skb8721
Corporal
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2014
Today I was metal-detecting near the site of a Confederate encampment that existed from late 1862-early 1863. In fact, what I was trying to do was to find the camp site.
The encampment, according to letters and diaries, was somewhere on a roughly 2,000-acre section of land . . . but where, I have had to guess based on the topography: where would be a good place to situate a camp?
Today I found the below artifact -- I don't know if it means I'm getting close. I don't even know if it's Civil War-related. What do you think? (Sorry it's a little blurry.) This "rosette" is about the size of a nickel and appears to be made of lead; it has the same oxidized patina as a minie ball or bullet.
The encampment, according to letters and diaries, was somewhere on a roughly 2,000-acre section of land . . . but where, I have had to guess based on the topography: where would be a good place to situate a camp?
Today I found the below artifact -- I don't know if it means I'm getting close. I don't even know if it's Civil War-related. What do you think? (Sorry it's a little blurry.) This "rosette" is about the size of a nickel and appears to be made of lead; it has the same oxidized patina as a minie ball or bullet.