Tenn. CSA Cavalry Camp Relics & One Relic I Have Always Wanted To Dig

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Tenn. CSA Cavalry Camp Relics & One Relic I Have Always Wanted To Dig

Today, Dman was working in his store and Josh was operating his businesses when I pulled up to hunt one of the two CSA Cavalry Camps where we have hunted lately. Did I feel guilty being out hunting while they were working-NO-LOL. No banner finds there today but there is one item in the first pic that I have always wanted to dig intact. Did you ever have something that you have seen in a relic book that wasn't a big deal but you just wanted to say you found one?
The iron hoof pic as shown on page 140 in Crouch's Relic Book is one of mine. These were blacksmith made. It was especially meaningful to find the pick in that particular Confederate Cavalry Camp because it was not 100 ft. from where I dug the Block "I" on the last day of January. For accuracy sake, the pewter underwear button came from a scouting trip with Dman to a U.S. Camp yesterday where he dug a brass belt adjuster. Josh went hunting near his home yesterday and sent us a phone pic of a 1898 dime, two flat buttons, and some small round balls that he dug. HH from the Tennessee Trio, Quindy.
NEWS FLASH-Congrats to Dman as the C.S.A. Atlanta Aresenal Rectangular Buckle that he dug last Fall made the current issue of American Digger Magazine that is just out. I haven't received my copy yet but Modern Miner emailed us with the good news. There will be no living with him now-LOL. Josh says he wants a FREE copy-LOL. WTG Doug, you made the Trio look good.

My CW Relic Finds 2011 YTD=64

 

[steelheadwill]

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Great Finds and congrats on the Great ID
Best digs to You

 

[DD-777]

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Great digs all around Q. Glad y'all got out before the monsoons hit . We should be getting the rain tonight and tomorrow - hopefully it'll kick up the signals for Doug and I on Saturday...

 

[{Sentinel}]

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Yep looks like a Iron Horse Pick to me Quin. Another welcome addition to the CW collection

 

[traverdog]

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You got some good CW stuff there.

 

[spitfire55]

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[creskol]

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Nice finds, Quindy. While that piece may have improvised as a hoof pick at some point, they really are wagon box staples that have been peened or clinched over to keep them from pulling out.

They look like them for sure Rob. I assume these are the mounts (that were on the outside of the wooden bed) where the wooden standards could have been inserted? Thanks, Quindy.

Hoof pic also used for other purposes , is this correct . .Quindy I have found these in my area but never could figure out the exact use . Do you still use the 1266 X for relics out at the camp CMD dawg

Dawg, I think what Rob is saying is that were blacksmith made and would have been a standard wagon part. They were attached by driving them into the wagon bed wood. If they pulled out, they could not be easily installed (hammered) back into the weathered wood so they were then used for picking stones from horses hooves. They were a common part for period wagons They were light, readily available, and fit easily into a cavalry soldier's saddle bag. I have found many pieces of them in CSA Camps but this is my first whole example. Dman dug 3 old pattern Colt bullets just feet away from the pick. The Confederate Soldiers had to improvise as best they could. Correct me if I'm incorrect Rob. HH, Quindy.

What I was trying to say is the staples were pointed like nails and driven through the wood. Once they were in place, the points were then bent over (aka "clinched") to prevent them from pulling out. If they ever did pull out, they would have been impossible to put back in. It is possible, I suppose, that at that point they could have been used as a hoof pick, as could anything else that was sturdy enough and handy at the time. If you look at the one in Crouch's book, both clinches are facing the same direction. The clinch on the right side, pointing inwards, would serve no purpose as a pick. Like I say, they may have improvised, but their intent was not a hoof pick.