VOL1266-X
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- Northern Middle Tennessee
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- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
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- Relic Hunting
Tenn. Trio Hunts CSA Cavalry Camp Today-Eagle "I" Button + 30 Other Relics-VIDEO
Finally, all the Tennessee Trio members could get together for a 2.5 hour relic hunt at a Gen. John Hunt Morgan 1862 CSA Cavalry camp this morning. The wind from the circulation of Hurricane Sandy was howling (as you can hear in the video) and we had a wind chill of 32 degrees.
Josh’s coat size eagle “I” Officer’s button was the best find today and that entitles him to buy our lunch the next time we can pin him down-LOL. Of course, he had to go home immediately after our hunt and get ready for work again. Morgan’s troops utilized a lot of captured Yankee goods so we are never surprised to dig eagle buttons in his camps.
The assorted bullets that we recovered today were round balls, a 50 cal. Smith Carbine, .577 cal. Enfields, and .58 cal. 3 ringers. Two of Josh’s Enfields had the usual “57” molded into the base and were shipped from England for the Model 1857 Enfield rifle. We were not sure that the base mark was a “57” in the third Enfield bullet cavity and Josh will let me know if it is different.
Doug was happy that Josh could hunt with us today so he could sit in the back seat of the truck and Josh had to open farm gates-LOL. Both Doug and Josh dug more relics than I did today because I spent way too much time walking to their holes with the camera. The job as cameraman cuts into my digging time. Anybody want to be a cameraman? HH from the Trio and we are glad that Ty, Rob, Breezie, Floyd, Shirley, and all our other east coast relic hunting friends survived the storm.
My CW Relics dug in 2012=339
Finally, all the Tennessee Trio members could get together for a 2.5 hour relic hunt at a Gen. John Hunt Morgan 1862 CSA Cavalry camp this morning. The wind from the circulation of Hurricane Sandy was howling (as you can hear in the video) and we had a wind chill of 32 degrees.
Josh’s coat size eagle “I” Officer’s button was the best find today and that entitles him to buy our lunch the next time we can pin him down-LOL. Of course, he had to go home immediately after our hunt and get ready for work again. Morgan’s troops utilized a lot of captured Yankee goods so we are never surprised to dig eagle buttons in his camps.
The assorted bullets that we recovered today were round balls, a 50 cal. Smith Carbine, .577 cal. Enfields, and .58 cal. 3 ringers. Two of Josh’s Enfields had the usual “57” molded into the base and were shipped from England for the Model 1857 Enfield rifle. We were not sure that the base mark was a “57” in the third Enfield bullet cavity and Josh will let me know if it is different.
Doug was happy that Josh could hunt with us today so he could sit in the back seat of the truck and Josh had to open farm gates-LOL. Both Doug and Josh dug more relics than I did today because I spent way too much time walking to their holes with the camera. The job as cameraman cuts into my digging time. Anybody want to be a cameraman? HH from the Trio and we are glad that Ty, Rob, Breezie, Floyd, Shirley, and all our other east coast relic hunting friends survived the storm.
My CW Relics dug in 2012=339
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