Woods Hunting...German Style
by Joe Leardi

A friend and I were searching all day and found (after going to 3 different hills) what we think may be an 1866 Krieg camp or skirmish area.  In about an hour and a half we found 12 unfired mini-balls and five fired ones.  These are a few of my favorite earlier finds.  The sword was my first and only sword find.  It is a hunters sword dating from about 1700 and I found it on a hill overlooking the LTA (local military training area) next to an old house foundation.  On the same ridge I also found a silver Prussian 1800s coin and a few other 1700s copper coins.  I also found a very nice iron gothic spur dating from the mid 1300s and a baurnwehr - 1500s hunters knife.  The hunting knife was my first "good" find that I found in an area that had been hunted several times by a German friend of mine.  Needless to say, I was very excited when I found it.

1500's hunters knife



1300's iron gothic spur



1700's hunters sword

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