Ed Steinhoff
Active member
Took the f-70 back to the Calvary fort site that was home to the 10th Calvary regiment all negro unit know as the "buffalo soldiers"
I have been hunting what appears to be a training area and or married men's housing south of the present restored fort site.
The shell casings are all head stamped with the dates 1876-1877-1878, which corresponded with the dates the 10th was garrisoned there.
The area is also littered with broken china, bottles, square nails, iron, tin,glass,etc.
Had the f-70 set up disc 6, speed dp, thres-2, 3h tones, sens 60, gb 86.
The shell casings rang up @ 67 and most were 2" to 3" deep. In the middle of all that trash I got another 67-68 signal repeating in both directions.
The result is the ornate gold and ruby ring in the middle of the door lock plate! I think I might have knocked the middle stone out in my haste and excitement to clean the dirt off!
The three pistol casings at the bottom of the pics have no markings on the head stamp, maybe some of you relic hunters can tell me if they are .44 colt.
I feel like I just graduated high school or something being able to downsize and upload pic now!
HH Ed in co.
ps. I wonder what the back story on that ring being there is? Did it get laid on the sideboard while doing dishes and went out with the trash, or did a hopping mad officers wife,fed up with living in the far west, in a fit of rage as only a fiery tempered wife can pitch tempest and fury can do, throw it out the window before leaving on the last stage east?
I have been hunting what appears to be a training area and or married men's housing south of the present restored fort site.
The shell casings are all head stamped with the dates 1876-1877-1878, which corresponded with the dates the 10th was garrisoned there.
The area is also littered with broken china, bottles, square nails, iron, tin,glass,etc.
Had the f-70 set up disc 6, speed dp, thres-2, 3h tones, sens 60, gb 86.
The shell casings rang up @ 67 and most were 2" to 3" deep. In the middle of all that trash I got another 67-68 signal repeating in both directions.
The result is the ornate gold and ruby ring in the middle of the door lock plate! I think I might have knocked the middle stone out in my haste and excitement to clean the dirt off!
The three pistol casings at the bottom of the pics have no markings on the head stamp, maybe some of you relic hunters can tell me if they are .44 colt.
I feel like I just graduated high school or something being able to downsize and upload pic now!
HH Ed in co.
ps. I wonder what the back story on that ring being there is? Did it get laid on the sideboard while doing dishes and went out with the trash, or did a hopping mad officers wife,fed up with living in the far west, in a fit of rage as only a fiery tempered wife can pitch tempest and fury can do, throw it out the window before leaving on the last stage east?
HH jim tn
