Unusual CW Fine

[TomB]

Today I made one of the most unusual Civil War fines since I have been relic hunting. I was using my X-Terra 70 with the 10.5
DD MF coil and was hunting the Cloyde Mountain Battlefield (located on private property). After about 25 minute hunting I recovered a 58 cal Yankee three ringer from about 9". The TD reading was 36. I moved about 20 yards and located a TD with very unusual numbers. When I swung from left to right I got a reading of 34 to 22. When I swung back , right to left, I got a reading of 36. I then moved to my right and swung the coil from a different direction and got a solid 44 TD. I removed a 5" deep by 8" wide plug and swung the coil over the hole and got a solid 44. I then removed another 4 or 5" of dirt and uncovered a confederate two ringer. As I was removing the dirt around this bullet I discovered a second bullet. As I removed the dirt from it I realized that it was a fired 58 cal Yankee three ringer. This is the first time that I have ever recovered a confederate and Yankee bullet from the same hole. Even more unusual I discovered after removing the 58 cal bullet, was a ram rod impression in the top of the bullet. The Confederate bullet appears to have been dropped.

PS I should have added that the confederate two ringer is at bottom right and the 58 cal directly above it is the one located in the same hole. The 58 cal on left of pic was recovered first.

 

[morelic55]

Great digs Tom!!! Funny how the X-terra ID's the bullets in the ground. Most lead that you air test is 28-32 on the ID. I like em' when they bounce fron the 20's to the 40's, that means that they are DEEP

 

[Lizardchaser]

Congrats Tom on the gray-blue dubble

Hope your doing well buddy!

 

[Mark in S.E. IA]

WOW, now that's cool. What are the odds of that ever happening again.

 

[Canewrap]

Awesome Tom, simply awesome!

 

[Digger]

Nice digs Tom. It would be interesting to know how they both got in the same hole. I'd also be interested to hear what those two read individually. In other words, did one read 22 and the other read 34 as the DD coil separated them as two individual targets? And, when sweeping perpendicular, did it read them both as one target and ID it as a 44? Again, nice digs. HH Randy

 

[Beale]

Congrats on the great finds Tom! What are the chances of North-South bullets being in the same hole? Very well done, Beale.

 

[TomB]

Thanks for all the comments guys. Yes Lizardchaser I'm doing better, thanks for asking.

Randy...When using the 10.5 DD coil, because of its weight, I use the Swingy Thingy by Doc. I have a tendency to swing slower from left to right but faster from right to left because the bungee cord is helping pull it back. It would appear from the numbers that my slow swing from left to right did pick up two separate bullets (34 and 22). If that is the case then my fast swing only picked up one bullet thus the 36 TD number. I find that 34 to 36 is the normal TD numbers for deep lead. When I swung
perpendicular to the TD I'm think the coil read both bullets at the same time thus giving me the 44. As I stated after removing the plug (which was large) the coil read both bullets as a TD of 44. Any way you look at it the 10.5 DD coil again proved it depth capabilities at TD two led bullets at 9" at a 44. Tom

Thought I would add a pic of the 58 cal three ringer with the ram rod impression.

 

[7centsworth]

Nice finds .

 

[Dirt Poor]

Cool finds, Tom! I don't know how to differentiate between the two sides bullets, except for the smooth sided Enfields or a Whitworth(which I have never found).