Stones River Trading Company

NEW ARRIVALS

UPDATED 07/30/10
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A456.              SUPER SLICK CONFEDERATE 12 POUNDER SHELL, THIS BALL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, THE IRON IS AS SLICK AS
                        YOU WILL EVER SEE ON A DUG SHELL, TOOK A WOOD DRIVE IN FUSE ADAPTER, CLEAR MOLD SEAM, THIS IS A SHELL
                        YOU WILL PROUDLY DISPLAY
                                                                                                                                                        $285.00

A455.              NICE NOSE SECTION FROM A THREE INCH HOTCHKISS SHELL, THE IRON IS STRONG AND HAS UNIFORM SHALLOW
                        SURFACE PITTING, HAS A GOOD BRASS TIME FUSE ADAPTER
                                                                                                                                                        $125.00

UP572.            BEAUTIFUL U S BOX PLATE THAT WAS DUG HERE IN MURFREESBORO IN THE MID 1970'S, THE FACE IS IN GREAT
                        CONDITION AND HAS A PLEASING CHOCOLATE BROWN PATINA, THE REVERSE HAS FULL, SLICK LEAD AND
                        REMNANTS OF THE HOOKS, PLATES OF THIS QUALITY ARE NOT BEING DUG ANYMORE
                                                                                                                                                     $165.00

M505.             HEART BUCKLE COVER OR PROTECTOR IN GREAT SHAPE, THESE WERE IN THE EARLY REFERENCE BOOKS AS
                       CONFEDERATE BED ROLL BUCKLES, WHILE THEY WERE PROBABLY USED AS THAT, THEY ARE ACTUALLY A
                       PROTECTIVE / DECORATIVE COVER THAT WENT OVER A ROLLER BUCKLE TO PREVENT THEM FROM SNAGGING
                       IN BRUSH OR LIMBS, MEASURES APPROX. 2" TALL EXCLUDING LOOP X 1.75" WIDE
                                                                                                                                                    $15.00

UP571.           UNION BREAST PLATE IN GOOD CONDITION
                                                                                                                                                    $95.00

F529.            BOOT PISTOL, THIS WEAPON IS IN GREAT SHAPE EXCEPT THE TIP OF THE HAMMER IS BROKEN OFF, .44 CALIBER
                     WITH A 2.5" BARREL, THE BREECH BLOCK HAS DECORATIVE ENGRAVING, WOOD GRIP IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE,
                     THE ACTION IS STRONG AND WORKS WELL, THESE WERE WIDELY CARRIED AS A LAST LINE OF PERSONAL
                     DEFENSE
                                                                                            $165.00

DR1282.       ARTILLERY HAT INSIGNIA IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, STRAIGHT AND SOLID, COOL THING IS THE ATTACHING
                     LOOPS WERE LOST AND THE ARTILLERYMAN PUNCHED SMALL HOLES IN IT WHERE THE LOOPS WERE SO HE
                     COULD SEW IT ONTO HIS HAT AND CONTINUE USING IT
                                                                                                                                                   $175.00

UP570.         U S WAIST BELT PLATE, THE FACE HAS A DARK BROWN PATINA, HAS SOME RIM MISSING AND FREEZE
                     CRACKS, THE REVERSE HAS FULL LEAD AND ALL THREE HOOKS, ONE HOOK STILL HAS A SMALL
                     PIECE OF LEATHER UNDERNEATH IT, NOT PRISTINE BUT ONE THAT LEAVES NO DOUBT THAT IT WAS
                     THERE AND STILL DISPLAYS WELL
                                                                                                                                           $95.00

DR1276.      SMALL FEDERAL GROUPING THAT WAS RECENTLY DUG, MOST OF A JEFF DAVIS OR HARDEE HAT PIN,
                    STAFF OFFICER'S AND ENLISTED MAN'S EAGLE SHIELD BUTTON, AND FIVE BULLETS
                                                                                    $35.00

