Brown Bess And Another 45 Merc

[dogodog]

After another long hot week and some things that are weighing heavy on my heart. I decided to hunt a little woodlot and creek to take my mind off the grind of life. I walked about 1000 yds down the creek with little luck until I found a odd item that looks like an umbrella handle. A short distance later I retrieved a very very small tea cup (cool). After striking out on the water, I thought that I might have better luck on terrafirma. Shotgun cases woo hoo!!! I then decided to hunt near a giant of an oak tree, every bit of 40'' through. Hoping for something good, I got a good deep hit. At around 11'' out popped a very large musket ball that measures .690 to .695. Thinking from a british brown bess. Spent another hour farting around and tripped up on a 97 number that kept bouncing down to the high 70's. Normally this would be coal, but the tone did not have the crackle that coal usually has. Woo Hoo out popped a 45 mercury dime. My second 45 in a very short time. Turns out that there were very small fragments of coal around the merc. The dime is cool, but I love Rev. War musket balls!!!! I ended my day with a 22 casing and a 22 bullet. Another good day with the MK!!!  Time to have a beer and cool off!!!

[2Valen]

Very nice finds and hope you get over the farts.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[Joe D.]

Nice variety of stuff dog!!

  As alway's, there is alway's something interesting to find!! With, or without a detector!! Great job!!    👍👍

[GB_Amateur]

Looks like an excellent site with some very old stuff.  Is that one piece the handle off of a cane?  Also, the tiny cup looks too small to be a demitasse.  Do you think it's from a child's (play) set?  If the latter it's likely quite collectible (and maybe even valuable).

Surprised Tim (2Valen) didn't comment more.

[dogodog]

The handle could be from a cane, But I thought it was a little small. The cup measures 3/4'' tall and 7/8'' in diameter + another 3/8'' for the handle. I was guessing play set also. Maybe I'll have a very little taste of esspresso tonight Ha Ha.

[Rick N. MI]

That's what I call a great relic hunt.