CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood
Nothing major yesterday, but I did get a few keepers.
At lunch I detected at the farmhouse by work and dug a nice dandy Tombac button with shank, a tiny button w/design, and a few other odds & ends.
After work I hit the woods where I've been digging the CW bullets lately. With time to kill waiting for a coworker to join me, I decided to give the "bullet hole" one last shot. I was getting no signals at all so I decided to dig up about 8" of the loose dirt off the top of the hole and try it. Well Folks, that did the trick. I picked up a deep signal and dug not one, not two, but THREE MORE CW 3-ringers out of there again!!! That brings my total count out of that one hole to 20 bullets.
Enjoy the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzPaj5UjKWI
I remembered reading about a standard US cartridge box containing 20 bullets. Picture attached from the CW relics book about the cartridge box.
Since all of these I found were in excellent shape, I just wonder if that's where these bullets may have come from?
Also out in the woods I dug what I believe is an NC bird band. It has "NC 207778" on it.
I will try to research this to see if I can find more info on what poor fella it came from originally.
I also hit a patch where my detector went nuts on signals. I ended up digging up all these pieces of round lead shot. Two of them were actually still stuck in the wood!
I've been dreaming of some day finding a CW bullet still stuck in a tree, but this is the best I've done so far.
This shot all looks irregular, not round like modern shot, and looks to be fairly large too.
Could these be from the CW era possibly? Any idea you bullet pros?
Well, that was my day yesterday. Still no coins.
Have a good one,
MM
Nothing major yesterday, but I did get a few keepers.
At lunch I detected at the farmhouse by work and dug a nice dandy Tombac button with shank, a tiny button w/design, and a few other odds & ends.
After work I hit the woods where I've been digging the CW bullets lately. With time to kill waiting for a coworker to join me, I decided to give the "bullet hole" one last shot. I was getting no signals at all so I decided to dig up about 8" of the loose dirt off the top of the hole and try it. Well Folks, that did the trick. I picked up a deep signal and dug not one, not two, but THREE MORE CW 3-ringers out of there again!!! That brings my total count out of that one hole to 20 bullets.
Enjoy the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzPaj5UjKWI
I remembered reading about a standard US cartridge box containing 20 bullets. Picture attached from the CW relics book about the cartridge box.
Since all of these I found were in excellent shape, I just wonder if that's where these bullets may have come from?
Also out in the woods I dug what I believe is an NC bird band.
It has "NC 207778" on it.I will try to research this to see if I can find more info on what poor fella it came from originally.
I also hit a patch where my detector went nuts on signals. I ended up digging up all these pieces of round lead shot. Two of them were actually still stuck in the wood!
I've been dreaming of some day finding a CW bullet still stuck in a tree, but this is the best I've done so far.This shot all looks irregular, not round like modern shot, and looks to be fairly large too.
Could these be from the CW era possibly? Any idea you bullet pros?
Well, that was my day yesterday. Still no coins.
Have a good one,
MM
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The ball's look the size of a "buck-n-ball,on the average they should read .31.....Anywhere close?.The lead in wood is still on my wish list,Great find there......Congrat's on the button and the "urge" to dig the "Bullet Hole".....Bird Band's cool too!!! 
I thought it was a bit large. 
My wife is always on me about finding a ring. Well last weekend I found a mood ring at a local school . She was all excited when I told herI found a ring. I got a good laugh after she figured out what it was . She at first thought it was a sliver wedding band 
