Put a GreaseMonkey and a Tabdog in a Rice Field. What Cha Got?

[tabdog]

[size=medium]A Arkie Relic Hunt, of course.

I drove to Carlisle this morning, on a invite from my new Forum
found friend, Grease Monkey. He was gracious enough to invite
me to hunt with him at a couple of his hunting sites.

Here

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Tabdog, nice finds and photos,great story.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Good story and a great hunt.

 

[echostar61]

Awesome Story TD , Love the pics and you both made Fantastic Finds
for the day. Great to meet up with a group member and do some hunting

Terri

 

[jog]

A BAD DAY OF MDing IS BETTER THAN A GOOD DAY AT WORK!



Trust me I HAD TO WORK!

 

[jasper12]

Looks like the school house won't be standing much longer,Seems to be leaning a bit.Excellent story and pics.Thanks for sharing it
pat

 

[littletwig]

Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool stuff there Tab/Monkey.

 

[Hotcz70]

Nice finds Tab...and it sounds like you have a new friend as well That's what makes this hobby what it is....always good to make a new friend.

 

[R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla]

I sure will miss all the old lead and CW buttons! FYI: That lead thing could be a cotton seal or an ammo box seal or a ?? seal. Could be better than all the bullets put together as they are highly collectiable!! Take care in cleaning it and see if you can make out the name and or #'s Pinfire carts I can't remember the name of those you found ?burnside?Volcanic? 12mm? don't find many waaaayyy down south. I'll try to look in my book when I get home. What a great day!!!

 

[GRAY GHOST]

.......and what do you get? excellent results! wow, it's a relic hunter's dream come true... i see you found some nice cw era lead, some knapsack studs and rivets, and the broken end of a "j" hook. is the button you found an eagle button? can't quite make it out. arkansas is well known for seldom seen and rare bullets. looks like ya'll are on or near a campsite. great hunt, tab, and hh!

 

[JB(MS)]

It looks like a bale seal I found at a Chickasaw village site. Middle bottom in the photo.

 

[tabdog]

[size=medium]Here is a whole pin fire cartridge. You can see that
the pin is inserted into the casing.

So, how does it work.

Simple.

You can see tha pin being inserted.

Here is inside tha casing before tha percussion cap
is in place.

Here is inside tha casing after tha percussion cap is
in place.

A picture

 

[tabdog]

[size=medium]I cleaned tha bale seal some.

I can make out some of it now.

I am soaking it again.

Here