New site yields Sharpes bullets and nice eagle button Etc.

[silversweeper]

I recently got permission (after making lots of phone calls and doing some research) to hunt a site that we were certain that it had Civil War activity. There were supposed to have been a few sharpes bullets recovered years ago before the people responsible for the property put the squash on hunting. I figured asking the right people in the right way might get positive results and I was right. So after making sure I was okay to be there I made my first short hunt last Wednsday afternoon. Walked onto the site and started swinging my etrac and the very first signal was a possible button signal at decent depth. Dug the plug and out popped a green General service eagle button in undamaged but corroded condition. Awesome! As I kept swinging up onto the little hill I was headed for I dug 2 ringtail sharpes drops and two pistol bullets, one a 44 cal and the other a 38 (which I had never found any of yet). Also found about a dollar in newer change (digging only nickel, dime, quarter signals and deep pennies). There are a ton of newer pennies up to 3 and 4 inches deep, the good stuff is quite a bit deeper fortunately. That was it for the first day as it was supper time and I had to leave. I headed back again on Thursday and found one more ringtail and a regular sharpes before I had to leave. Friday was another short hunt but yielded nothing but some clad change. Saturday I had all day to hunt and started early. I ended up with 4 more ringtails, 1 regular sharpes and a small caliber pistol round ball. No more buttons and I didn't find the wished for buckle or plate either. Hard to figure this site out, lots of open area but all the finds were pretty concentrated on one small area. There's a building right beside and below this and I bet they cleaned out a ton of good relics when they constructed it. Am planning to check the area on south side of the building next week. Am hoping that the camp was big and spread out. Wish me luck, I sure would like to find a cavalry button and a buckle or box plate before I'm done there (not that I'm complaining about a handful of nice ringtail drops, I had only a few of those in my collection until now!). Only old coin I found was a buffalo nickel, no silver deep or shallow.......yet.
HH all.

 

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[Steve in PA]

Those ringtails are usually a good sign you are on a Confederate cavalry site. You might pop a CS button out of there.

 

[silversweeper]

I wish it were a CS site but those sharpes were also used by the Union and this is definitely a Yank site (I hope I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure). Lots of Union troops were here during the war, posted all around town so it is very rare to find Reb relics. Only one real battle/skirmish nearby and it was a short one. Have permission now to hunt that site too, though, and am planning to have a look see in the coming weeks/months ahead. I've heard that a few reb buttons were found there years ago. Also some artillery action so who knows what may turn up.

 

[Steve in PA]

I wish it were a CS site but those sharpes were also used by the Union and this is definitely a Yank site (I hope I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure). Lots of Union troops were here during the war, posted all around town so it is very rare to find Reb relics. Only one real battle/skirmish nearby and it was a short one. Have permission now to hunt that site too, though, and am planning to have a look see in the coming weeks/months ahead. I've heard that a few reb buttons were found there years ago. Also some artillery action so who knows what may turn up.

I just noticed you're in Missouri. What I said holds true in Virginia and West Virginia, but not in the trans Mississippi.

 

[lost hunter]

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[Papa Bear]

No matter who camp it was, the recovery of these items is awesome! I am itching for my next hunt on a camp area.

 

[eboy1960]

very nice looks like a spot to keep hunting

 

[CSA2K]

Outstanding!!