Ring tail & Buck balls

61chip · Oct 3, 2015

MoBob and I got out today at our site we call Camp Buck n Ball. Like a lot of ground in Mo it never got planted this year due to the very wet spring. Last time I was by there the weeds were 5 ft tall. We talked to the farmer and found out he just disc the field this week. The ground was really rough with huge clods and weed stobs, but we found our usual buck balls and Bob dug a nice ring tail. Had a great day out digging and got some relics. Thanks for looking and HH

Digger70pa · Oct 3, 2015

Nice hunt guy's.

matmit · Oct 3, 2015

Sorry, I do not know my Civ, what is a ringtail?

sezmo · Oct 4, 2015

Great finds!

NectarDetector · Oct 4, 2015

matmit said:
Sorry, I do not know my Civ, what is a ringtail?

Glad I'm not the only one

61chip · Oct 4, 2015

matmit said:
Sorry, I do not know my Civ, what is a ringtail?

A ringtail is a minnieball (conical shaped bullet in left picture) for the Sharps rifle, carbine, and I think even some pistols. I think from .44 up to .54 caliber. The cartridge (paper) tied onto the bottom ring of the bullet. Both US and CSA used the Sharps

Dsm_mechva · Oct 4, 2015

Nice, That place seems loaded with lead

NectarDetector · Oct 4, 2015

A ring tail

blev · Oct 4, 2015

great digs guys, love the cw goodies. HH blev

matmit · Oct 4, 2015

Thanks for the lesson

7centsworth · Oct 4, 2015

Really nice finds. I hope to finally relic hunt again next week.

61chip · Oct 5, 2015

Digger70pa said:
Nice hunt guy's.

Thanks, Tim. No shortage of buck balls at this place. Still hoping to pull some more Minnie's out of here

61chip · Oct 5, 2015

Dsm_mechva said:
Nice, That place seems loaded with lead

You wouldn't believe the number of buck balls we've pulled from this place!

61chip · Oct 5, 2015

NectarDetector said:
A ring tail

Lol ! Don't think I'd want to try shoving that guy into a gun barrel!

61chip · Oct 5, 2015

blev said:
great digs guys, love the cw goodies. HH blev

Thanks Blev!

61chip · Oct 5, 2015

matmit said:
Thanks for the lesson

Glad to share what little I know. Hope I didn't sound too preachie. Lots of guys on this forum teach me a lot. I'm still learning!

61chip · Oct 5, 2015

sezmo said:
Great finds!

Thanks!

61chip · Oct 5, 2015

7centsworth said:
Really nice finds. I hope to finally relic hunt again next week.

Thanks buddy! GL when you get out. Looking forward to your finds

DigginMoRelics · Oct 5, 2015

Congrats on the finds, I can't wait to get out in the fields myself. :yes:

MoBob · Oct 5, 2015

DigginMoRelics said:
Congrats on the finds, I can't wait to get out in the fields myself.

Hey buddy get on out there, this is civ digging weather.

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