DR1273.     NICE DISPLAY OF SEVERAL RELICS THAT WERE DUG IN A MISSOURI CAMP, THE CENTERPIECE IS A
                   SPRINGFIELD BAYONET, IT IS COMPLETE BUT THE SOCKET IS BROKE FROM THE BLADE, ALSO INCLUDES
                   3 BUTTONS, 5 BULLETS, SASH BUCKLE, AND KNAPSACK PARTS, ALL ARE NICELY MOUNTED AND
                   FRAMED WITH BARN WOOD
                                                                                     $45.00

M504.         SUPER NICE PAIR OF UNITED STATES ARTILLERY USA ENTWINED OFFICER'S ROSETTES, THE FACES
                   HAVE A VERY PLEASING BRASS PATINA, REVERSE HAS FULL LEAD WITH THE ATTACHING LOOPS
                   FIRMLY IN PLACE
                                                                                                                                        $185.00

UB281.      VERMONT, VT9, IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE STATE SEAL TWO PIECE WITH BORDER, THE FACE
                   RETAINS ITS GOLD GILT, REVERSE HAS A STRAIGHT SHANK AND THE D. EVANS BACKMARK ON A
                   RIBBON
                                                                                                                                          $45.00

UP569.        A PAIR OF U S PLATE SKINS, AN U S OVAL AND EAGLE SHOULDER BELT PLATE, BOTH HAVE HAD CARD-
                    BOARD PLACED IN THE BACKS TO HELP PROTECT THEM, BOTH ARE NEARLY 100% COMPLETE, THE U S
                    OVAL WAS IN TWO BETWEEN THE LETTERS BUT FIT TOGETHER LIKE PUZZLE PIECES, THE U S OVAL WAS
                    DUG AT PICKETS MILL, GA IN 1974 AND THE EAGLE PLATE WAS DUG AT TAYLORS CREEK, GA IN 1975
                                                                                                                   $75.00

DR1266.      BRASS THROAT FROM A MODEL 1840 NCO OR MUSICIAN SWORD SCABBARD IN GOOD SHAPE, THIS
                    WAS DUG HERE IN MURFREESBORO
                                                                                                                                              $20.00

F524.           MODEL 1842 SPRINGFIELD MUSKET DATED 1849, IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE FOR BEING 161 YEARS OLD,
                    THE METAL HAS A DARK PATINA AND UNIFORM VERY SLIGHT SURFACE PITTING, THE U S AND EAGLE
                    ON THE LOCKPLATE ARE VISIBLE BUT VERY FAINT, SPRINGFIELD / 1849 IS FAIRLY EASY TO SEE, THE
                    BARREL HAS A VERY CLEAR  V/P/EAGLE STAMPING, THE WALNUT STOCK IS IN GOOD SHAPE WITH A
                    FEW BUMPS AND BRUISES FROM USE, THE RAMROD AND NIPPLE ARE REPLACEMENTS, THE MODEL 40
                    HAS THE DISTINCTIONS OF BEING THE FIRST U S REGULATION MUSKET MADE AT THE NATIONAL
                    ARMORIES, IT WAS THE LAST SMOOTHBORE .69 CALIBER MUSKET, AND THE FIRST U S WEAPON MADE
                    AT BOTH THE SPRINGFIELD AND HARPERS FERRY ARMORIES WITH FULLY INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS,
                    VERY HISTORIC WEAPON THAT DISPLAYS WELL
                   
                                                          $795.00

CP231.        SOLID CAST C S "LINE IN THE HOOKS" WAIST BELT PLATE IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION, THIS IS
                    A GORGEOUS PLATE AND THE PICS DON'T COME CLOSE TO DOING IT JUSTICE, LETTERS YOU CAN
                    READ FROM ACROSS THE ROOM, HAS A VERY PLEASING MEDIUM BROWN PATINA, THE REVERSE
                    HAS ALL THREE HOOKS STRAIGHT AND STRONG, THIS IS IDENTICAL TO PLATE 111 IN THE FIRST
                    EDITION OF MULLINAX'S BOOK OR PLATE 131 IN THE REVISED EDITION, WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED
                    SEVERAL YEARS AGO FROM LARRY HICKLEN BUT NOW NEEDS A NEW HOME, WOULD BE ABOUT
                    IMPOSSIBLE TO UPGRADE AND WILL BE A CENTERPIECE IN ANY COLLECTION
                                                   $3, 685.00

