Scouted New Site-Found CW Relics-Walked Away Smiling

[VOL1266-X]

Dman was working in his store today and we agreed that I should find a new CW site for us to hunt. The early morning rain had stopped and the temp was in the mid thirties when I got to a site very near a known U.S. CW Camp that we have been eyeing for a while now. The landowner was a friend of ours and he had told us that he had picked up a fired minnie ball there as a child. An old road cut through the farm and passed near a spring that ran across a large flat rock. The gnawed on .58 cal. (famous chewed bullet) was right in the middle of the old road. The dropped .58 with the gray patina was very near the spring. Bullets found in a wet area or under water won't have a creamy white patina and look like they did during the war. Before Dman comments, I was not in the CW War.The small fired bullet was nearby. Shortly after I found the small lead, I left so Dman would not accuse me of "hogging" the site. Those bullets did not drop out of an airplane. The old road leads somewhere and we will find out where the Union Soldiers were going. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!!!

 

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[jgas]

That will surely lead you to some more great finds. Go Get em' ! jgas

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Interesting lead finds! Good luck when you guys hit it and HH, Mike

 

[lairmo]

Looks like a good start to some great finds...

 

[Newt]

Dman was working in his store today and we agreed that I should find a new CW site for us to hunt. The early morning rain had stopped and the temp was in the mid thirties when I got to a site very near a known U.S. CW Camp that we have been eyeing for a while now. The landowner was a friend of ours and he had told us that he had picked up a fired minnie ball there as a child. An old road cut through the farm and passed near a spring that ran across a large flat rock. The gnawed on .58 cal. (famous chewed bullet) was right in the middle of the old road. The dropped .58 with the gray patina was very near the spring. Bullets found in a wet area or under water won't have a creamy white patina and look like they did during the war. Before Dman comments, I was not in the CW War.The small fired bullet was nearby. Shortly after I found the small lead, I left so Dman would not accuse me of "hogging" the site. Those bullets did not drop out of an airplane. The old road leads somewhere and we will find out where the Union Soldiers were going. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!!!

That chewed bullet?
Newt

 

[fortbball9]

Dman will most likely thank you for thinking about him,I know that I would.
Hope to see more pics when y'all get serious digging that spot.
Congrats on a new spot.

fortbball9

 

[VOL1266-X]

Dman was working in his store today and we agreed that I should find a new CW site for us to hunt. The early morning rain had stopped and the temp was in the mid thirties when I got to a site very near a known U.S. CW Camp that we have been eyeing for a while now. The landowner was a friend of ours and he had told us that he had picked up a fired minnie ball there as a child. An old road cut through the farm and passed near a spring that ran across a large flat rock. The gnawed on .58 cal. (famous chewed bullet) was right in the middle of the old road. The dropped .58 with the gray patina was very near the spring. Bullets found in a wet area or under water won't have a creamy white patina and look like they did during the war. Before Dman comments, I was not in the CW War.The small fired bullet was nearby. Shortly after I found the small lead, I left so Dman would not accuse me of "hogging" the site. Those bullets did not drop out of an airplane. The old road leads somewhere and we will find out where the Union Soldiers were going. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!!!

That chewed bullet?
Newt

Newt, there has always been a controversy about bullets that look like they have teeth marks on them. Some people call them "pain bullets" that soldiers chewed on during surgery. Although this may be true about chewed bullets that come out of CW Hospital sites, the vast majority were gnawed on by squirrels or farm animals. They are common finds. Dman found one recently. Thanks for looking.

 

[johnreb1980]

Nice finds.

 

[seger98]

Nice finds, chewed bullets? Makes sense to me..

 

[tsgman]

Way to sniff that lead out, good luck digging at the site.

 

[rjw4law]

New sites are always good when there is evidence of minnie balls

 

[kdismuke1]

HOPE THE SITE IS GOOD TO YOU ON YOUR FINDS.

 

[KirkTN]

Looks like you're on to something.