Gun Hammer & The woods is "cleaner"
Well, yesterday I paid another visit to the same area of the woods that I dug the six bullets a few days ago.
I worked slowly down the hill and gridded areas off the best I could around the pines and fallen branches.
My first recovery was some camp lead, followed by another 3-ringer. I then moved a little ways away to an open area and dug a Williams cleaner bullet. I turned around and looked up the hill and noticed that this open area I was standing in looked to have been a road/path through the woods from days gone by. Only a few small saplings are on the path now, and I can see the deeper ruts where wagon wheels would have worn down the path.
After I had a 3-ringer and a Williams cleaner within 20 minutes I was feeling kind of proud of myself, so I texted Quindy (that old guy in Tenn) to rub it in that I was finding more CW lead.
Right after I put away my phone I dug the 2nd Williams cleaner only a foot away from the 1st. They were both fairly deep (6”) and found in the high center portion of the path. Now I really slowed my pace down as I worked down the path some more. Soon after I dug a few more Williams cleaners about 15’ from the others. I continued on a bit further and got an iron signal. It was some sort of rusty flat iron plate piece, possibly wagon or cart related? 
Right next to it I dug up an oddly shaped piece of iron that I thought was junk so I just put into my pouch. After I finished my 2 hour hunt I texted Quindy a photo of my freshly dug finds for the day laying on my "Treasure Towel". Even before I got home to clean them, he asked me if the one piece was iron and if it was a hammer section from a rifle. It was caked with dirt so I had no idea. 
Sure enough, when I got home and brushed it off, it turned out to be a hammer from a gun. Quindy is actually smarter than he looks folks, and has taken me under his wing when it comes to CW relics. Very much appreciated since I was throwing some CW relics away when I first started detecting, because I had no clue what they were.
My 2 hour hunt ended with: A gun hammer, 4 Williams cleaners, one 3-ringer, buck balls, & camp lead.
There were more iron signals in the area where I dug the hammer, so you can bet I’ll be back there very soon.
Thanks for looking Folks,
ModernMiner
Well, yesterday I paid another visit to the same area of the woods that I dug the six bullets a few days ago.
I worked slowly down the hill and gridded areas off the best I could around the pines and fallen branches.
My first recovery was some camp lead, followed by another 3-ringer. I then moved a little ways away to an open area and dug a Williams cleaner bullet. I turned around and looked up the hill and noticed that this open area I was standing in looked to have been a road/path through the woods from days gone by. Only a few small saplings are on the path now, and I can see the deeper ruts where wagon wheels would have worn down the path.
After I had a 3-ringer and a Williams cleaner within 20 minutes I was feeling kind of proud of myself, so I texted Quindy (that old guy in Tenn) to rub it in that I was finding more CW lead.
Right after I put away my phone I dug the 2nd Williams cleaner only a foot away from the 1st. They were both fairly deep (6”) and found in the high center portion of the path. Now I really slowed my pace down as I worked down the path some more. Soon after I dug a few more Williams cleaners about 15’ from the others. I continued on a bit further and got an iron signal. It was some sort of rusty flat iron plate piece, possibly wagon or cart related? Right next to it I dug up an oddly shaped piece of iron that I thought was junk so I just put into my pouch. After I finished my 2 hour hunt I texted Quindy a photo of my freshly dug finds for the day laying on my "Treasure Towel". Even before I got home to clean them, he asked me if the one piece was iron and if it was a hammer section from a rifle. It was caked with dirt so I had no idea. Sure enough, when I got home and brushed it off, it turned out to be a hammer from a gun. Quindy is actually smarter than he looks folks, and has taken me under his wing when it comes to CW relics. Very much appreciated since I was throwing some CW relics away when I first started detecting, because I had no clue what they were.
My 2 hour hunt ended with: A gun hammer, 4 Williams cleaners, one 3-ringer, buck balls, & camp lead.
There were more iron signals in the area where I dug the hammer, so you can bet I’ll be back there very soon.
Thanks for looking Folks,
ModernMiner
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Breezie
I have such a short window during the year to detect it though between the NC heat, snake, ticks, and then hunters. 
LOL.
