Indian Wars Camp finds (ID Help)

smith693 · Nov 30, 2014

Spent Friday and Saturday in a new camp location.

HELP!

Notice the brass wing shaped piece on left- Any ideas?

More to follow...

smith693 · Nov 30, 2014

Small latch, no idea what it might be on...

smith693 · Nov 30, 2014

Half canteen?

smith693 · Nov 30, 2014

Plate (but not the kind of plate I want to find :laughing:

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smith693 · Nov 30, 2014

Notice the U-shaped wire pins? Never seen anything like them.

smith693 · Nov 30, 2014

Big mystery...

This thing is a flattened tube , hard to see in pic. Thought maybe a bayonet scabbard but haven't seen one like it. May be pollution, no idea.

Seven · Nov 30, 2014

Can't help with ID's but nice group of finds.

61chip · Dec 1, 2014

I cant help with any ID's either, but like the finds. If you don't mind me asking I'm curious how you discovered the camp. Do you have a troopers diary, or is there an OR (official records) for post war action too?

smith693 · Dec 1, 2014

61chip said:
I cant help with any ID's either, but like the finds. If you don't mind me asking I'm curious how you discovered the camp. Do you have a troopers diary, or is there an OR (official records) for post war action too?

Spent a LOT of time in the National Archives researching troop movement in the Indian Wars in the area that led me to battle sites and camps. The finds in this thread were a site I stumbled across after talking to locals.

Have another site (600 troopers for 12 days) that I have pinned down for Saturday, hope I'm right.

MoBob · Dec 1, 2014

Good luck that would be a good camp to hunt . Should be some goodies for sure .

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