Sweet Austrian Bayonet and more....

[aquachigger]

Just had another great afternoon digging. Hit a new spot and found this sweet Civil War bayonet within five minutes. It's probably in the nicest shape of any I have dug. It was buried in the mud and that's probably why it's so well preserved. I also found some bullets, bullet sinkers and a complete Spencer carbine cartridge. The turtle shells are an interesting story. I was detecting along the bank of a river and a Bald eagle kept circling me and making lots of noise. Suddenly I came upon a turtle shell graveyard! I looked up and saw its nest and it then dawned on me that the eagle was not happy because I was near its nest. Apparently they like to eat turtles. I like turtles. It was kinda sad, but that's life I suppose.



Bayonet closeup...



Ripped apart turtle shells. You can see the beak marks...



Some more cool bullet sinkers and a complete Spencer carbine cartridge...



Carved sinker. Seems like A LOT of work for such a small sinker...




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[hamiddetecting]

Congratulation!!

 

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[CanDiver]

Nice Finds!

 

[novafinder]

nice finds you will have to post some pics of your whole collection someday i bet its like a museum

 

[spear85]

Great job Beau. You have been on an absolute tear as of late man...in this short water season thus far lol. Man i thought my Austrian bayonet i got out of that pit at DIV was in good shape....yours is in superb shape to say the least. GL this weekend out there, ill be hitting the water this weekend with high hopes but im not so sure i will bring the pain to the relics like u have been so far haha.

Barry

 

[metalev4]

Stunning condition Beau. Another great find. Congrats on another good site.
-Evan

 

[Talon]

My herpetologist buddy says it is not unheard of, here in Michigan Painted Turtles and Musk Turtles are the two most common species to be taken. He hasn't found anything specific in the literature, but I'm willing to bet if you did a lit search for "Bald Eagle nest contents" or "stomach contents" or something along those lines turtles would probably pop up.

 

[Hot zone]

That bayonet must be made from very good steel, being in such fine condition. Awesome, handy turtle sticker!

 

[CSA2K]

Amazing haul once again man!

 

[jewelerguy]

cool finds as always!