Was digging Civil War site near Vicksburg. Can you identify this?
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First let me say hello and welcome to the forum Dunroven :waving: , to me it almost looks like somekind of cast iron cookware . Just a guess but maybe its to an iron caldron or large pot , i find many pieces that look somewhat similar at the sites i detect up here in New England.
Dan
Dan
Thanks Dan... Greetings from Mississippi. I started looking on the internet to see what was out there and ran across this forum. Glad to be a part. I finally got an opportunity to use my MXT on some land that is pretty virgin territory. Found a Civil War era map and superimposed it over Google Earth with the map being somewhat transparent. Now I can't wait to go back with compass headings. Of course I have to prepare this time for the Poison Ivy and the Giant Rattlesnake that we encountered... Even still, what a fun hobby.
The thing that is odd about this piece is the little cleat (tit) that is on it. Almost shaped like a lawnmower blade (which I first thought it was) but the cleat leads me to believe it is something else....
The thing that is odd about this piece is the little cleat (tit) that is on it. Almost shaped like a lawnmower blade (which I first thought it was) but the cleat leads me to believe it is something else....
del
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Dunroven link=topic=13277.msg140717#msg140717 date=1368217164 said:
yes , some of the iron caldon ( Witch's pot as they are sometime known as ) parts i have found do have similar cleats or pointed knubs usually three of them on the bottom to keep the round bottomed pot from tipping over . I hope you can recover some more of this to positively id it . best of luck on your next visit there .
Dan