all in one hole!

[GRAY GHOST]

hello all. frank and i headed out this morning to detect the edges of this massive beanfield on a farm we've been going to lately. the carved up and holed barber dime was my first hit of the day. after another hour of fruitless hunting, i headed to the woods. it's a good thing i did. a light rain started to fall, and got heavier by the minute.

i went back to the area where we found the rifle pits a couple of weeks ago, swinging right along, when a manhattan sized beep 'pert near blew the headphones off my head. thinking it was just another beer can, i almost didn't dig it. i figured, "what the heck. it's raining and there's nothing else hitting." i'm glad i dug it now. thirty bullets and fifteen percussion caps came out of the same 8" hole. many of the bullets still have the powder in them! here it is, raining like crazy, it seemed to take forever getting all 45 pieces out the hole! i had to hurry, not wanting to get the machine too wet, and get back to the truck. i did a quick sweep of the area, looking for the boxplate that might be there. i know there's still a couple of perc caps left in the hole. we'll get them when we go back there this week.

it looks to be the contents of a yankee's bullet pouch. some of the bullets aren't patinated too well, sticking together in clumps in the ground. no boxplate yet, but you never know... thanks for reading, and hh!

 

[ihuntrelics!]

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[JMorgan]

Wow!! That's a lotta lead!!

 

[chuck ky]

i was going to ask you about the box plate. i don't know much about civil war relics but at the first n/s hunt i went to i dug 15 minnies in one hole. as i was digging another hunter said to dig carefully and if i got 30 there may also be a box plate.

 

[fwcrawford]

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[ronaldj2]

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[d-2]

"30 dead men" like that in one hole, I would still be lookin' for that box plate too...d2

 

[brnn53]

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[ksdigger]

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[johnreb1980]

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[C&RHunter]

Gray....Very nice finds..I couldn't tell for sure from the picture of the dime, but does it have "United States Of America" around the upper part on the back. If so, it's a pre-1861 Seated dime, which does fit in the period of the bullets you found. No barbers until 1892. Regardless.... very nice finds!!!!....Good Luck finding the boxplate.

 

[relics4plus]

Very nice GG, a buddy of mine found similar 10 years ago,28 bullets in one hole with the caps and rusted buckles (no box plate either)
Hope you go back and dig the box plate and breast plate. Perhaps some reb took the pouch and just dumped the bullets??
Any how, Very Nice!!!!

 

[moose]

Great find Gray, hope you find box plate and return with more to this find. Matt

 

[RickIowa2009]

Good Job

 

[CSA GHOST]

Nice digs!

 

[deeponedge]

wowzers. congratulations on the many minnies. pardon the pun.

 

[Country Boy]

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[Piperboy]

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[coloradocav]

Great job! Don't you love it when you find lots of items in one hole. A few years ago at a Colorado fort siteI dug 16 bullets in one hole along with the arrow hooks for the box plate, never found the box plate though. about two feet away I found 5 completely smashed C buttons a broken horse bit and a broken harmonica, I believe he may have fell off his horse. keep lookin.

 

[FrankieG.]

Awesome luck with this find, most hunts usually land fewer items in one day! Good thing you trusted your instincts on this one and decided to did the target.