Some more CW finds today. 14 bullets in one hour hunt!

matt092079 · Feb 21, 2012

Went after work today and in the first hour I found 14 bullets. Pretty amazing considering I've gone over this certain area like 10 times just in different directions. Not to mention I dug foil signals that ended up being a bullet which I probably skipped last time. Some normal stuff...camp lead, rivets, I'm guessing some sorta buckle...not sure what off of, some type of finial piece and a piece of leather that crumbles at touch and I THINK a flat button that isn't so flat anymore(pictured at very top). Thanks for looking!

bluehunter1973 · Feb 21, 2012

great finds

lost hunter · Feb 21, 2012

nice

tomjiggy · Feb 22, 2012

Thats probably a record. 14 mini's and all the rest in an hour....very nice hunt! :icon_thumleft:

Thunderchild · Feb 22, 2012

Man, You did good! Is that a cartridge box finial in center?

Giant056 · Feb 22, 2012

Awesome bunch of finds and in only an hour, that was a great short hunt :thumbsup:

matt092079 · Feb 22, 2012

Thunderchild said:
Man, You did good! Is that a cartridge box finial in center?

I'm not expert on this stuff, but I did find another piece similar a while back but only smaller and someone mentioned it was a piece off of a cartridge box. But it very well could be off of one just a larger size. Thanks for looking. Maybe someone can I.D. it a little better.

civilman1 · Feb 22, 2012

Invest in Howard R. Crouch's "Civil War Artifacts * A Guide for the Historian",very good reference book.Nice dig's

CSA2K · Feb 22, 2012

Very nice! Were u back in Winchester or WV?

relicminer · Feb 22, 2012

Now that's what I call a hunt! :icon_thumleft:

matt092079 · Feb 22, 2012

CSA2K said:
Very nice! Were u back in Winchester or WV?

Winchester, Va.

Gunrunner61 · Feb 22, 2012

Dat's gotta be some kinda record!! Way to go :headbang:

hdmech71 · Feb 22, 2012

I was gonna ask if you were on the western side of virginia myself :laughing9:

. Such a killer looking group and for a hour is obsene. Is that flatland. I know my area does not have many flat spots in it. It takes me an hour to climb the hill the battles were fought on.

matt092079 · Feb 22, 2012

hdmech71 said:
I was gonna ask if you were on the western side of virginia myself . Such a killer looking group and for a hour is obsene. Is that flatland. I know my area does not have many flat spots in it. It takes me an hour to climb the hill the battles were fought on.

The particular area is flat with small hillsides. It's a plowed field so I'm not digging that deep for them, plus the propointer saves an insane ammount of time. I was finding bullets in a few seconds and I would look up at my buddy from work and he was spending a lot of time on one hole.

hdmech71 · Feb 22, 2012

That is awesome. Congrats on all those and hope you can get some cool buttons and maybe a buckle out of there. :coffee2:

matt092079 · Feb 22, 2012

Thanks bud. Yeah man I'm waiting on that nice buckle to pop up at some point. Some old silver wouldn't be bad either. :thumbsup:

CSA2K · Feb 22, 2012

"I know my area does not have many flat spots in it. It takes me an hour to climb the hill the battles were fought on."

Imagine humping those hills in a wool uniform carrying 40lbs and somebody shooting at you!