M501.         WOOD HANDLE BLEEDER, IN 20 PLUS YEARS OF DEALING IN RELICS I'VE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER
                    BLEEDER WITH A WOOD HANDLE, THIS VERY PROBABLY DATES BACK TO THE REVOLUTIONARY
                    WAR, IT IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION EXCEPT FOR A PIECE OF THE WOOD HANDLE THAT ENCLOSED
                    THE CUTTING HEAD IS BROKE OFF, COOL EARLY RELIC
                                                                                    $95.00

F523.           JOSLYN CARBINE, THIS WEAPON IS IN GOOD CONDITION BUT DEFINITLY SAW USE, THE METAL HAS
                    A DARK PATINA, NO PITTING BUT WITH A SLIGHT TEXTURE TO THE SURFACE, THE LOCK PLATE IS
                    MARKED JOSLYN FIREARMS CO / STONINGTON / CONN, THE REAR OF THE BREECH BLOCK IS ALSO
                    MARKED BUT MOSTLY WORN AWAY, THE WALNUT STOCK HAS SEVERAL SMALL BUMPS AND BRUISES
                    FROM HOURS IN THE SADDLE BUT NOTHING MAJOR, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE OUTLINE OF THE
                    INSPECTOR'S CARTOUCHE ON THE LEFT SIDE, IS MISSING THE REAR SIGHT AND SADDLE RING, THE
                    BUTT PLATE HAS A CLEAR U S STAMPING, THE ACTION IS CRISP AND FUNCTIONS WELL, BARREL STILL
                    HAS DECENT RIFLING BUT NEEDS A CLEANING, MATCHING EARLY 4393 SERIAL NUMBERS, IF YOU ARE
                    LOOKING FOR A MINT EXAMPLE THIS ONE ISN'T FOR YOU BUT IF YOU WANT A WEAPON THAT NO
                    DOUBT SAW A LOT OF SERVICE BUT WAS WELL CARED FOR YOU'LL LOVE THIS JOSLYN
                  
                                                                                                            $1,265.00

DR1263.      MODEL 1840 SPRINGFIELD BAYONET MADE INTO A BODY HOOK, A GRIM REMINDER OF WHAT WAR
                    IS ABOUT, THE IRON IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE WITH MINIMAL PITTING, HAS A VERY DARK PATINA
                           $180.00

M500.          COLT'S PATENT BRASS BULLET MOLD FOR THE MODEL 1849 POCKET PISTOL IN VERY GOOD SHAPE,
                    MELLOW BRASS PATINA, CLEAR COLT'S PATENT ON THE SPRUE CUTTER
                                                                                                            $135.00

L276.            U S REGULATION CAP BOX IN GOOD CONDITION, THIS IS THE EARLIER BOX WITH THE SQUARED
                     OUTER FLAP, THE LEATHER IS VERY STRONG WITH MINIMAL CRAZING BUT IS A LITTLE STIFF, WOULD
                     PROBABLY LOOSEN UP WITH SOME LEATHER DRESSING, REVERSE HAS BOTH LOOPS AND ALL
                     STITCHING IS TIGHT, CLOSURE TAB IS BROKE WHERE IT GOES OVER THE BRASS FINIAL, INTERIOR
                     FLAP AND LEATHER IS IN GREAT SHAPE
                                                                                    $95.00

L275.            U S WAIST BELT PLATE ON ITS ORIGINAL REGULATION BELT, THE PLATE IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE,
                     HAS A SLIGHT DOWNWARD PUSH ON THE RIM PAST THE S, THE REVERSE HAS FULL SLICK LEAD
                     AND ARROW HOOKS, THE BELT IS THE EARLY STYLE WITH THE STANDING LOOP ON ONE END, THE
                     BELT WASN'T PASSED THROUGH IT AND I'VE NOT REMOVED THE PLATE TO DO SO, THE BELT IS VERY
                     STRONG AND PLIABLE, IT HAS A CLEAR A.W. DECROW MAKER BANGOR, MAINE MARK, DECROW IS
                     ONE OF THE SCARCER MAKERS TO FIND, HE HAD A CONTRACT DATED SEPT. 23, 1862 FOR 2,000 SETS
                     OF INFANTRY ACCOUTREMENTS AND CONTRACTS DATED APRIL 15 AND AUGUST 15, 1863 FOR A
                     TOTAL OF 8,000 SETS OF INFANTRY ACCOUTREMENTS, WITH THE STANDING LOOP BELT THIS WOULD
                     BE FROM THE 1862 CONTRACT AND UNDOUBTEDLY SAW MUCH ACTION
                                                     $345.00

