45/70 nest

[coloradocav]

[attachment 146469 00137799.jpg]the items I found were just behind the train in the photo!Found this "nest" of 45/70 cartridges in a wooded area near an 1880's fort. I believe it was a camp of the 18th Infantry who built the fort in 1887. All the cartridges are dated 1884, 2 of them show perfect signs of cutting near the base, the bullets on the two unfired rounds are whittled. I have no idea why the shot bullets were in the same hole as this was a small trash pit full of square nails ,glass and porcelain. Next to this small pit I found a really nice narrow gauge rr door, as this camp is next to the old rr grade for the fort. Thanks for looking.

 

[woodwizard]

good find -be extra careful with unfired bullets as they could be real unstable from age

 

[Lizardchaser]

Nice hunt COcav. Are they the benet primed ones can't quite tell in the pic.
Find any whole bottles?
18th Infantry were they buffalo soldiers?

 

[coloradocav]

I believe these are benet primed. the 18th was a unit from Kansas and they were not the buffalo soldiers. unfortunatly no complete bottles were found {YET}! There were some broken hutch sodas though , i'll post a picture of the train door to. Thanks for looking lol.