Here are my finds for the first year of detecting. Thanks Tim, Kim, and Brent for your replys and anyone else who have replied to my "newby" posts. I found the bullet on Friday and it confirmed my hopes of having some type of CW activity on our family owned property.
The sling buckle was by an old homestead and I thought it could have been one those lucky isolated finds belonging to the inhabitats of the house late 1800's, and also the chance of the tent rope tensioner being a world war 1 or 2 artifact. But the bullet gives me more confidence that this area is much more interesting. I will be building a home here on this farm and these finds will keep me motivated to continue to pursue metal detecting here and in the area. The bullet was 6 in deep, and very faint "low Iron" id until I got dug deeper and it gave a nickel/ring Id. My Quantum 2 has been a good intro, but I might need something more. Any recomendations??
I took a better photo of the button, and I am pretty sure it is a WW2 military button. Previous owner of property mentioned "years ago" there was a training area here.
The bullet is probably a common union three ringer. The measurements are .50 wide and exactly an inch long. Will need a book for future ref.
Again thanks for your help, and any more info on the bullet or button would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bryan
The sling buckle was by an old homestead and I thought it could have been one those lucky isolated finds belonging to the inhabitats of the house late 1800's, and also the chance of the tent rope tensioner being a world war 1 or 2 artifact. But the bullet gives me more confidence that this area is much more interesting. I will be building a home here on this farm and these finds will keep me motivated to continue to pursue metal detecting here and in the area. The bullet was 6 in deep, and very faint "low Iron" id until I got dug deeper and it gave a nickel/ring Id. My Quantum 2 has been a good intro, but I might need something more. Any recomendations??
I took a better photo of the button, and I am pretty sure it is a WW2 military button. Previous owner of property mentioned "years ago" there was a training area here.
The bullet is probably a common union three ringer. The measurements are .50 wide and exactly an inch long. Will need a book for future ref.
Again thanks for your help, and any more info on the bullet or button would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bryan