A Short Relic Adventure

[Tom Hughes]

Went exploring over the weekend near an old civil war era road and found a house site in the woods. I was also surprised to find an old abandoned family cemetery on the edge of this hill. Only 4 or 5 headstones, mostly broken and on the ground. The dates on the stones indicated that this family lived on this site during the civil war and there was a lot of war activity in the area.

The farmer who owned the land just recently planted his corn. The original civil war road runs along the distant tree line.

The first bullet I found on the edge of the corn field was this musket ball. A VERY good sign of relics to come.

Unfortunately, I was not able to hunt in the field because the crop had been planted. But these relics tell me that next year this place will be worth coming back to when the corn is picked.
2 bullets
Brass saddle rosette
Leather rivet attachment ring

Thanks for coming along on my relic scouting trip!

 

[Pete Longstreet]

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Went exploring over the weekend near an old civil war era road and found a house site in the woods. I was also surprised to find an old abandoned family cemetery on the edge of this hill. Only 4 or 5 headstones, mostly broken and on the ground. The dates on the stones indicated that this family lived on this site during the civil war and there was a lot of war activity in the area.

Do you have any pictures of the headstones?

 

[Tom Hughes]

Do you have any pictures of the headstones?

I just completed the story and added more pictures. But no, I should have taken pictures of them and posted them up.

 

[Pete Longstreet]

I just completed the story and added more pictures. But no, I should have taken pictures of them and posted them up.

Just saw the completed story. Thanks for sharing!

 

[bdtex]

I just completed the story and added more pictures. But no, I should have taken pictures of them and posted them up.

You'll be back. You didn't have time to hunt the house site?

 

[major bill]

Sounds like a productive relic hunt.

 

[Tom Hughes]

You'll be back. You didn't have time to hunt the house site?

No, I didn't have much time at all. This was a recon trip. I will definitely return! The farmer has 1400 acres and I had to quickly determine where to scout.

 

[Blessmag]

I have a friend who is a historian on the Plains Indian wars. He is convinced from one of his relic hunts he has one of Gen. Custer's spurs. He has dozens of buttons and bullets. Why is he convinced. Diaries and map showing where the officers camped vs. common soldier. And it is a fancy spur that only an highly ranked officer would have. Others he has found were not this style.

As an aside, he has researched Sand Creek, and he also was at Summit Springs where Union General E.A. Carr was in charge.

 

[UCVRelics]

Good scouting trip. Looks like a flat base 2 ring carbine bullet.

 

[Tom Hughes]

Good scouting trip. Looks like a flat base 2 ring carbine bullet.

Yes, maybe cavalry was in there.