digging them in CW camps, tent spikes are a good guess. HH, Q.
 

Quindy,
Thanks for another great video and taking the time to shoot them for us. Congrats on the recent CW recoveries and all the YouTube viewers.
Happy Halloween Buddy!

-DUHg-
It's about time for you to dig another banner MM. I'll mail the CW metric wrench to you-LOL. Stay thirsty my friend, Q.
 

Another great video Quindy. I always enjoy them. I hope to hook up with you guys this fall and winter and see if we can find something. I'll talk to you this week. Do you have a topo of Bethpage, Tennessee?
 

Another great video Quindy. I always enjoy them. I hope to hook up with you guys this fall and winter and see if we can find something. I'll talk to you this week. Do you have a topo of Bethpage, Tennessee?
No topo map of Bethpage but other parts of Sumner County if you need them. Let's go hunting soon!! HH, Q.
 

Another fine video, Q! :) Always love to see..and the pics. Did you all get any halloween snow? brrr I've seen a lot of pics coming out of Gatlingburg and the Smokies this morning.
WTG on the finds! The horse is really neat!
Nana :)
 

Quindy.....I don't need one. I was going to tell you about some things that may be good (may not also) but you may need a topo map of that area to follow. I'll call you early next week.
 

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