CW Finds

[wobax]

I got out for a short hunt a Union cav site. I got two button backs. One looks like a cuff and the other has a backmark of scovill Waterbery. I also found some type of rivet and some type of bullet. It may be a "colt revolving rifle" but I am not sure. Does anyone have any ideas on the actual type of bullet or what the rivet was used for? Thanks.

 

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[allen]

nice cw relics...

 

[John (Ma)]

Nice relics!

 

[Hutch911]

cool finds!

 

[fortbball9]

Sweet any CW Era relics are a very good find these days.
Congrats

fortbball9

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice finds and hunt

 

[CRUSADER]

Common leather rivet used mostly on horse related pieces. As previously stated this type changed very little over many years. I find 1 or 2 a trip & no CW over here apart from 1640s.

Still must be a few nicer items out there somewhere!

 

[seger98]

WTG On the finds!

 

[cwdigger]

WTG buddy keep em coming

Cw

 

[dirt diggler]

44 cal colt pistol or colt 44 cal dragoon being calvary location calvary usually carried 52cal riffle

 

[bclark]

Nice finds. Happy hunting in the future!

 

[john37115]

Looks like a CW era pistol bullet to me and those button backs are the right period. I think I would knuckle down on that site and see if theres more left there. Those rivets were usually used on harnesses and such

 

[dcinffxva]

Agree with the .44 pistol bullet evaluation, and the rivets that size were frequently used on knapsacks, and sword belts as well.

 

[John987]

Nice Finds!! Keep on digging!!
HH

John

 

[fortbball9]

44 cal colt pistol or colt 44 cal dragon being calvary location calvary usually carried 52cal riffle

agree,it looks to be M&M 490 colt dragoon (it looks like there are some slash marks on the side at the
bottom of the bullet,if not it would be M&M 489 colt dragoon.


fortbball9