Its raining bullets!

[DownNDirty]

It's raining bullets!

The past few weeks I have been detecting a civil war site found by Dirtstalker aka "Bird Dog." A Union ammo cart must have turned over there, because I have so far found 112 dropped bullets-Union three ringers, Williams Cleaners and Williams Regulations ("Pistol Carbines"). A couple of weeks ago I thought I had found about all I could find until I figured out that most of the bullets are deeper than my AT Pro can reach. Since then I have been steadily finding bullets and percussion caps by digging down about 18 inches or so and searching with my Garrett carrot.

Yesterday I had my best day yet-I found 17 bullets, 31 percussion caps (many of them fired but also some drops), the front of a South Carolina Dispensary bottle and a yet-to be-identified small crescent-shaped pewter relic. One of the bullets had been carved into a game piece by a Union soldier-a first for me.

The site is very close to a 1750s British fort and I am guessing (or maybe hoping would be a better word) that the crescent-shaped piece is from a British soldier's uniform; if anyone has an idea of what it might be please chime in-I would appreciate it. In the words of Arnold, "I'll be back"!

 

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[relic nut]

Outstanding!!! Love the carved lead. Bullets look great. Could the crescent shaped piece be part of a toe tap? Hard to tell from picture. Nice job Bud[emoji106]

HH, Relic Nut

 

[P@tch]

Very nice savesDND. 112 to be exact. Congratulations

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very well done! Congrats on all of the bullets!

 

[trapperart]

Nice job congrats on the finds

 

[OutdoorAdv]

That's a lot of bullets man The carved lead is a huge bonus. Whats the story on the SC bottle fragment... it looks AWESOME. Its that Civil War era too? Great hunt!

 

[DashHopes]

Nice job! I'm soon to be back now that the weather has gotten ''Warmer''

 

[DownNDirty]

That's a lot of bullets man The carved lead is a huge bonus. Whats the story on the SC bottle fragment... it looks AWESOME. Its that Civil War era too? Great hunt!

Thanks. The State of SC took over the bottling of all liquor from the late 1800s through part of the 1920s I think. Some of the whole dispensary bottles are worth a good bit of money but not shards I'm afaid, but it's a welcome addition to my collection.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Thanks. The State of SC took over the bottling of all liquor from the late 1800s through part of the 1920s I think. Some of the whole dispensary bottles are worth a good bit of money but not shards I'm afaid, but it's a welcome addition to my collection.

Absolutely... really awesome and very displayable. I got that cannon bottle fragment from Zachary Taylor's presidential campaign from the pit this past winter. Its on the center top shelf of my display... just looks cool even though its a small piece to it. That SC fragment is really awesome.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Nice work Glenn, I'm imagining you swimming in a pool full of 3 ringers by the time that site is cleaned out

 

[DirtStalker]

Nice work Glenn, I'm imagining you swimming in a pool full of 3 ringers by the time that site is cleaned out

Don't encourage him Jon. He already has No Trespassing signs and an Electric Fence and i don't know how many Deer Cams up.

 

[Calabash Digger]

I knew that was the place I was at , I looked up and saw a no trespassing sign and tripped over an electric fence and smashed my face on a deer cam on a tree just kidding great finds man I bet that gets your heart pumping hunting there.

 

[DirtStalker]

I knew that was the place I was at , I looked up and saw a no trespassing sign and tripped over an electric fence and smashed my face on a deer cam on a tree just kidding great finds man I bet that gets your heart pumping hunting there.

Calabash if you were there he would know it. He just bought the house across the street so he could keep and eye on the place..that's according to him. I believe he bought the house because it has a Huge Garage to store all the stuff he's finding there.

 

[scruggs]

Congratulations....that's a lot of bullets!!!

 

[DownNDirty]

Here's a shot of all my finds from the site except for a pocket knife and flat button.