Last two Civil War digs

[smokeythecat]

I finally got most everything cleaned up. The gun worm turned out nice. View attachment IMG_0739.jpg

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice finds and restorations, congratulations!

 

[lairmo]

Very nice Smokey!!! That looks like a fun hunt.

 

[smokeythecat]

Thank you. Several buttons including a NY and a couple eagle coats, the worm, underwear buttons, porcelain button, scissors, broken j hook, minies, melted minie, camp lead and some glass and pottery for color, some good looking cut nails, camp lead and percussion caps. The percussion caps are hard to get.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

smokey
I like everything in the picture,but i like the scissors the best !
Gary

 

[dirtlooter]

that worm does look pretty good, all things considered. I like the scissors too. The percussion caps would easy to lose or maybe chased around a lot with the pin pointer. pretty good site

 

[BLK HOLE]

Smokin finds!!!

 

[smokeythecat]

Those percussion caps only became "visible" when the Deus used it's 9" elliptical coil. None of the other machines could find them.

 

[Willieg]

Smokey, I love the scissors!!! Well done

 

[pepperj]

smokey
I like everything in the picture,but i like the scissors the best !
Gary

I'll second that one, very nice.

 

[smokeythecat]

That is the ONLY pair of CW or earlier scissors I have ever found, btw.

 

[toddbbq]

Great finds !!!

 

[smokeythecat]

Its going to rain this Saturday, boo hoo.

 

[BTV Digger]

Nice assortment of finds. I like how you left a bit of the dirt on a few of the items. NY button my favorite.

John

 

[smokeythecat]

I left the dirt because I was so tired, it wasn't funny. No need to scrub everything completely. On a side note, I have never found a coin on this site, but did get a complete CW spur and a gorgeous Eagle Breastplate I guess 2 years ago. Something like that. It's posted here. I remember the digs, but not the dates.

 

[sutphin]

CAT BEEN CATCHING A LOT OF MICE I SEE>

 

[smokeythecat]

Cat sometimes falls in the holes, however. Right now digging UNDER a huge uprooted rotten tree. Maybe not this weekend due to rain, but hey, what's a cold anyway? They go away in a week or two.

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on the sweet finds Smokey,,
I have to also say that the scissors appear to be in good shape.

 

[smokeythecat]

Scissors are pretty good. I think I knocked the piece off one end when I dug them. I could always get some epoxy putty and fix it, but why bother and I have never tried that before. I'm sure I'd get it all over the house. Want to dig, want to dig, want to dig.

 

[TKinVA]

Where do you live? You have such a wide variety of relics that you post. Just curious.