Found my first 3 ring bullet.It was in a yard in Indiana. I could see Kentucky from the yard. Maybe it was a
union troop that was watching Kentucky for Johny Reb.
Found my first 3 ring bullet.It was in a yard in Indiana. I could see Kentucky from the yard. Maybe it was a
union troop that was watching Kentucky for Johny Reb.
2017 Total:
Mercs= 2
Wash=1
Seated=1
total slivers=4
Wheats 8.
Indians=4 (1864,1865,1888)
LG cents=1
1 Sliver Pendent, 2= 3-ringers, 2 tokens
Most Valuable find ever: 1834 C.B. dime, Oldest 1776 1/2 Reale, Biggest 1822 CB half.
Detectors: E-trac and F75LTD2
Congrats on the three-ringer! Great piece of history!
Lifetime totals:
10 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 20 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves
YouTube Channel: Tony Two-Cent https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmz...RlHTBIU42bUORg
Are 3 ringers all from CW period? Or did they make them long after the war? Attached is a pic of the house that stood where I found it House Built 1827. Torn down 2014
Last edited by nalc472; 01-13-2016 at 12:56 PM.
2017 Total:
Mercs= 2
Wash=1
Seated=1
total slivers=4
Wheats 8.
Indians=4 (1864,1865,1888)
LG cents=1
1 Sliver Pendent, 2= 3-ringers, 2 tokens
Most Valuable find ever: 1834 C.B. dime, Oldest 1776 1/2 Reale, Biggest 1822 CB half.
Detectors: E-trac and F75LTD2
I'm not a bullet expert, but some simple reading shows they reached the height of their popularity in the mid-1800s up to about the Civil War period, though even by that time new modern loading repeat-fire weapons were already being introduced. Obviously though, some of the older muskets that used the minies were kept by some folks for a few decades longer. So mid to possibly late 1800s would be my best estimate.
John
Vermont relic hunting, one swing at a time.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG2...OLib30A/videos
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