I may never know for sure, but im definitely gona have to get back in there soon and see what else i can find. If so that could mean i found a small confederate camp-site, that was here prior to union occupation. Or like you mentioned, someone wore their old uniform off to war. Someone came here pre-civil war and established or visited a homestead. This one was found in MS.Īt the moment i can only speculate on how the button got here. Just added what i found in Tices book at the bottom.Ĭlick to expand.Thanks Etex. I kind of thought the button could be a Navy button, but knew i had never seen this design before.Īnother awesome piece of southern history. 1840 Republic of Texas Navy 23mm with a relative value of 150. I look up Texas in my copy of Alberts book and there it is, Alberts TX4. There was alot of iron in this one area, so i might have been on another homesite that soldiers could have camped near.Īfter i get home and do a little cleaning on the button i can definitely see the anchor and just enough to make out the words TEXAS NAVY. One brass item looks like it could be a sight for a rifle, maybe.Īfter about 4 or 5 hours the hot spot started petering out, i started gridding farther and farther away, and ended up with nothing to show for it.Īt 7.5 hours i was done. It was pretty crusty, but i thought i could see an anchor on the front, and i could see part of the word waterbury on the back.Įnded up finding a few more bullets, many lead pieces, some glass, and a little brass. Not long after the 2 bullets, i dug a button. Went straight for the sweet spot in a field i tried last hunt, where i had found a couple bullets.įound 2 more bullets right away, one being my first sharps from this area. Today i made it back to the civil war site i have been hunting.
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