a decent hunt near the beefsteak raid site

[GRAY GHOST]

hey everybody. olddigger and i hit a spot south of petersburg, va. near where the beefsteak raid occurred in 1864. we managed to dig a few relics - an inside out shot williams cleaner bullet, a lead ring, an iron buckle, a pair of chewed bullets, lead melt, a brass parasol piece, an iron overalls button, and a couple of three ringers. the colt .44 dragoon and the carved nipple protector was found in a field in dinwiddie co. the other day. the three nice enfields were found in the woods near the house the other day too. the brass hardware [ i don't think they're cw era ] were all found in one hole yesterday close to where i dug the enfields. it looked to be an old bikers saddlebag, or something to that effect, but it was cool to dig 'em up anyway. yeah, they do look like kepi buckles, don't they?

thanks for looking, and good luck.

 

[relics4plus]

I found an iron buckle almost identical to yours about a month ago.Very cool!
HH

 

[duggap]

Looks like you have some .69 cal Towers. That is a good find. A high dollar bullet. You definitely need to go back again.

 

[FrankieG.]

Good stuff coming from near where I live. I plan on asking permission to hunt around that area someday.

The brass hardware is from an Army M1910 haversack, circa 1914- 1918. Here's one formerly from my collection. Images are from my US WW I site -http://www.aef-doughboys.com/m1910haversacks.html

 

[DugInDirt]

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