Icewing
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Battlefield Archeology - Pea Ridge, AR
Ok guys, sorry I've been so slow in getting to posting this.
As I told you guys a couple of months ago I was contacted by the National Parks Service and asked to help them and the Arkansas Archeological Survey recover some artifacts on the Pea Ridge National Military Park.
The schedule got changed up just a bit but we ended up getting to hunt for 6 days instead of 5, so it worked out for the better in the long run.
Day 1 started off really slow, we spent about 6 hours in the first section and didn't find squat, which was to be expected because it was primarily a farm. Toward the end of the day though we started finding some actual civil war artifacts. That's when I found this really ugly unrefined canister shot ball that was fired by the Confederates.
The next few days were much more productive. As we worked our way back into the woods (not wooded durring the wat) toward where the Confederates had 21 cannons set up we found more and more good stuff. The vast majority of which was 12 pound case and canister shot, and a variety of musket balls. We also found a few pieces of regular hollow balls with the really thick wall, and some pieces of James bolts. I even found a couple of percussion caps and a hammer from either a musketoon or carbine, a other first for me. On the other side of the ridge I found several of what i believe were 44 caliber navy pistol bullets.
In the end we recovered roughly 1,000 civil war artifacts, it was a fantastic learning experience and I will without a doubt be doing it again.
Pieces of James bolt
Boreman fuse
We found dozens of these canister shot balls
Regular (hollow)
Hammer
Case shot
44 caliber Navy pistol bullets (that one was just laying on the surface)
Thanks for looking, I hope you enjoy the pics.
***I screwed up the title, it was supposed to be Battlefield Archeology***
Ok guys, sorry I've been so slow in getting to posting this.
As I told you guys a couple of months ago I was contacted by the National Parks Service and asked to help them and the Arkansas Archeological Survey recover some artifacts on the Pea Ridge National Military Park.
The schedule got changed up just a bit but we ended up getting to hunt for 6 days instead of 5, so it worked out for the better in the long run.
Day 1 started off really slow, we spent about 6 hours in the first section and didn't find squat, which was to be expected because it was primarily a farm. Toward the end of the day though we started finding some actual civil war artifacts. That's when I found this really ugly unrefined canister shot ball that was fired by the Confederates.
The next few days were much more productive. As we worked our way back into the woods (not wooded durring the wat) toward where the Confederates had 21 cannons set up we found more and more good stuff. The vast majority of which was 12 pound case and canister shot, and a variety of musket balls. We also found a few pieces of regular hollow balls with the really thick wall, and some pieces of James bolts. I even found a couple of percussion caps and a hammer from either a musketoon or carbine, a other first for me. On the other side of the ridge I found several of what i believe were 44 caliber navy pistol bullets.
In the end we recovered roughly 1,000 civil war artifacts, it was a fantastic learning experience and I will without a doubt be doing it again.
Pieces of James bolt
Boreman fuse
We found dozens of these canister shot balls
Regular (hollow)
Hammer
Case shot
44 caliber Navy pistol bullets (that one was just laying on the surface)
Thanks for looking, I hope you enjoy the pics.
***I screwed up the title, it was supposed to be Battlefield Archeology***
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