Hi, all:
We've had about 20 inches of snow here in West Central Missouri since Christmas, so hunting has been a rarity. I decided to head South where the snow has gone and the temps are higher. By South, I mean South Missouri. I've hunted an area for many years that had a Civil War Battle in and around a pre-Civil War town. I have a friend who owns about 270 acres which part of the battle was fought. He lives in a 100 plus year old house, which I've never hunted. Next to him is a feed lot that once stood an old post war hotel and a stage stop that was the furtherest West the stage went due to being near the Indian Territory. I hunted around the hotel site many years ago and found some good coins. I decided to spent a day and a half hunting all three areas. I started hunting the yard of the house and found two silver dimes and a Sterling silver ring. One of the dimes was worn completely smooth. By the size, it had to be a dime before the Seated Liberty series. The silver blanks are a little larger than the dimes produced from Seated Liberty to today's dimes. That would make it 1837 or older. Unfortunately there are no details to be seen on it. I also found four Wheat pennies and some clad.
I then proceded to hunt the feed lot and found eight Civii War bullets and an old brass wedding band, along with several other relics. The three bullets in the center of the picture are differnt than any bullets I've ever found before. The left one is an M&M #420 Foreign mold. The center bullet is an M&M #310 of unknown origin. The bullet on the right is an M&M #301 Mississippi Rifle bullet. The rest of the bullets are common. Also found a lead poker chip at the house.
The last picture shows items found at the house and feed lot. The most intersteing one is the larger round brass tag at the bottom center of the picture. On one side is a number 3976. On the other side it says "U. States", and under it is a raised image of a Civil War railroad engine with the tall smoke stack and a tender and two box cars. I presume it's an old railroad tag.
Anyway, it was great to be out in the fresh air, diggin' silver and lead, along with other misc. interesting items.
Thanks for looking and keep on diggin'
jimmyk in MIssouri
We've had about 20 inches of snow here in West Central Missouri since Christmas, so hunting has been a rarity. I decided to head South where the snow has gone and the temps are higher. By South, I mean South Missouri. I've hunted an area for many years that had a Civil War Battle in and around a pre-Civil War town. I have a friend who owns about 270 acres which part of the battle was fought. He lives in a 100 plus year old house, which I've never hunted. Next to him is a feed lot that once stood an old post war hotel and a stage stop that was the furtherest West the stage went due to being near the Indian Territory. I hunted around the hotel site many years ago and found some good coins. I decided to spent a day and a half hunting all three areas. I started hunting the yard of the house and found two silver dimes and a Sterling silver ring. One of the dimes was worn completely smooth. By the size, it had to be a dime before the Seated Liberty series. The silver blanks are a little larger than the dimes produced from Seated Liberty to today's dimes. That would make it 1837 or older. Unfortunately there are no details to be seen on it. I also found four Wheat pennies and some clad.
I then proceded to hunt the feed lot and found eight Civii War bullets and an old brass wedding band, along with several other relics. The three bullets in the center of the picture are differnt than any bullets I've ever found before. The left one is an M&M #420 Foreign mold. The center bullet is an M&M #310 of unknown origin. The bullet on the right is an M&M #301 Mississippi Rifle bullet. The rest of the bullets are common. Also found a lead poker chip at the house.
The last picture shows items found at the house and feed lot. The most intersteing one is the larger round brass tag at the bottom center of the picture. On one side is a number 3976. On the other side it says "U. States", and under it is a raised image of a Civil War railroad engine with the tall smoke stack and a tender and two box cars. I presume it's an old railroad tag.
Anyway, it was great to be out in the fresh air, diggin' silver and lead, along with other misc. interesting items.
Thanks for looking and keep on diggin'
jimmyk in MIssouri
