Geologyhound
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Out of the ground that is…
Our club recently obtained permission to go back to a site we visited earlier this year with an abundance of Civil War bullets. This is near a known Union camp. So these bullets would not have been derived from a battle but probably just goofing off or target practice. This time, there was a lot more territory open to hunt. I was able to spend a day and a half. Somebody commented it was almost as if the bullets had been seeded. That is not the case, but I certainly can’t complain about the quantity. Of the bullets I found, there seem to be three general categories: the “longer” bullet with three more widely spaced rings, a “shorter” bullet with three more closely spaced rings, and a “shorter” bullet with only two rings. I am not a Civil War arms expert. I can weigh these if anybody thinks they could identify the guns.
There were three oddballs which I suspect are newer. These include one longer bullet with a more conical nose and two widely spaced deep rings and a flat (not dimpled) base, one shorter three ring bullet with a flat base, and one longer bullet missing the base ring but having a much thicker rim around the basal dimple. One of the pictures shows this side-by-side with one of the more common bullets.
The Gearlight actually works and is a USB-C rechargeable. I made a mistake of having it pointed in the general direction of my face when I turned it on… Suffice it to say, it is bright. It was just sitting on the ground. The ring I suspect is stainless with the size ( stamped inside. It has stars around the rim covered in plastic. The snap underneath the Lions badge is stamped Carhart. I have a pair of Carhart overalls I wear for work in the winter. The 2-hole button underneath that still has some thread attached so it can’t be too old.
I need to straighten up some of those aluminum tent stakes and sell them for pennies on the dollar…
Our club recently obtained permission to go back to a site we visited earlier this year with an abundance of Civil War bullets. This is near a known Union camp. So these bullets would not have been derived from a battle but probably just goofing off or target practice. This time, there was a lot more territory open to hunt. I was able to spend a day and a half. Somebody commented it was almost as if the bullets had been seeded. That is not the case, but I certainly can’t complain about the quantity. Of the bullets I found, there seem to be three general categories: the “longer” bullet with three more widely spaced rings, a “shorter” bullet with three more closely spaced rings, and a “shorter” bullet with only two rings. I am not a Civil War arms expert. I can weigh these if anybody thinks they could identify the guns.
There were three oddballs which I suspect are newer. These include one longer bullet with a more conical nose and two widely spaced deep rings and a flat (not dimpled) base, one shorter three ring bullet with a flat base, and one longer bullet missing the base ring but having a much thicker rim around the basal dimple. One of the pictures shows this side-by-side with one of the more common bullets.
The Gearlight actually works and is a USB-C rechargeable. I made a mistake of having it pointed in the general direction of my face when I turned it on… Suffice it to say, it is bright. It was just sitting on the ground. The ring I suspect is stainless with the size ( stamped inside. It has stars around the rim covered in plastic. The snap underneath the Lions badge is stamped Carhart. I have a pair of Carhart overalls I wear for work in the winter. The 2-hole button underneath that still has some thread attached so it can’t be too old.
I need to straighten up some of those aluminum tent stakes and sell them for pennies on the dollar…
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