I found this blade metal detecting a civil war camp, does anyone know if this could be time period? I found it about 6 inches in the ground.

[Treasurehunter00]

 

[Ronstar]

Neat find!!!

 

[Treasurehunter00]

Neat find!!!

Thanks

 

[fwcrawford]

Interesting find!!!
If it is a known camp, I would say very good chance of it being a period piece.
Have you found anything else civil war related there?

 

[Treasurehunter00]

Interesting find!!!
If it is a known camp, I would say very good chance of it being a period piece.
Have you found anything

Interesting find!!!
If it is a known camp, I would say very good chance of it being a period piece.
Have you found anything else civil war related there?

The place is only know to a few people but It was a very large camp, it held up to 30,000 men at one point in the war. The area is so large its hard to pinpoint exactly where artifacts are, but to answer you question the only other thing I have found back there is an old buckle.

 

[jim tn]

I think a good chance it could be period, its certainly been in the ground a good while it appears. Does seem like a few bullet drops, buttons and the like would have turned up on an encampment of that size, though. HH jim tn

 

[Treasurehunter00]

I think a good chance it could be period, its certainly been in the ground a good while it appears. Does seem like a few bullet drops, buttons and the like would have turned up on an encampment of that size,

I think a good chance it could be period, its certainly been in the ground a good while it appears. Does seem like a few bullet drops, buttons and the like would have turned up on an encampment of that size, though. HH jim tn

Yeah the place is only know to a few people but those few people have detected the place heavy back in the 70s and 80s. I'm still trying to narrow down the exact location where they would have camped, it's kinda difficult because I don't know where to start.

 

[MikeO]

Neat find if it’s period correct.

 

[Treasurehunter00]

Neat find if it’s period correct.

I took it to an expert and he confirmed that its a confederate side knife

 

[MikeO]

Sweet that’s just awesome.

 

[hunter12]

Love the find. Union or Confederate camp? Looks like a pig sticker or a camp knife.

 

[Treasurehunter00]

Thanks, and it's a confederate camp.

 

[Fredneck]

Nice ! Looks like a surface find.

 

[Treasurehunter00]

Nice ! Looks like a surface find.

It was about 6 inches in the ground, what makes you think it was a surface find?

 

[Fredneck]

It was about 6 inches in the ground, what makes you think it was a surface find?

It just has that weathered look. I see your coil in the pic and also assume its as found, no dirt, not much rust, with visible pitting. Looks like one of those horseshoes I find hanging on tree branches.

 

[Treasurehunter00]

It just has that weathered look. I see your coil in the pic and also assume its as found, no dirt, not much rust, with visible pitting. Looks like one of those horseshoes I find hanging on tree branches.

Horseshoes in tree branches?? that's wild but I see how it could happen.