Originally Posted by Timbermaster
Originally Posted by shrapnel
This is way cool historical stuff from the Indian War era and found near the Custer Battlefield. The cartridge is a Custer battle cartridge found 6 1/2 miles east of the battlefield. It is inside primed with a copper case. The cases are from around the same area, the 45-70 is later, but the 44 Henry is from the Custer battle timeframe as well. The button is from an Indian police coat that would have been later than the Custer battle, but we found it near the bank of the Little Bighorn River at Reno’s crossing.
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You are extremely fortunate to have permission to detect that location. That’s bucket list material.



It is one thing to find cool stuff, it is another to access such a historical site and investigate what happened…



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