BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
Kindafoundabuckle and I took a spin out to the site where we got the Spanish Silver and Large Cent last weekend. Only trouble is--we never got there! As we passed by one of our CW picket post sites, we noticed that the corn was cut!! We just couldn't resist a hunt there yesterday because the field had been plowed since we last hunted it in the spring.
Well, hunting the field was a little problematic due to the corn stalks still about a foot and a half high in the rows. We attacked the field though, and got some nice relics. As we worked our way in, I took my Tesoro (but later switched to the Fisher). Kindafoundabuckle had his White's XLT. The first good hit I got was this mystery brass object. I need help on this one folks. It has to be the right era. Very little has been found in the field besides CW stuff--the exceptions being an occasional pull tab or soda can. I know what I suspect it is, but I'd like to see what y'all think. I'm not too satisfied with my own ID... It is a little over an inch in length:
The front and back both have three raised dots on them. On the back (below) you can't see them too well in the uncleaned brass, but they're there:
And on the end (a little tough to make out in the photo), there is a slit in the brass:
Soon KFB was laughing and I knew he found something...I asked "Is it brass or lead?" (thinking he might have found a button...) The reply came back "Lead." He'd gotten a beautiful dropped .69 cal minie. KFB dug one more of those suckers before I replied with a pistol ball. Then I got a .69 cal minie myself
followed by a .69 cal round ball--I don't see too many round balls pulled, but this one has been.
As we made our way out of the field, KFB got one more 69 and dug this interesting object. He just stuck it in his bag, like I did with my mystery find. Then on the way home, he stopped the car and took out the piece again, and said he thought it might have been a sword hanger. Here's the piece:
Looking at some photos, I think he's right. The arrow below points at the item in question.
Here are all the finds together:
Regards,
Buckleboy
Sorry about the lack of walrus photos. My camera broke after the taking the first one--man, he was an ugly beast.
Kindafoundabuckle and I took a spin out to the site where we got the Spanish Silver and Large Cent last weekend. Only trouble is--we never got there! As we passed by one of our CW picket post sites, we noticed that the corn was cut!! We just couldn't resist a hunt there yesterday because the field had been plowed since we last hunted it in the spring.
Well, hunting the field was a little problematic due to the corn stalks still about a foot and a half high in the rows. We attacked the field though, and got some nice relics. As we worked our way in, I took my Tesoro (but later switched to the Fisher). Kindafoundabuckle had his White's XLT. The first good hit I got was this mystery brass object. I need help on this one folks. It has to be the right era. Very little has been found in the field besides CW stuff--the exceptions being an occasional pull tab or soda can. I know what I suspect it is, but I'd like to see what y'all think. I'm not too satisfied with my own ID... It is a little over an inch in length:
The front and back both have three raised dots on them. On the back (below) you can't see them too well in the uncleaned brass, but they're there:
And on the end (a little tough to make out in the photo), there is a slit in the brass:
Soon KFB was laughing and I knew he found something...I asked "Is it brass or lead?" (thinking he might have found a button...) The reply came back "Lead." He'd gotten a beautiful dropped .69 cal minie. KFB dug one more of those suckers before I replied with a pistol ball. Then I got a .69 cal minie myself
followed by a .69 cal round ball--I don't see too many round balls pulled, but this one has been. As we made our way out of the field, KFB got one more 69 and dug this interesting object. He just stuck it in his bag, like I did with my mystery find. Then on the way home, he stopped the car and took out the piece again, and said he thought it might have been a sword hanger. Here's the piece:
Looking at some photos, I think he's right. The arrow below points at the item in question.
Here are all the finds together:
Regards,
Buckleboy
Sorry about the lack of walrus photos. My camera broke after the taking the first one--man, he was an ugly beast.
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