union hospital

[8mygritz]

this is not "todays find"......it's yesterdays!problems w/new phone couldn't download pics.yesterday.hunted site a year ago but didn't know exactly where to look.found contemporary map of the site in a book at B&N sat.so off i went on sun..the area is an industrial/business area w/cleared fields & a wooded stream.went to to the area where i thought the latrine was(near the stream)& hunted for a couple of hrs.,mostly junk/old tires.found these items underneath where an uprooted tree had been..69 & .58 minies,roundball,pistol bullet,lead button(w/loop),old pottery/glass bottle pieces & part of an old railroad track cut at an angle at both ends(use unknown).plan to go back next wkend w/larger shovel.

 

[villagenut]

Looks like you're on an older site, keep us posted.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats, it sure looks like you are on the right site.

I hope that you get some more goodies.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds, congratulations!

 

[cmthunder]

Site seems promising I know of similar site in Western Md never tried it out
Good luck

 

[rickb2202]

I think it's gonna be a great site ! Good luck

 

[goldnugget]

Look's Like a Great New Site for you, keep us Posted on additional Finds--goldnugget

 

[8mygritz]

on the railroad track between DC & balt..300+ bed compound w/brigade that guarded the line.once i found the contemporary map it was easy to locate because rail tracks/beds don't chance too much over the yrs.(unlike rds.).

 

[metalev4]

I hope you find the dump, the US hosp bottles are incredible and lots of variants.

 

[8mygritz]

i've found a couple of camp dumpsites,never found a whole bottle,just necks.

 

[Davers]

WOW!

Great finds .
I just noticed your 'Relic ' picture on the main pages side scroll , thought these were old digs but boy was I wrong.

A promising site, but a difficult site, Many sites on the outskirts of Atlanta ,'years of trash , Tires ,Car's 1950's + bottles , tin cans.
A 60-1 Trash to CW relic ratio.

Your site tho trashy , seems pretty much Untouched, unless old time diggers got tired of digging Lead ,& just kept the pretty Bullets & Big' Plate 'type pieces.

When I got started back in 1998 I found a site that most of the Minnies looked like yours do.

Ie, Double Rammed , or Hard Rammed with the tip's being deformed.

Your area look's to be low lying (I may be wrong) & that allows for flooding or Heavy Rain run-off to bring in & bury Aluminum Cans , & Aluminum Top bottles .

All that Smaller lead makes me wonder ? casting Cuts ? , Shrapnel ? , Smashed Round Balls.?

I'd be thrilled with just the coins .

If it were my site , & I was left undisturbed , I'd clean as much of it up as possible moving and piling trash carry a 5 gallon bucket or 2 & carry out all small aluminum caps / pieces , modern bullets , 22 shells etc.

I know it would take time , but ill bet there is a good bit on smaller stuff still there Cuff, buttons, other small brass & masked targets.

Like the others said much potential there IMO.

That root-ball find is to Cool , only rocks under my Fallen trees.

GL
Davers

 

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