Yanks in Northern Virginia

[DeArmitt Pa]

Hi all, as you have read from Mach 1 Pilot we all made a trip down to Northern Virginia for a hunt. At first the day was pretty busted, then everything kicked in gear and we started getting some good stuff.

I got two 3 ringers: one shot and one dropped, spencer cartridge, part of a metal horse comb, and some iron pieces with questionable ID's. Any help on those would be appretiated. Thanks for looking.

 

[pitdiggers]

That's a long way to come down for some civil war relics!!! Dedication! What type of sites do you hunt in PA? I am down in Northern VA and only hunt CW sites.

 

[DeArmitt Pa]

Well for the most part I hunt old homestead/historical sites, most are 1850's or older. I have hunted on a property, still there and lived in today, that was built in 1797 by a Hessian soilder after the revolutionary war. Another site, still there and lived in, was a old tavern built in 1789. We have a lot of old homestead sites that we hit on a regular basis.

This CW hunt was my third. My father-in-law and I have gone on two others in Maryland. The strangest thing is, my best CW find is the back half of a CS belt plate that was found near the place I live. No where close to a battle field.

 

[vayank54]

I'm glad you all were able to get into some civil war stuff while you were down here. It's getting hard to find a really good site.

 

[Des from down under]

exciting finds for sure, and like relic hunting which i enjoy the fun is comin up on the id...ing ..well done man...

 

[RiverRat3]

Great finds, top left picture looks like a candle holder.

 

[MaineRelic]

I wish you would have swung by Maine first I would have made the trip ! I have gone a lot further for a lot less !! nice civil war recoveries !! MaineRelic.

 

[Dman]

I found one of those iron relics just like the one in the top right corner. I found it last week in a colonial site. Do you know what it might be? If you find out let me know.
Thanks
Dman

 

[BamaBill]

Ahh, we found a piece identical to his iron piece in the upper left of the photo, with the curled piece on top and the diamond shaped piece with a hole through it. I hope buckleboy sees this post as now I'm thinking we need to go back up to this site and hunt again. We didn't find anything else, but if this is an indication of age, we need to know.

 

[vayank54]

Hey DeArmitt
I was looking a this again and I believe the piece of iron on the lower right, beside the fired bullet, is a link to a chain used on farm equipment. It could have been from pretty much anything like a haybaler or even a conveyor to put hay bales in a barn loft.
Did you all go to Culpeper? If so you might have come within a mile or 2 of my house depending on how you went down there.

 

[BuckleBoy]

I have also dug a piece like the one in the upper left of your photo. It was found at a housesite several years ago and I was never able to ID it, but I suspected it to be farming-related.

Regards,


Buckles