War of northern aggression finds

• Feb 25, 2007

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Jeff Raines

Senior Member

Talked a good friend of mine into buying his first metal detector and on his second time out he digs these fired federal parrott shells,He got the back halves,both from one hole.
Probably every relic hunter in Paulding has swung over these shells,I know I have.Just didn't dig them because it was iron.But he didn't know relic hunters don't dig iron

I did find the bullets though

 

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• Feb 26, 2007

• #2

dutchman

Senior Member

Very cool finds!

 

• Feb 26, 2007

• #3

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woody777

Senior Member

How can you tell they have been fired?

 

• Feb 26, 2007

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ramsey

Senior Member

Very nice artifacts.

 

• Feb 26, 2007

• #5

Jeff Raines

Senior Member

woody777 said:

How can you tell they have been fired?

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Because only half of the shell was there.It was a major battle site.Years later as farmer probably found them and put them back there out of his way.

 

• Feb 26, 2007

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ramsey

Senior Member

YES- I've found some good stuff, both prehistoric and historic around field edges.

 

• Mar 1, 2007

• #7

Minner

Senior Member

Cool finds. There was a battle that take place where my yard is now. One year Dad found a Yankee belt buckle laying on the ground where my uncle had turned up a garden spot.

They (my family) used to find a lot of buttons, buckles, grape shot, etc years ago, but not too much recently. Some folks even found a Confederate soldier not far from my house several years ago!

 

• Mar 1, 2007

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Trizey

Senior Member

Minner said:

Some folks even found a Confederate soldier not far from my house several years ago!

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What was he doing?

 

• Mar 1, 2007

• #9

Al33

Senior Member

Nice finds. Man, I've got this brand new White XLT and still haven't learned how to use it correctly.

 

• Mar 1, 2007

• #10

Minner

Senior Member

Trizey said:

What was he doing?

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He was sleeping

 

• Mar 4, 2007

• #11

Jeff Raines

Senior Member

Al-White's XLT has a huge learning curve,maybe we should go to minner's yard so you can learn some more