Dug Relics

[1863]

I got this stuff on barter. The fellow who dug this stuff said it came from many years of metal detecting he did in WV. He said it was just the scrap box, he had already sold off his good stuff. I thought it was pretty neat anyway.

 

[Frederick14Va]

Think most all relic hunters have the scrap box of misc pieces-parts, broken what-nots, and the inevitable assortment of yet to be fully identified mystery parts.... Time to time we sift back through the mass re-evaluating the items seeking to find familiar shapes and stuffs to challenge ones expertise and knowledge of things known to have been used... also the preponderance of post war items that sometimes takes longer and more time to properly identify... Keeping things in mind as we view other complete items... that something present might jar loose a couple brain cells that you might have a broken piece of something else known....

Unless its a shotgun shell or bottle cap... keep all else found less you already know what it is... if undetermined... keep it anyway... maybe figure it out later.... I once found a round disk that appeared to be lead... unassuming... got tossed in the scrap box.... later saw something similar in a museum collection that caught my attention... Went back and dug it back out and cleaned it up... behold it was actually what I suspected... A Mexican War era cavalry bridle rosette, actually made of pewter with a silver wash on it... after cleaning off the crud and dirt discovered a design on one side, and the broken connecting loops on the other... It was originally found in an identified confederate cavalry camp...

 

[101combatvet]

I purchased a junk box like this once. Most of it was shrapnel eye-balled rather than metal detected. After going through the box there were three large chunks of shrapnel with "Gettysburg 1863" engraved on them, early souvenirs from the post war tourists trade. I also found a few pieces that had been drilled to mount on boards. Cool stuff.

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[MRB1863]

I got this stuff on barter. The fellow who dug this stuff said it came from many years of metal detecting he did in WV. He said it was just the scrap box, he had already sold off his good stuff. I thought it was pretty neat anyway.

If he passes any more scrap to you that you don't want.......

 

[12th Missouri Yankee]

Incredible, like buried treasure!!! Great acquisition.