Lightning strikes twice! Second 3-ringer w/attached powder bag . . .

[parsonwalker]

I went back to the spot where I found the bullet with attached intact, full powder bag. Checked super-slow listening hard with the Tejon and 6" away from the previous one, I got a VERY faint signal. At 14" I popped out a second bullet with powder bag. I damaged this one though. Rechecked the hole and got another signal. Tried to dig very carefully, but was in hard clay and I tore the powder bag to smithereens on the third one, but it HAD BEEN intact. About 3' away, I dug a broken suspender clip, and a couple of gun screws. (All were in the trough of a trench). The third 3-ringer was from 50 yards away. So sorry I damaged/destroyed the powder bags, but I never thought I'd find even one. But there were THREE survivors here. Just wow. If they could talk . . .

 

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[Old Dude]

If you were a cat, you would have just used all of your 9 lives! Amazing hunts you have been having.

 

[kmaxwell4]

Nice!!

 

[Westfront]

Outstanding. The trench is in need of a carefully archaeological excavation done by you! Maybe there is a bit more hidden.

 

[beez0404]

Fantastic finds. And I agree, that area is worth more hunting.

 

[Goldiver]

Very cool!

 

[rich f]

i would bring breakfast and lunch and my favorite cologne deep woods off

 

[HomeGuardDan]

Nice find man - are you sure that you are not in a shallow hut or tent site?

 

[parsonwalker]

Nice find man - are you sure that you are not in a shallow hut or tent site?

You know, I've never found one, but I'm sure this is NOT one. It's in the BOTTOM of a bottom. Very swampy, horrible place. And the finds are in the trough of an existing trench - but it's a huge one, with the barely discernible outline of a "road" just behind the trench. I'm thinking an artillery emplacement. I cleaned two iron finds that came out of the same hole as the suspender clip. Turned out to be two gun screws. Later today, I'll post all the finds from that area - a spot the size of a compact car. Oh, and OLDDUDE . . . agreed! All 9 lives would be used up!

 

[parsonwalker]

Here are the items I found in a small area (Bullets within 6", others within a few feet). The two bullets with yellowed powder bags and the 3 ringer (which had a bag but I destroyed it getting it out) came from there. The other w/the pale powder bag was found by my dad in the 60s. Nearby were two rifle screws and the broken suspender clip.

 

[VOL1266-X]

Another incredible recovery PW!! For those who wonder HOW they survive intact, there are several reasons including being sheltered from ground action and soil groundwater percolation. My friend, he late Sam White sent me solid pieces of a Yankee uniform that he dug from a 4 ft. deep rifle pit in Petersburg. WTG, Q.