I good day at the old Fort

[HistoryStudent]

I spent several hours at the old Fort on Saturday. I'm used to finding small items but this time I found some larger and heavier items. First, I found a bayonet scabbard (no bayonet). Then, I found a complete mess kit though part of it was so heavily corroded that it crumbled like paper when I tried to clean it. In the same hole, I also found a corroded canteen cup. Lugging those dirt encrusted hunks of metal around all day was not fun but the hunt was a blast.



The knife was rusted to pieces and part of the blade is stuck to the fork handle

Canteen cup

Misc. finds. If you look real close you can see the little white lead pellet.

1944 war nickel

 

[Jason in Enid]

Those are some very cool finds indeed!

 

[Ricki7]

Nice finds , a lot of diggin
HH

 

[rreahard]

Cool finds! Congrats on a nice hunt!

 

[HistoryStudent]

Thanks! I don't know what to do with things like a rusty scabbard or a corroded and bent canteen cup. They don't exactly fit in a cigar box

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[jga5367]

Really cool finds, congratulations

 

[louie088]

Great finds congrats. Was it a WWII fort?

 

[Rammjäger]

Pic Nr. 2 upper left corner - this item looks like a pencil sharpner ...

 

[Curbdog]

Those are some really good finds, man!

 

[HistoryStudent]

Pic Nr. 2 upper left corner - this item looks like a pencil sharpner ...

That's exactly what it is. It was deep too but it looks like it would still work if I sprayed some wd40 on it

 

[worm12ga]

As with every posting of cartridges/cartridge casings, I have to ask what the headstamps were. Being 30-06, .30 carbine, and .45ACP they could have come from a very broad period of time.

 

[bruinvikes]

I love finds like that! Awesome job!

 

[SueK]

Outstanding finds! I'm envious!

 

[HistoryStudent]

As with every posting of cartridges/cartridge casings, I have to ask what the headstamps were. Being 30-06, .30 carbine, and .45ACP they could have come from a very broad period of time.

I'll find out for you when I get home from work. The three 30 carbine casings were from 1942-1943. I found several other casings from the teens and 1930's though.

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[HistoryStudent]

Outstanding finds! I'm envious!

Thanks sue! I still haven't found a single war button yet. I think you got them all!