Old field finds

[K1DDO1979]

Got out to a new spot that looks promising. It's a huge old field surrounded by a stone wall. I didn't know we're to start but got a couple decent finds out of it. A three ring bullet,button,a toasted 1840 ns half penny and a old dime play coin. This is what the play money would have looked like.

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Trying to help you date the site... your 3-groove bullet has the profile of a US .45-70 "Government Rifle" bullet, in use from 1873 to World War 0ne. Because its grooves are flat-bottomed with tiny parallel ridges in them, it dates from the later half of that time-range. (I do realize you are in Canada, but that rifle and its ammunition were sold as "Military Surplus" to civilians for "large-game" hunting all over the world.)

 

[K1DDO1979]

I noticed the little parallel grooves. Thanks for the info.

 

[Off n On]

Are you detecting the stone wall too - I would ! Hidden cache's ya know!

 

[K1DDO1979]

Are you detecting the stone wall too - I would ! Hidden cache's ya know!

I'm going to hit it hard. There was still snow mostly around the walls!