A few civil war finds on this warm January day

[bearbqd]

Ok, not warm warm, but warm enough to have the sleeves up on my sweatshirt. It was nice and sunny today too. A stark contrast to yesterdays chilly, drizzly day.
Decided to go to a field today that has never let me down, even though I know its been hunted for 30+ years and a thousand people know about it. I can't imagine how much stuff came out of this field back in the 60's or 70's. I found some lead today including a couple of Burnsides. Also found a J hook, scabbard finial, and a first for me, a bullet puller. Also found a dateless buffalo nickel which was a disappointment because it had a green patina when I pulled it out of the ground and I thought I might have my first shield nickel. Oh well, t'was a good day anyway.
The round lead pieces for those that don't know are the broken bases to William's cleaner bullets. Couldn't find the rest of them. Probably long gone.

 

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[joeyfresh]

Nice recoveries. I like the puller.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Great stuff! Love the worm and the finial

 

[Hutch911]

Nice finds!

 

[umrgolf]

That worm is an awesome find .. Here recently I found a spot full of wormed bullets and hoped to find one of those with no luck so far

 

[cooper36]

Nice Finds.

 

[MKnTenn]

Nice relics, like the wormer. HH

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

nice CW relics bearbgd , those worm extractor don't pop up too often

 

[kilmer]

Re: A few civil war finds on this warm January day - Nice!

Never get tired of seeing relics. Nice day of hunting. Hope it warms up in Indiana soon. We have had a great January, but we still aren't ready to quit digging.

Don

 

[VOL1266-X]

You are having some great hunts of late. Those zinc Williams Cleaners disks sure sound good don't they? Nice finds & HH, Quindy.

 

[bearbqd]

You are having some great hunts of late. Those zinc Williams Cleaners disks sure sound good don't they? Nice finds & HH, Quindy.

Yeah, they sure do. They ring out louder than a full bullet sometimes.
Thanks for the replies everyone. I love saving civil war history. No work today so I'm heading back out there. Will let ya know if I find anything else good.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Very nice recoveries. It's really good to see you have found some spots producing for you. The Puller is awesome

 

[metalev4]

I have found lots of pulled bullets but never a bullet worm. Nice finds!