CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

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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. :thumbsup:
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? :icon_scratch:

Also out in the woods I dug what I believe is an NC bird band. :icon_scratch: 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! :o 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. :'( :icon_scratch:
Have a good one,
MM
 

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Re: CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

ModernMiner said:
DD-777 said:
Great digs as usual Doug - the two rounds in the wood are absolutely fantastic... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:



Let me know if you want to put a hunt together... :wink:
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Thanks DD.
I would like to put a hunt together at the 1770's plantation property. I may be detecting over there tomorrow if it doesn't rain.
I'll see if I can get the owners o.k. for a group hunt once the weeds die down. :thumbsup:
All coins found go to me though. :tongue3: :tard: ;D :wink:
How's the river bank going?
-Doug-
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Sure you could keep the the coins - and I'll take all the relics... ;D

I haven't had much time to hunt at all - I'm off tomorrow but it's supposed to rain all day. I'm anxiously waiting for them to cut the last of the darn tobacco fields already - have permission to hunt 200 acres. May also have permission to hunt some property up in Cherokee - I'd love to see what I could pull from up there. You should consider taking a ride some time... :thumbsup:
 

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Re: CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

Very nice, Doug!! Wow, 20 CW bullets from one hole!! Sounds like a whole cartridge to me. Amazing!!! Next, I think you're going to find a gun there!!

Thanks for making the video too. I enjoyed it!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
 

Re: CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

WTG MM :thumbsup: looks like a good hunt to me ! love the button :thumbsup:
 

Re: CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

Nice finds. I really like the bullet in the wood.
Dman
 

Re: CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

Wow. :o That site is really kicking up the relics for you Doug. :thumbsup: Keep at it. Your perseverance is paying off big time. :icon_sunny:

Rob
 

Re: CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

Nice finds MM. The lead shot in the wood is cool :thumbsup:
 

Re: CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

AWESOME!

Now dig into that honey hole again and fish that Box Plate outa there. :o
 

Re: CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE GREAT REPLIES. :thumbsup:
This area of the woods has been a real treat to MD.
-MM-
 

Re: CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

That was one heck of an area/campsite. You found all of those probably in a 7-8 ft square area it looks like. THATS alot of lead for such a small area!!!! :thumbsup: It is a great feeling, I found those 10 in ONE SCOOP; one single little 5-8 inch shovel hole which is really unbelievable.....I think that the 10 I found were once bound inside the original paper package and thats why they were all literally bunched together like they were......But I think your minies were drops from soldiers sitting around the campsite. Great video and great finds my friend!!! :icon_king: :thumbsup: :wink:
 

Re: CW lead, a Tombac, Bird Band, & lead in wood

{Sentinel} said:
That was one heck of an area/campsite. You found all of those probably in a 7-8 ft square area it looks like. THATS alot of lead for such a small area!!!! :thumbsup: It is a great feeling, I found those 10 in ONE SCOOP; one single little 5-8 inch shovel hole which is really unbelievable.....I think that the 10 I found were once bound inside the original paper package and thats why they were all literally bunched together like they were......But I think your minies were drops from soldiers sitting around the campsite. Great video and great finds my friend!!! :icon_king: :thumbsup: :wink:
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Thanks Josh.
It will be tough for me to ever be able to top that lead drop of 20. :wink:
Good luck on the sites this week. :thumbsup:
-Doug-
 

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