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Gents, Request an expert opinion on this. Looks like real deal to me. I was asked to ID this after doing a talk on the CW in the local area. Was discovered in 1963, just off the Auburn U. campus during construction work. As a Marine I recognize it as the Marine NCO sword based off the 1850...

Got a chance to take the new MXT w/ the Super 12 out for a spin this am. I also had some pleasant company in the form of my oldest daughter :D We ended up pulling 5 GS eagle buttons- 2 of which are in super shape, and a few minies/sharps as well. I'm going to like the MXT I think-...

ok- I found (3) what look to be MM352s. All of the other bullets from this site were sharps or MM352s except the one regular minie I found. Anyway, are the MM352s indicative of a cav unit? were they actually used in a pistol carbine? thanks in advance BD

Found my 1st LA and also oldest button today- AY43? 1808-1821 :D HH BD

Fellow THers here is a real nugget to find old homesteads using the original surveys from the 1800s and its free!!! The Bureau of Land Management has many original PLAT survey maps (mostly for states E of the Miss river except Ark/Tx are on also) on-line w/ very detailed hi res maps from...

Got out y'day on a skirmish site here in NW Fla. My Partner and I were working where the CS lines were and I came across this whopper. It measures 18 mm dia and 27mm length. Im not sure if its .71 or .69 cal (is it for an austrian import?) Which MM is it? Im assuming its CS since it was...

Hey all been awhile since I had anything to post so here goes. Went out to try a new spot but it was a dump- literally- illegal dumping everything from boats to screen doors/car fenders. I went back the spot where I found the .69 cal musketball last time. I went back to teh same area and...

Well not CW but from 1820s. I started out w/ my 13yr-old daughter to search part of a camp i ve been researching. The area was really grown up w/ alot of modern trash on the pathes leading into the woods. We managed to work our way into the thick stuff along some hobo trails and after...

Hey guys hopin someone can ID these brass whatzits from a Union camp in VA one item looks to be 1/2 of a large rivet, the other Im hoping is a cartridge. Its crushed flat but has one end enlarged to possibly accept a bullet? any thoughts it came from a site used primarily by cavalry BD

Today I visited w/ my 2nd cousin who gave me several wartime letters and the diary of my Great great grandfather Cpl John S Campbell 11th Pa Reserves. It wasnt dug but treasure just the same- I ve just begun reading his dairy covering much of 1862 -4 and laughed right off as I can...

Here are the cleaner type bullets I found this am they are 28 MM long and 14 mm wide at base they have 3 rings and also have a small dimple in the stud at the bottom of the bullet. Any help on id would be appreciated BD

Hey all, I've only been relic hunting since last July, I started when we moved to Quantico from Camp Lejeune - at first I was just hoping to find one CW bullet, thanks to help from lots of folks I been lucky enough to find a more than a few. I had hoped to find a few cleaner bullets and a...

Went back out Sat am, Poison Ivy is healed but I forgot skeeter spray this time? Anyway- Im relearning the hard way to get prepared for all the warm wx pests. As for my few finds- I hit an area Ive pounded hard and found 2 deep sharps off iffy/Hot Rock signals. Also found 2 pistol bullets...

Hey gents, havent had alot to post lately but got a few keepers last week. I spent my sat am hunting along a CW road bed I managed to find 1 .58 cal minie ball and also a lot of new poison ivy which ive been scratchin since last sat! Ill pay more attn this weekend to my surroundings for...

This summer when I started relic hunting for the first time, I found a likely spot based off some old CW maps but it was pretty far along in construction. However, I recently bought Nemo's book on on finding rural CW camps. I relooked at the area using his techniques and realized I was about...

Merry Xmas All, Took my Dad and my oldest boy out on the 24th for a quick hunt. It was an an odd day everything we found was a half of the whole item. Anyway the finds were 1/2 of a sharps carbine- appears to have been cut along the mold? 1/2 button - other half rotted away and fell apart...

I recently spotted an abandoned lot near a CW campsite dating to 1780s and frequented by GW. I used the county GIS website to find the owner and ask for permission to hunt via Jim Vokes Letter format. As this is a visible spot I knew I would be challenged soon after arrival, less than 2...

Merry Xmas to all, Havent had much luck lately. This is a bunch of stuff since around T-day to present. Went out w/ Shack one day to site on the river and found a few things. Then the family and I went back down to NC for T-day to visit some friends. My boy and I a chance to get out to...

Found this today, Shack said he believes it to be a friction primer body? Its copper or brass just shy of 2" long - hollow has 2 holes at top one is larger than the other. Thanks in advance BD

While experimenting w/ electrolysis I discovered the several examples of case shot I have are 2 diff diameters. they were all found in same general area. 1st example 5/8" dia 2nd 3/4 " dia why is this? they were not damaged during cleaning. Is it from diff dia cannon shell...