Civil war finds?

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Teendigger

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• Apr 6, 2013

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Well afterr hunting around this humongous park, I found a couple of things! At first I was only finding garbage and then I moved to an area with a bunch of trees and many i was getting TONS of hits. I was not able to dig them all though but I will go back tomorrow hopefully and dig some more. A nice old lady also came up to me and told me Cornwallis either led his troops through there or fought a battle there. What I found is a belt buckle, a head of a hammer, MAYBE a bayonet (I need someones help i am not completely sure), a chain ( lots of chains actually. I threw most of them out though) and steak (big one!) oh and those two things i have no idea what they are. Like the curved things? found them about a foot apart from each other under the same tree. Any help on cleaning these things off?

Oh omg sorry for the giant pictures and thanks in advance!

 

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• Apr 6, 2013

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Thanks for sharing! I've found those curved iron pieces before on farms, some kind of plow/tractor part. As for the others, I'm not sure. But I can tell you that long iron shaft is definitely not a bayonet. It looks more like a transmission/shift rod assembly from a vehicle. Welcome to the forum. Where are you located?

 

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The Wolf said:

Thanks for sharing! I've found those curved iron pieces before on farms, some kind of plow/tractor part. As for the others, I'm not sure. But I can tell you that long iron shaft is definitely not a bayonet. It looks more like a transmission/shift rod assembly from a vehicle. Welcome to the forum. Where are you located?

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Yeah i just realized that and i feel like a fool! Haha (about the shaft). I live in central jersey

 

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• Apr 6, 2013

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Great finds

Don't feel foolish. We have all seen what we wanted it to be more times than we would like to admit.

 

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Trash Inspector said:

Don't feel foolish. We have all seen what we wanted it to be more times than we would like to admit.

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Haha thanks! it was weird all this stuff was about 3-4 inches and the point thing I didnt even need a detector! It was sticking out of the ground a little and I tripped over it! haha does anyone know how old some of these things could be?

 

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• Apr 6, 2013

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Keep on looking. BTW Cornwallis would have been Revolutionary war in case you didnt know, so potentially there may be a chance for some even older goodies!

 

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upstatedigger said:

Keep on looking. BTW Cornwallis would have been Revolutionary war in case you didnt know, so potentially there may be a chance for some even older goodies!

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Oh omg! Yeah I don't like history that much! Haha Yeah that makes more sense. I really must get back there soon.

 

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• Apr 8, 2013

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Teendigger said:

Oh omg! Yeah I don't like history that much! Haha Yeah that makes more sense. I really must get back there soon.

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Don't like history into metal detecting? Haha just wait till you find something spectacular and make a connection, then you might! interesting finds keep on hunting, there could be some real old relics around there!