CSA Read

[JBnNC]

I just returned from a quick day and a half trip to a central Va. spot. I got down into a low swampy area that was much dryer than normal, allowing me to hunt where I haven't in the past.....and that's where the relics were. It was a swamp mud bath, but I loved every minute.
I found a lot of bullets, some that would almost crumble to the touch, and also several nice fragments. The highlights were a round bottom section of a Hotchkiss and the intact Read Shell. The Read was entangled in the roots of a tree and took 30 minutes to get out. The shell has about 25% of the copper sabot missing, however it is one of the rare versions with the lead plug, used to fill the shell with balls.
I hate to wish for a drought in those parts, but if and when that happens..........

--JBnNC

 

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[Calabash Digger]

cool finds! love the civil war relics man my favorite.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds

 

[relic nut]

Congrats Bud! Those are well worth a mud bath to me!

HH, Relic Nut

 

[rich f]

theres nothing wrong with a good mud bath here and there for what u found

 

[46Wheat]

Congrats on some nice relic finds

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice finds.