Hamilton History Hunters

Well, it seems like forever since I posted anything on here but after having sprained both my wrists last summer, wiping out like an idiot, detecting was out of the question.
Getting back at it now before the winter hits.
Trying out a new spot for metal detecting that my son Nick found while looking on Google maps. An old dirt road through a huge forest.
Nick got the 1928 silver 25 Cent coin and I got the 1917 Large Cent and 1913 silver 5 Cent Fishscale coin.
All three are in amazing condition for being buried nearly 100 years.
Detecting Parks and Fairgrounds is fun but you expect to find stuff where thousands of people have been for 150+ years.
Bushwacking a hundred acres of forest hoping you find an old coin someone dropped in that same time span is tough going, but all the more satisfying when you do get something.
We dug lots of other bits of history so far there too, looking forward to going back.

Father and Son Bank Tokens, dug about 5 feet apart from each other.
My first 1837 Un Sou and Nicks 1844 Montreal Half Penny.
I can imagine them being dropped by the same person long long ago.
That would have been a bad day for them but a good day for us nearly 200 years later.
Happy Hunting

Todays History lesson ...
Interesting little find the other day out metal detecting with my son.
A heavily impacted bullet known as a Minie Ball or 3 Ringer.
They were hollow bottom, .58 caliber, 500 grain, weighing 32.4 grams
This one split in half on impact and now weighs 14 grams.
These were used in the British 1853 Pattern Enfield Rifle or the U.S. 1861 Model Springfield Rifle, which were Muzzleloader Percussion Cap rifles used in the mid 1800s