CP229.         C S A RECTANGLE DUG IN 2009 NEAR SHELBYVILLE, TN IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THIS IS THE
                     STYLE KNOWN AS THE VIRGINIA OR TENNESSEE THIN STYLE, FACE HAS STRONG LETTERS, THE
                     REVERSE HAS ALL THREE HOOKS, ONE HAS THE TIP BROKEN OFF, NICE GREEN PATINA WHICH
                     IS SLIGHTLY DARKER THAN THE PICS SHOW, GREAT BODY CURVE, PLATE IS JUST AS DUG WITH
                     NO REPAIRS
                                                                                                             $2,550.00

F521.          RELIC SAVAGE REVOLVER, METAL IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ONLY MINIMAL SURFACE
                   PITTING, YOU CAN STILL READ MOST OF THE SAVAGE INFO ON THE TOP STRAP, ALL MOVING PARTS
                   ARE FROZE IN PLACE, COOLEST THING IS THIS REVOLVER TOOK SOME TYPE OF SEVERE BLOW, THE
                   GRIP WAS BROKEN OFF AND THE TRIGGER GUARD HAS BEEN PUSHED FORWARD, THIS WAS A VERY
                   HEAVILY MADE REVOLVER AND IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN QUIT AN IMPACT TO BREAK IT IN THIS
                   MANNER, COOL RELIC OF A SCARCE WEAPON
    $485.00

EW406.       HENRY BOKER MODEL 1860 CAVALRY SABER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, BOKER WAS ONE OF ONLY
                    TWO GERMAN FIRMS PRODUCING MODEL 1860 LIGHT CAVALRY SABERS, THE BLADE IS FREE OF ANY
                    NICKS, IT HAS MUCH OF ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT FINISH SHOWING WITH SOME PEPPERING, THE RICASSO
                    HAS A CLEAR HENRY BOKER / SOLINGEN MARK, THE BRASS HILT IS ALSO IN GOOD SHAPE WITH A
                    DARK ATTIC PATINA, THE QUILLON HAS A VERY SLIGHT FORWARD PUSH, HAS THE ORIGINAL LEATHER
                    WRAP AND WIRE BRAID WHICH SHOWS WEAR BUT IS TIGHT AND IN GOOD CONDITION, THE SCABBARD
                    HAS A VERY DARK BROWN PATINA, IT IS DENT FREE, THE CARRYING RINGS SHOW A LOT OF WEAR,
                    A NICE "UNMESSED" WITH SABER FROM ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT MAKERS TO FIND
                   
                                                                                                                   $645.00

F520.          AN 1807 DATED SPRINGFIELD THAT HAS BEEN FASHIONED INTO A SHOTGUN, THE WALNUT STOCK IS
                   APPROX. 26" LONG, THE BARREL IS 33.5" LONG, AND THE WEAPON IS 48.5" OVERALL, CONSIDERING IT
                   IS 203 YEARS OLD, IT IS IN GREAT SHAPE BUT IT DOES HAVE A FEW BUMPS AND BRUISES, THE ACTION
                   STILL WORKS WELL WITH THE HAMMER HOLDING IN THE HALF AND FULL COCK POSITIONS, HAS BEEN
                   CONVERTED TO PERCUSSION VIA A DRUM BOLSTER, COOL OLD WEAPON THAT I'M BASICALLY
                   SELLING THE LOCK PLATE AND THROWING IN THE REST, DISPLAYS VERY NICELY
                  
