Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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Mountain Man has been Civil War relic hunting for 30 years. He knows lots of good spots, and I always get a fuzzy feeling inside when he lets me tag along on a relic hunt. Today we worked some pastures and fields around Amelia, Virginia. It turned out to be a nice, spring-like day. We soon had to shed our jackets, and for a short while, were working on a tan.
[size=medium] My first good find was this Union eagle coat button. It wasn't deep at all, maybe 2". I have to keep reminding myself that those "light" buttons are not deep, like the Confederate "I" button I found last year that was 1 1/2" deep.
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Later, I got a chewed musketball and a Civil Wa bullet. Went to a new place and found this early militia one-piece convex eagle button. Made prior to 1820, so there's 2 possiblilities: it was either lost by a soldier during the War of 1812, or it was lost by a Confederate soldier during the Civil War who just happen to be wearing it to hold his coat together. Also in the picture is 2 pieces of buckshot, Indian head nickle, and part of a harmonica reed.
Thanks for the hunt, Mountain Man, let's do it again soon.
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[size=medium] My first good find was this Union eagle coat button. It wasn't deep at all, maybe 2". I have to keep reminding myself that those "light" buttons are not deep, like the Confederate "I" button I found last year that was 1 1/2" deep.
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Later, I got a chewed musketball and a Civil Wa bullet. Went to a new place and found this early militia one-piece convex eagle button. Made prior to 1820, so there's 2 possiblilities: it was either lost by a soldier during the War of 1812, or it was lost by a Confederate soldier during the Civil War who just happen to be wearing it to hold his coat together. Also in the picture is 2 pieces of buckshot, Indian head nickle, and part of a harmonica reed.
Thanks for the hunt, Mountain Man, let's do it again soon.
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