parsonwalker
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Digging in the DEEP bottom of a trench from an early war (1862) battle. About to cover the hole and Mudduck swung his coil and heard another signal. More digging and up popped a pewter button!
Sure looked like a block I - it was a solid-cast. Turned out to have nothing on the front that I could see. So civilian, but I'm happy with it. Mudduck found the end of a ramrod from a .69 cal smoothbore and many bullets. Digging buddy found a perfect Eagle cuff in the creek.
I ended up with the button, a 3-ringer that used to be in wood - just shreds of wood left on it, and a buck in wood, some P caps and bucks, and an enfield. All from the CS trench.
Here's the oddball: This .69 cal 3 ringer hit a rock when it hit the trench. A piece of the rock was embedded in the nose of the bullet. I have found hundreds and hundreds of bullets and never seen that. Great hobby - always something new!
Digging buddy found the eagle button, bullets and a Reed shell fragment.
Here's the solid cast button after dry-toothpick cleaning . . .
Taking some vacation days and hitting some new battle territory on some of those pretty days next week. Finally looking pretty again out there.
Sure looked like a block I - it was a solid-cast. Turned out to have nothing on the front that I could see. So civilian, but I'm happy with it. Mudduck found the end of a ramrod from a .69 cal smoothbore and many bullets. Digging buddy found a perfect Eagle cuff in the creek.
I ended up with the button, a 3-ringer that used to be in wood - just shreds of wood left on it, and a buck in wood, some P caps and bucks, and an enfield. All from the CS trench.
Here's the oddball: This .69 cal 3 ringer hit a rock when it hit the trench. A piece of the rock was embedded in the nose of the bullet. I have found hundreds and hundreds of bullets and never seen that. Great hobby - always something new!
Digging buddy found the eagle button, bullets and a Reed shell fragment.
Here's the solid cast button after dry-toothpick cleaning . . .
Taking some vacation days and hitting some new battle territory on some of those pretty days next week. Finally looking pretty again out there.
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Parsonwalker looks like you did pretty well gotta love a bullet in wood,every relic hunters dream to find something like that.