                                                                                                                                         $450.00

M498.         THESE ARE JUST COOL, A PERIOD PAIR OF DARK SUNGLASSES, THEY ARE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE, THIS
                    IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO THEM STILL BEING IN THEIR ORIGINAL CASE LESS THE TOP PIECE, THE
                    WIRE SIDE PIECES STILL MOVE FREELY, YOU COULD WEAR THESE TODAY, COOL RELIC
                                                                                   $85.00

M496.         MODEL 1858 WITH THE VERY SCARCE SKY BLUE COVER, CANTEEN IS IN GREAT SHAPE, THE SKY BLUE
                   COVER ON ONE SIDE IS IN GREAT SHAPE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL HOLES, THE REVERSE
                   IS IN GOOD SHAPE BUT DOES HAVE SOME MATERIAL LOSS, HAS A LEATHER STRAP, IT APPEARS TO HAVE
                   BEEN ON THE CANTEEN FOR DECADES BUT I SUSPECT IT IS AN OLD REPLACEMENT, HAS A WIRE REPAIR
                   GREAT EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE RARER FEDERAL CANTEENS
          $485.00

EW405.      MODEL 1840 NCO SWORD IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE BLADE IS IN GREAT SHAPE WITH NO NICKS,
                   SHOWS MOST OF ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT FINISH BUT HAS BEGUN TO DARKEN, THE LAST INCH OR SO AT
                   THE TIP IS DARK AND HAS VERY SLIGHT PITTING, THE RICASSO IS MARKED EMERSON & SILVER
                   TRENTON N.J.,THE OBVERSE IS MARKED U.S. McG 1862, THE BRASS HILT IS ALSO IN GREAT SHAPE, FITS
                   TIGHTLY TO THE BLADE WITH NO WIGGLE, HAS A CLAM SHELL GUARD ON THE RIGHT SIDE, I CAN'T
                   TELL IF THE LEFT GUARD WAS REMOVED OR IF IT WAS MADE WITHOUT ONE, IS IN ITS ORIGINAL AND
                   CORRECT METAL SCABBARD WITH BRASS THROAT AND DRAG, NICE SWORD
                  
                                                                                                               $445.00

UP567.       S N Y BUCKLE DUG WITH A LARGE PIECE OF ITS ORIGINAL BELT, THE PLATE IS IN GOOD SHAPE BUT
                   HAS A LOT OF THE RIM MISSING, EARLY STYLE WITH PUPPY PAW HOOKS, FULL LEAD WITH A "PEBBLY"
                   SURFACE, THIS IS FROM BEING IN VERY WET SOIL WHICH IS ALSO WHAT PRESERVED THE  3.5" SECTION
                   OF LEATHER BELT, OLD DIGGERS TAG READS THAT IT WAS FOUND 2/22/79 AT BRANDY STATION
                                                                                      $495.00

EW404.       MODEL 1855 SPRINGFIELD BAYONET IN SCABBARD, BOTH ARE IN SEMI-RELIC CONDITION, THE
                    BAYONET HAS A NEARLY BLACK PATINA AND SLIGHT UNIFORM SURFACE PITTING, THE U S IS
                    BARELY VISIBLE, THE SCABBARD HAS ITS FROG, THE LEATHER IS STILL PLIABLE, THE STITCHING
                    IS LONG GONE AS IS THE DRAG, NICE RELIC
                           $135.00

UP565.        BEAUTIFUL U S BOX PLATE IN OUTSTANDING DUG CONDITION, THE FACE HAS A SMOOTH DARK
                    BROWN PATINA, HAS 6 SMALL INDENTIONS IN THE TOP RIM, LOOKS LIKE THIS WAS DONE
                    INTENTIONALLY, THE REVERSE HAS FULL LEAD WITH WITH JUST A FEW TINY FLAKES, BOTH LOOPS
                    ARE PRESENT STANDING STRAIGHT AND STRONG, THIS PLATE WAS A VERY EARLY FIND AND COMES
                    FROM THE COLLECTION OF ONE OF THE EARLY PIONEERS OF THE HOBBY WENDELL LANG
                                                                                                              $185.00

 
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