NZ49er
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Howdy all,
Started the day with no real plan. Headed to the next town over where a frontier fort had been built in the early 1850's. The fort is off limits, but I was hoping to find an area in the nearby town to hunt. Got permission for some privately held baseball fields on the main road and figured I'd find a few mid-twentieth century coins to help with my silver count. Almost immediately I started hitting round balls. The day went on and the finds continued to pile up.
Turns out I was in an untouched 1850's cavalry campsite. Got lots of .69 balls, some smaller calibers as well. A couple of Dragoon Overcoat buttons (my first). Also got the face of a 2-piece Eagle I button along with a pewter eagle cuff and a 2 piece eagle cuff. The surprise of the day was my first half-dime. 1832. She's been holed, has been in a fire, and has a heck of a plow strike, but I'll take take it! This is my earliest US silver. Wasn't even on the radar or bucket list. Figured the odds of finding one in the areas of the country that I hunt were astronomically low.
Also got a rotten Classic Head 1/2 cent. Also wasn't expecting to find one of these in my area. Can't even get a date off of it. Got the usual camp lead along with some later bullets: a fired colt army .45 and a few 45-70s (?).
I'm headed back next Sunday. Gonna put some of the finds in a shadowbox for the property owners.
Thanks for looking,
NZ49er
Started the day with no real plan. Headed to the next town over where a frontier fort had been built in the early 1850's. The fort is off limits, but I was hoping to find an area in the nearby town to hunt. Got permission for some privately held baseball fields on the main road and figured I'd find a few mid-twentieth century coins to help with my silver count. Almost immediately I started hitting round balls. The day went on and the finds continued to pile up.
Turns out I was in an untouched 1850's cavalry campsite. Got lots of .69 balls, some smaller calibers as well. A couple of Dragoon Overcoat buttons (my first). Also got the face of a 2-piece Eagle I button along with a pewter eagle cuff and a 2 piece eagle cuff. The surprise of the day was my first half-dime. 1832. She's been holed, has been in a fire, and has a heck of a plow strike, but I'll take take it! This is my earliest US silver. Wasn't even on the radar or bucket list. Figured the odds of finding one in the areas of the country that I hunt were astronomically low.
Also got a rotten Classic Head 1/2 cent. Also wasn't expecting to find one of these in my area. Can't even get a date off of it. Got the usual camp lead along with some later bullets: a fired colt army .45 and a few 45-70s (?).
I'm headed back next Sunday. Gonna put some of the finds in a shadowbox for the property owners.
Thanks for looking,
NZ49er
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