Todays Field Variety......CW

[civilman1]

Today's Field Variety......CW

Once again back up to the farm at Antietam,same field as last weekend where I found a fused end piece of cannonball.Today I found another piece of a 12lb Borman,a .69 roundball,pack stud(rivet) and what look's to be a finial of a Union cartridge box.The coolest find was this "minie"(don't even ask the caliber) that was smashed to about 1/8 of an inch.It measure's almost 1 3/4" long and an 1" wide .Definetley a bullet,ring's are real visible.....All in all it was a pretty good day.Thank's for Lookin'.

Here's a tailgate pic....

This a pic of the smashed round,dropped .69 cal. for reference....


A .69 roundball and a "pack" stud (rivet).....

What I believe is a Union cartridge box finial....Not really sure,little help.....

Cleaned up find's for the day.....


It's never hunted out....not when I've already hunted this particular field for a while.Alway's something new to be had.HH!!

 

[Nana40]

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Always love the CW finds..gotta be my favorite. I went yesterday, but you did much better than I did!

Congrats on the finds! Nana

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Amazing how flattened that bullet is. nice finds and I'm sure it was a fun hunt! HH, Mike

 

[hollowpointred]

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that antietam site just keeps producing doesnt it! great stuff!

 

[TXDIRTFISHER]

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Civilman,

What is the small piece in the last picture top left? It looks like an axle with two wheels on it. I've got one of those I found at a CW fort on the TX coast. Mine is inside a small piece of leather. I've never been able to identify what it was.

 

[civilman1]

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Hey Bluz'....I have quite a few from these field's,most likely they're rivet's or pack stud's,I think the more width they have more likely they're from horse tack.You just never know....but not only did the men die but the horse's took a beating as well.Still nice to pick one up every now and then....HH!!

 

[MonkeyBoy]

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Nice digs!! Funny.. I dug two .69 three ringers pounded out flat this weekend.. they might be the thinnest ones I have dug yet!! Guess it was flattened bullet weekend!! I'll post pics when I get a chance...

MonkeyBoy

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Re: Today's Field Variety......CW

civilman1,

very nice; thanks for posting.
Bit of the past

have a good un.......
SHERMANVILLE

 

[tsgman]

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Great finds Civil, i love those 69's. Tsgman

 

[Ant]

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Those are indeed great finds. I wish we had areas like that to hunt out here. Thanks for posting and good luck on your future hunts.

 

[garrettfan2]

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very nice finds. seems to me that is why we do what we do. thanx a million for sharing those pix of the past. God bless. gf2 in tx

 

[Monty]

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That peice that looks like a miniature barbell is actually a collar stay. Men use to use them to keep those old celluloid collars together. Monty

 

[Southern_Boy]

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Very cool finds there.

 

[1962Vdub]

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Nice finds cant wait to go to my buddies house on South Mountian in Boonsboro when I have time. This is getting me excited about searching for CW relics.Just don't have time right now with work. Thanks for posting stuff so close to home.

 

[ModernMiner]

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Very nice finds Civil. I can't believe how flat that bullet is! Maybe the guy didn't have a gun and thought it could chuck it like a throwing star?
Neat find. Are those teeth marks on it. JUST KIDDING.
Congrats,
MM

 

[TnT2000]

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Hey civil as always some nice CW finds you guys down south have some great spots for them. Goo job, keep it up..TnT

 

[Baldingboy]

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Great stuff Civilman.. I love those digs!

BB

 

[fatsmahoney]

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The .69 slug looks like a soldier may have chewed on it to relieve the pain of field surgery