Fun fact bullets

[RSMorris]

This is interesting to me, maybe not to anyone else. These two bullets have never been touched by a human hand since the guy who fired them 157 years ago.

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

This is interesting to me, maybe not to anyone else. These two bullets have never been touched by a human hand since the guy who fired them 157 years ago.

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That is amazing. Are they yours?

 

[RSMorris]

That is amazing. Are they yours?

yes, I dug them, I used gloves and have never touched them without gloves nor have allowed anyone else to. Silly I know, but it sets them apart from others.

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

That's

yes, I dug them, I used gloves and have never touched them without gloves nor have allowed anyone else to. Silly I know, but it sets them apart from others.

That is cool. Where did you dig them?

 

[RSMorris]

That's

That is cool. Where did you dig them?

The one on the left in Lovejoy Georgia and the one on the right in Jonesboro

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

The one on the left in Lovejoy Georgia and the one on the right in Jonesboro

Wicked! Thats really cool.

 

[RSMorris]

Wicked! Thats really cool.

Thanks....

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

Do you use a metal detector? How do you go about this, explain the process please, I'm very intrigued.

 

[mofederal]

A nice pair of bullets. It is nice to see a .58 and a .69.

 

[RSMorris]

Do you use a metal detector? How do you go about this, explain the process please, I'm very intrigued.

I have a Garrett Ace 400 metal detector with a Garret pin pointer, a small digging shovel with serated edges. Also have a pouch that wears a like a belt. I've done a lot of research in where the battle lines were in Jonesboro and Lovejoy. But it has to be remembered the landscape today is totally different than it was in the 1800's. Roads have flattened out hillsides, rivers and creeks rerouted for highways. Woods exist now where open farmland was back then or vice versa. So once I find a likely spot and this is a kind of hush thing that's not talked about. Most property today if not all, is owned by something or someone. I'm not telling you to do this but I think its best to find woods rather than open areas. Now if you get permission that's a different story. But very few want their yards dug up. Anyhoo, once you find an area that looks safe from prosecution and had battle activity then the fun begins. Now I am far from an expert at this and haven't done it very long, but I have done a lot of it. Even in the middle of what was once a battlefield or area where bullets would have landed you are likely to finds lots and lots and lots of trash about 2 to 3" below the surface. it is mind-boggling how much trash lies a couple of inches below dirt. My detector I have learned with lead it pops a 76 signal every single time. But so does guess what a lot of old flattened nasty cans. When I get what I feel like is interesting signal with the detector I use the pinpointer. I go from side to side and get a circle around the target. I then dig with my small shovel about 2 inches outside of the target circle so as not to hit the object itself. I don't ever carry a large normal shovel any more. Around here(central Georgia) the ground except in the hardest red clay is easily dug with the spade. I have a large shovel in the truck just in case, but have never needed it. Winter time might be different. So I will dig a few inches then use the pinpointer to try and narrow the search and then once I find I jump for joy or wipe the tears. There is a lot of people on this site that have done this a lot longer than I have. They may do things totally different and thats fine, whatever works. It is hard in todays world unless you live in Virginia or Tennessee to find an area that hasn't been covered in concrete or is not someone's yard. I have found what I believe is a camp spot I am going to investigate on Friday in some woods just outside Atlanta. If you have any more questions please feel free to ask. I tried to highlight what I could. You might make 30 trips(me) before you find anything or you might hit the jackpot the first time. But I wouldn't wait. I had been scoping a wooded spot in Jonesboro for a couple of weeks using Google earth. I went there last week, tractors beat me to it. I have also been looking in war records, letters, diaries as suggested here for camp spots.

 

[RSMorris]

A nice pair of bullets. It is nice to see a .58 and a .69.

Both of the bullets are flattened from either impact or being under ground for 160 years. But that is what they measured out for me.

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

I have a Garrett Ace 400 metal detector with a Garret pin pointer, a small digging shovel with serated edges. Also have a pouch that wears a like a belt. I've done a lot of research in where the battle lines were in Jonesboro and Lovejoy. But it has to be rememebred the landscape today is totally different than it was in the 1800's. Roads have flattened out hillsides, rivers and creeks rerouted for highways. Woods exist now where open farmland was back then or vice versa. So once I find a likely spot and this is a kind of hush thing that's not talked about. Most property today if not all is owned by something or someone. I'm not telling you to do this but I think its best to find woods rather than open areas. Now if you get permission that's a different story. But very few want their yards dug up. Anyhoo, once you find an area that looks safe from prosecution and had battle activity then the fun begins. Now I am far from an expert at this and haven't done it very long, but I have done a lot of it. Even in the middle of what was once a battlefield or area where bullets would have landed you are likely to finds lots and lots and lots of trash about 2 to 3" below the surface. it is mind-boggling how much trash lies a couple of inches below dirt. My detector I have learned with lead it pops a 76 signal every single time. But so does guess what a lot of old flattened nasty cans. When I get what I feel like is interesting signal with the detector I use the pinpointer. I go from side to side and get a circle around the target. I then dig with my small shovel about 2 inches outside of the target circle so as not to hit the object itself. I don't ever cary a large normal shovel any more. Around here(central Georgia) the ground except in the hardest red clay is easily diug with the spade. i have a large shovel. in the truck just in case but have never needed it. Winter time might be different. So I will dig a few inches then use the pinpointer to try and narrow the search and then once I find I jump for joy or wipe the tears. There is a lot of people on this site that have done this a lot longer than I have. they may do things totally different and thats fine, whatever works. It is hard in todays world unless you live in Virginia or Tennessee to find an area that hasn't been coveed in concrete or is not someone's yard. I have found what I believe is a camp spot I am going to investigate on Friday in some woods just outside Atlanta. If you have any more questions please feel free to ask. I tried to highlight what I could. You might make 30 trips(me) before you find anything or you might. hot the jackpot the first time. But I wouldn't wait. I had been scoping a wooded spot in Jonesboro for a couple of weeks using Google earth. I went there last week, tractors beat me to it. I have also been looking in war records, letters, diaries as suggested here for camp spots.

Very informative and interesting, thank you so much for sharing.

 

[RSMorris]

Very informative and interesting, thank you so much for sharing.

You are welcome, any other questions, let me know.

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

You are welcome, any other questions, let me know.

Appreciate it.

 

[DixieRifles]

Your title made me expect to find a Youtube video like this.

 

[RSMorris]

Your title made me expect to find a Youtube video like this.

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That was awesome. I remember his flag shows.

 

[Tom Hughes]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[bdtex]

This is interesting to me, maybe not to anyone else. These two bullets have never been touched by a human hand since the guy who fired them 157 years ago.

Maybe you should find some small plastic tongs for your field kit. You can make a display with a future find that is untouched even with gloves.

 

[RSMorris]

Maybe you should find some small plastic tongs for your field kit. You can make a display with a future find that is untouched even with gloves.

Then it will be touched with plastic. I should have known better.

 

[bdtex]

Then it will be touched with plastic. I should have known better.

I didn't mean it as a criticism. Ima tuck some surgical gloves in my daypack I take into the field just in case I find something on the surface. It has happened before.