VOL1266-X
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- Jan 10, 2007
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- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Pre Halloween WEIRD Relic Finds with Dman-Video
With Josh unavailable this week, Dman & I returned to the Williams Cleaner camp to hunt a little while between rain storms. We dug a few relics (shown in the pic) but the crop stubble severely restricts a decent coil swing. I recently verified with Butch & Anita of American Digger Magazine that the next issue (Nov.-Dec.) is at the printer and the Williams Cleaner Camp article is in it.
We attempted to hunt the Hartsville Battlefield/U.S. camp on Oct. 7 but only got to hunt less than 15 minutes due to storms. I went on a solo hunt there on Oct. 9. The finds from my last 4 short hunts there are shown with the Eagle cuff button in the middle of the pic. The iron canister shot is CS per the Cannonball Guy.
Some unusual relics have turned up for us recently (see the pic & watch the video for more views) so I traveled to Doug's store (pic) during the Friday rain to make pics & a video of them. Doug cleaned a bullet from the Williams Cleaner camp that he dug that appears to have a face carved into it. It’s hard to get a good pic with contrast but you can see the 2 eyes, nose above the top ring, & mouth. That bullet has been intentionally hollowed out. I dug two bullets fused together at the Williams Cleaner camp. Doug thinks they may be from a mid-air collision but they look more like a product of being thrown into a campfire together instead to me. It’s unusual for us to dig 2 bullets fused together. Last Saturday, I dug a cast iron stamp at the Hartsville U.S. camp with a “Y” on it that resembles print typeset. During the few minutes that Doug & I got to hunt on Oct. 7, I dug a .69 cal. round ball. I noticed a flat on the ball after cleaning. The flat had a pin hole where a straightened paper clip would go in about one quarter inch deep-not from pulling because no puller produces a hole that small. Tenn. Digger & John Freeman think that it was a molding flaw and they should know from the many thousand bullets they have dug.
If we are digging these weird relics during the first of October, what next? HH, from Doug & Quindy.
With Josh unavailable this week, Dman & I returned to the Williams Cleaner camp to hunt a little while between rain storms. We dug a few relics (shown in the pic) but the crop stubble severely restricts a decent coil swing. I recently verified with Butch & Anita of American Digger Magazine that the next issue (Nov.-Dec.) is at the printer and the Williams Cleaner Camp article is in it.
We attempted to hunt the Hartsville Battlefield/U.S. camp on Oct. 7 but only got to hunt less than 15 minutes due to storms. I went on a solo hunt there on Oct. 9. The finds from my last 4 short hunts there are shown with the Eagle cuff button in the middle of the pic. The iron canister shot is CS per the Cannonball Guy.
Some unusual relics have turned up for us recently (see the pic & watch the video for more views) so I traveled to Doug's store (pic) during the Friday rain to make pics & a video of them. Doug cleaned a bullet from the Williams Cleaner camp that he dug that appears to have a face carved into it. It’s hard to get a good pic with contrast but you can see the 2 eyes, nose above the top ring, & mouth. That bullet has been intentionally hollowed out. I dug two bullets fused together at the Williams Cleaner camp. Doug thinks they may be from a mid-air collision but they look more like a product of being thrown into a campfire together instead to me. It’s unusual for us to dig 2 bullets fused together. Last Saturday, I dug a cast iron stamp at the Hartsville U.S. camp with a “Y” on it that resembles print typeset. During the few minutes that Doug & I got to hunt on Oct. 7, I dug a .69 cal. round ball. I noticed a flat on the ball after cleaning. The flat had a pin hole where a straightened paper clip would go in about one quarter inch deep-not from pulling because no puller produces a hole that small. Tenn. Digger & John Freeman think that it was a molding flaw and they should know from the many thousand bullets they have dug.
If we are digging these weird relics during the first of October, what next? HH, from Doug & Quindy.
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Congrats on all the great finds guys. Saw your article Quindy ,most excellent and a dream most of us have,to find a site that keeps on giving up the relics like that. Doug's buckle graced the magazine page quite nicely too.
But, ya know, every now and then, I really do miss that part of my life. The resarch, the hunts, the talking with older people in the area to get tips. Let alone uncovering a nice old bullet, button or accoutrements.
