Charlie Tuna
Elite Member
There are two different types of bullets in this lot, but all have plain cavities. The two with the slightly more pointed nose are Confederate three-ringers and the others are Union. I have found the star base bullets close to this spot, those are called Washington Arsenals. I've never found any with US in the base, maybe one day. I love digging Civil War bullets! I saw that you just found some recently. Congrats. I like that US button. Nice finds. -Wolf
On that U.S. button when i found it I thought it was a smashed cuff button and tried to get some dirt off, and licked and rubbed and licked and rubbed more. I thought then it was just a basic flat button until I saw a vague design on it and I licked and rubbed more until I seen the vague U.S. and something else. Of course a little more licking and rubbing (this is adobe clay by the way), and I revealed a vague eagle and figured I would quit rubbing and licking. I called a friend who metal detected a lot of forts through the years and asked him about the button and he said it was an eagle wreath button and that all the detecting he's done here in the west he has only found 3. They were used to my understanding from the 1820s-30s. So I was very thrilled with it. Here is what a less dirty example looks like for those who are curious.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/imag...b=134ham792&sigi=11nr2ua04&.crumb=IBTG0m0m.YI