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Here is Another Nice Displaying Civil War Period Ration Can ! It is another one of the Colorado dump site cans, again showing lots of solder and the “hole-in-cap” construction method. This example is unusual in size measuring about 3.25 inches tall by about 4 inches diameter. You can tell by the jagged edges that it was completely cut open at the bottom with a knife. Overall it is in very good condition and though similar to those we find in Union Campsites here in Arkansas & Missouri our humidity and acidic soil would have mostly rusted it away. Another Neat Displaying Civil War Period Ration Can !

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Here is a Nice Displaying Civil War Period Ration Can ! It is one of several I got from a site in Colorado where the humidity is relatively low, and the cans came from an old above ground dump site. They all though show the manufacturing methods typical of Civil War Period Tin Cans. That includes plain soldered seams and “hole-in-cap” top construction. The hole-in-cap method involved leaving a half dollar size hole in the top where the food was inserted, then the cap with a small hole was soldered on, the food was boiled or heated, and once cool that little vent hole was sealed with solder. I have dug identical cans in Union Campsites here in Arkansas & Missouri, but with our acidic soil, I usually just find a top or bottom. This example measures about 4.5 inches tall by almost 3.5 inches in diameter. Half of one side of the cylinder has rusted away and there is a large rusted out hole in the top, and you can see where it was actually opened from the bottom likely with a knife. A Neat Displaying Civil War Period Ration Can !

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Here is a Neat Old Excavated Springfield Bayonet Recovered off the Baltimore Pike at Gettysburg ! It is completely rusted, but there is nothing active nor any flaking. The lock ring is frozen but the blade appears to still be full length. There is an old masking tape tag wrapped around the elbow, just below the socket that reads, “Found at Gettysburg, PA. Baltimore Pike, Union .58 Cal. Springfield.” The bayonet measures 21” total length with the blade being about 17.5”. I don’t have any other provenance, than the tape tag but this is part of the collection I am selling that came from New Jersey, with many of the items originally purchased in Gettysburg. A Nice Dug U.S. Bayonet very probably recovered at Gettysburg ! [ K.I.]

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Here is a Very Neat Looking Dug or Relic Civil War Knife ! Total length measures right at 12 inches, with the blade being about 8.5 inches and the tang of the handle 3.5 inches. The double edged blade is about 15/16ths of an inch wide and elliptical in form. There are two holes in the tang where a wood or bone grip would have been attached, but that is long gone. There is very moderate pitting or rust over the entire piece, and you can still see some clean metal on one side of the blade. This knife is very typical of Civil War period side knives. Recovery location unknown. A Fine Displaying Dug Civil War Side Knife ! [ K.I. ]

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Here is a Nice Dug Brass Civil War Shoulder Scale ! It has been re-enforced with glue on the back, where the bottom of the scales meets the bell, and at the joint between the top and second scale down. It wears a nice mostly green/brown patina, front and back, and is missing only the little border piece around the edges of the scale, except for the very top. Recovered near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A Good Displaying Brass Federal Shoulder Scale !

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Here is a Neat Dug Set of Puppy Paw Hooks likely melted out of the back of a U.S. Waist Belt Plate ! One of the belt studs is missing, but the other stud and the tongue are still intact, and there are no breaks in the whole thing. It has a nice mixed green patina, with some encrusted dirt and verdigris still on it. Recovered at Petersburg, Virginia. A Neat Displaying Set of Dug Puppy Paw Hooks !

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Here is a group of Ten Large one-piece Flat Buttons ! Most have floral or other designs on the front, a couple have some gold gilt remaining, and four still have their shanks on the reverse. Five are almost as large as a half dollar, while the remainder are a bit smaller. Two are pewter and the rest brass or copper. They could date from the late 1700s to the 1840s, and were all recovered in Virginia.

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Here is a Nice Dug Trigger Guard for Enfield Rifle ! The back end is broken off at the first screw hole, but the front end is all there, including the sling swivel and the little ring that attached the nipple protector chain. The brass has a nice mottled green patina, while the iron swivel and ring are rusty but still in good relic condition. There is an old diggers mark in black felt ink, that says, “Battle of Cheatham Hill GA, 9-10-72 Trigger Guard.” The fight at Cheatham Hill, on June 27^th, 1864, was actually a part of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. A Neat Dug Relic from the historic Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia !

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