This morning Ron (Rgorman) and I headed back to a park we hunted last week. Turned out to be a very fun morning.
Recovered three nice silver coins along with a couple of wheat cents.
Also managed to find something very similar to what many of you Civil War hunters find. I really don't know
much about these or how long they were used past the Civil War. The bullet is holed at the bottom.
Although I can't imagine someone wearing this chunk of lead as a necklace... but I suppose anything is possible.
Nonetheless, it is a very, very exciting find for me.
It is about 1 inch long and 5/8 wide at the base. The patina/oxidation looks correct to be of the time period.
The town park where I found it certainly dates back to before the Civil War.
I just can't imagine being struck by one of these.
Best of luck this weekend folks. thumbsup01