4 Sundays hunting a Virgin Confederate campsite

[genlee]

Well I was going to post last week but now I am glad I waited. Myself and a few friends along with my brother had done some research on a area that we thought was just as skirmish site along lee's retreat and what we found was so much more. Now keep in mind I am posting only my finds from the past 4 sundays.

I have more bullets and a few other relics that are in the category of none descript. But the one I am about show are very descript.

Now here is a description of the relics found by my friends.

1 clip cornered war of 1812 Should Strap buckle
80 2 ringer bullets 5 Enfields and one rare shotgun slug along with various three ringers.
1 block "I" button
1 Alabama Volunteer Corp button
1 Viginia Staff button in two pieces
2 North Carolina buttons ( besides my two )
1 federal eagle button
About a half a ton of scrap steel from the plow fields. LOL
Various flat butons
1 1828 large penny

And I promise I will try to get images to show

And now my images. And I remind you this is a confederate camp site that has not been hunted, the ground was so hot with hot rocks it would have driven most mad but we dug in so to speak and this the fruits of our labor.

 

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[jewelerguy]

love the patina on the US plate

 

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[rebeljim52]

Y have so great finds love the buckle. The little man looks weird.

 

[genlee]

The L shaped piece is in fact a shoe buckle from around 1820 I had a local historian look at some of the pieces and to authenticate them. And the little soldier seems to be quite the star LOL

So when my friends get some images of the other finds I will post them as well.

I went out and bought marking stakes so we can start gridding off the site and working it better.

And thanks for the love folks.

 

[genlee]

I would like to find the horse to the soldier so he could be complete.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Awesome finds...and I too love the patina on that U.S. plate!

 

[Lanny in AB]

A great big wow!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Monty]

Are those cylindrical finds cannon fuses? Monty

 

[dasho]

Way too cool!

 

[genlee]

Are those cylindrical finds cannon fuses? Monty

Yes there is two one is a confirmed confederate cannon fuse ( The Green One ) the other is a cannon fuse but whether it is union or confederate is still being debated.

 

[Hill Billy]

Those are some great finds

 

[Buck Rabbit]

Awesome finds

 

[HISPAN]

Nice Buckle plate ...The lead rider has three legs .

 

[civilman1]

Great looking plate Mr. Lee

 

[Westfront]

The Plate is amazing! You did not see such a patina often.

 

[toddsumm1]

Nice Finds!!! Your local to me and that is awesome to see another US plate come out of the ground within the past month. Good to see someone else around these parts pulling sweet saves out of the ground. Good luck on the finds!

 

[genlee]

Where you at bro? And I plan to find another plate before the season is over.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

I would like to find the horse to the soldier so he could be complete.

8) the horse took one look at tripod man and went awol that is one great place to share some great times with your friends , nice looking plate ! 8) dawg

 

[flatbuttonman]

Well I was going to post last week but now I am glad I waited. Myself and a few friends along with my brother had done some research on a area that we thought was just as skirmish site along lee's retreat and what we found was so much more. Now keep in mind I am posting only my finds from the past 4 sundays.

I have more bullets and a few other relics that are in the category of none descript. But the one I am about show are very descript.

Now here is a description of the relics found by my friends.

1 clip cornered war of 1812 Should Strap buckle
80 2 ringer bullets 5 Enfields and one rare shotgun slug along with various three ringers.
1 block "I" button
1 Alabama Volunteer Corp button
1 Viginia Staff button in two pieces
2 North Carolina buttons ( besides my two )
1 federal eagle button
About a half a ton of scrap steel from the plow fields. LOL
Various flat butons
1 1828 large penny

And I promise I will try to get images to show

And now my images. And I remind you this is a confederate camp site that has not been hunted, the ground was so hot with hot rocks it would have driven most mad but we dug in so to speak and this the fruits of our labor.

Nice hunt!! Thanks for saving History one relic at a time!! I love the buttons!! great job
flatbuttonman