Over the last several weeks I have been hunting an old home site in southwest Virginia. From the items recovered I have dated the home site to the late 1700 hundreds to the early 1800 hundreds. The one item that I have recovered out of that era is a 1856 sitting Liberty quarter. I have recovered 38 .69 cal musket balls, a lead piece with flint for a flintlock weapon, two solid brass buttons, a brass key, pieces of melted lead, to pistol balls (not sure of cal) and one .69 cal ball and bucks. My partner has also recovered a number of .69 cal ball and a 4" solid brass cannon (cannon was considered a gentleman's toy during the late 1700) not pictured. Goes to show there are a lot of relics out there to be found. HH TomB
Over 50 .69 cal musket balls have been recovered from this site. The closest lead supply to this area was two to three days round trip by horse and wagon. I would think with the scarcity of lead and it's importance in protection and providing food, one would never find this number of musket balls scattered over a two acre area. The musket balls have not been fired and appear to have been dropped. You would think that during that time a few musket balls would have as valuable as money. Can anyone shed any light on why so many have been found and appear to have been discarded.
Over 50 .69 cal musket balls have been recovered from this site. The closest lead supply to this area was two to three days round trip by horse and wagon. I would think with the scarcity of lead and it's importance in protection and providing food, one would never find this number of musket balls scattered over a two acre area. The musket balls have not been fired and appear to have been dropped. You would think that during that time a few musket balls would have as valuable as money. Can anyone shed any light on why so many have been found and appear to have been discarded.