Friday, April 6, 2012

Johnston's Army Relics

Yesterday I took the day off work.  I planted a tree in my front yard, and headed out to Old Camp Floyd to see if I could find some more relics.  The area has been hunted heavily over the years, so I was excited to find a silver coin.  Not is the best condition, but it was a three cent piece from 1853. Amazing to think it was dropped there 154 years ago.

Here is another picture of it just to show how small it is.
Some other things in this area of significance.  The "5" insignia indicate what type of soldier was there.   The small 4 hole button was an eye ball find.  I believe the lead ball to be a .31 caliber from a black powder pistol.  The item on the top left we were guess was nailed into furniture and used as a drawer pull.
A few pieces of china and some old glass.
I collected a few more nails.  The 3 objects at the top are lead.
Some of the rocks I picked up.
This rock appears to have a notch carved in it.  There are Native American artifacts in the area and perhaps this rock could be one.  Any experts out there?

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