Spent the day on the water with VaMark, and a couple more buds. We all managed to take home some nice relics. Mark found his first river buttons, Chris scored his first water relics, Bruce dug over 40 bullets, and we all got sunburned!
I scored 12 bullets; .54, .58 & .69 cal 3-ringers, .69 musket balls, and one Washington Arsenal (Star Base) Minnie Ball. Also got a sweet Eagle I Infantry button, the nicest I've ever found, a brass piece to a shoulder scale/epaulette, half of a busted up canteen I pulled out of the mud, a horseshoe, and my very first Pinfire shotgun cartridge. The stamp reads " Eley Bros. * London, 12".
I don't know much about pinfire cartridges, maybe you guys can help. Turtlefoot??? I'd like to know for sure if this headstamp dates civil war.
Thanks for looking!
I scored 12 bullets; .54, .58 & .69 cal 3-ringers, .69 musket balls, and one Washington Arsenal (Star Base) Minnie Ball. Also got a sweet Eagle I Infantry button, the nicest I've ever found, a brass piece to a shoulder scale/epaulette, half of a busted up canteen I pulled out of the mud, a horseshoe, and my very first Pinfire shotgun cartridge. The stamp reads " Eley Bros. * London, 12".
I don't know much about pinfire cartridges, maybe you guys can help. Turtlefoot??? I'd like to know for sure if this headstamp dates civil war.
Thanks for looking!