The share time posts are meant for everyone to share. I was hoping to get others to share their finds from the past while many of us are waiting for winter to get over. Many shared with the coins but not many with an old find. 
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Share time posts......
- Thread starter Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"
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Sgt. Silverman
Active member
You're right Mike. I went through my assorted "metal stuff" that I've found over the years and the best old non-coin find I have is this "Trumpeter of Sackingen". It is from the 1880's. I found this 1 3/8" button in a hammered park located in Manchester NH. It was right under one of those really wide power lines. I hit the noise cancel button and the Explorer XS sniffed it out.
My other find I'm not sure about. I've never found any CW relics, but it SEEMS this hunk of lead might be a CW era bullet, but I'm not positive. It's definitely lead and heavy, but there is no history of any fighting in the area I'm detecting in Taylorsville NC (none that I can find any way, plus this is the only bullet I've been able to find). I found it at the old homestead I've been hunting for the past couple of weeks.
Thanks for the post Mike. God Bless.
Greg
My other find I'm not sure about. I've never found any CW relics, but it SEEMS this hunk of lead might be a CW era bullet, but I'm not positive. It's definitely lead and heavy, but there is no history of any fighting in the area I'm detecting in Taylorsville NC (none that I can find any way, plus this is the only bullet I've been able to find). I found it at the old homestead I've been hunting for the past couple of weeks.
Thanks for the post Mike. God Bless.
Greg
That looks like a fired CW bullet to me!
C. Nyal de Kaye
New member
Being an old relic myself maybe I should just put up a pic and that would do.
However a year or two ago we were prospecting at a place called Meroo Creek in my home state of New South Wales. It is about 150 miles from my home.
It was a gold rush area about 140 years ago and like many ares in Oz, it was prospected by Chinese miners who were pretty good at the game.
One day one of them lost his pick. It probably just fell into the creek which must have had water at the time.
I say that because in Australia a lot of our creeks are mostly dry, or totally flooded. There rarely is a balance here.
Anyway we found it in the very dry Meroo Creek bed and, as you can see, the river wash has totally embedded itself into the metal of the pick.
If you look at the pic full size you will get a better appreciation of how the river rocks have sort of "sunk" into the metal.
To my mind it is a very interesting artifact and, in a way, historic as well.
"Experts" of whom I am not one, say it is Chinese because of the shortened handle.
Apparently they preferred a shorter handle and thus the pick is defined as being Chinese.
To me it doesn't matter for it was lost and is now found, and it is on display on my back verandah where it looks pretty good as far as I am concerned.
It is just as we found it.
However a year or two ago we were prospecting at a place called Meroo Creek in my home state of New South Wales. It is about 150 miles from my home.
It was a gold rush area about 140 years ago and like many ares in Oz, it was prospected by Chinese miners who were pretty good at the game.
One day one of them lost his pick. It probably just fell into the creek which must have had water at the time.
I say that because in Australia a lot of our creeks are mostly dry, or totally flooded. There rarely is a balance here.
Anyway we found it in the very dry Meroo Creek bed and, as you can see, the river wash has totally embedded itself into the metal of the pick.
If you look at the pic full size you will get a better appreciation of how the river rocks have sort of "sunk" into the metal.
To my mind it is a very interesting artifact and, in a way, historic as well.
"Experts" of whom I am not one, say it is Chinese because of the shortened handle.
Apparently they preferred a shorter handle and thus the pick is defined as being Chinese.
To me it doesn't matter for it was lost and is now found, and it is on display on my back verandah where it looks pretty good as far as I am concerned.
It is just as we found it.
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steve in so la
Well-known member
and in pretty good shape for an oldie, steve in so az
steve in so la
Well-known member
Here's a device the CW soldiers would use to lead their horses to water - or anything. It originally had a hook on the chain to attach to the bridle. Steve in so az
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