smokeythecat
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I went to a really pounded site and managed to squeak out a few things.
First up is a lead 4 hole button from a Confederate position. This was found a few days ago. i may have posted it already.
Second up is the small deer whose mother had been poached.
She hangs by my house a lot.
Burnt and now conserved nails right out of a Civil War hut.
next three photos are two buttons. First is a hollow iron button, with an acorn like design on the top and pierced with small diamonds, with the shank still attached. I did a hot wax treatment on it and second, of all things, which the detector did not pick up is a Goodyear rubber Berdan Sharpshooters button. I think this is rare to be dug as a detector won't pick it up.
It is always best to check what's coming out of a hole visually!
Camp lead and two bigger pieces of campfire lead with melted Sharps bullets still visible!
A great brass and silver plated fancy button.
Another piece of pipe stem and hard to detect percussion cap.
Small size eagle button and it has an iron back and shank. 
perfect Sharps bullet with the 'line' on the base.
That's about it for 2020.
First up is a lead 4 hole button from a Confederate position. This was found a few days ago. i may have posted it already.
Second up is the small deer whose mother had been poached. She hangs by my house a lot.
Burnt and now conserved nails right out of a Civil War hut. next three photos are two buttons. First is a hollow iron button, with an acorn like design on the top and pierced with small diamonds, with the shank still attached. I did a hot wax treatment on it and second, of all things, which the detector did not pick up is a Goodyear rubber Berdan Sharpshooters button. I think this is rare to be dug as a detector won't pick it up. It is always best to check what's coming out of a hole visually!
Camp lead and two bigger pieces of campfire lead with melted Sharps bullets still visible! A great brass and silver plated fancy button. Another piece of pipe stem and hard to detect percussion cap. Small size eagle button and it has an iron back and shank. perfect Sharps bullet with the 'line' on the base.That's about it for 2020.
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