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Palo Alto National Historic Site
Chuck Lawson, NPS, places a flag where Robert just recovered an artifact.
Randy with a copper Mexican cannister ball he had just recovered.
Chunk of an American Cannon Ball.
Artillery Officer's button found in the area that the US cannons were supposed to have been located.
Randy with a freshly recovered Mexican 4-pounder solid shot.
Mexican uniform button and two musket balls that John recovered.
When you have the Archeologist use your camera to take a few photos that you are in, you just never know what you may get.
Here is Chuck Lawson, NPS, having some fun. Oh well, digital shots don't cost anything!
Robert found a thimble (part of the ramrod holder) to a Mexican Musket
Then Kevin found one
and John found one. There were three on a musket, each one different.
We had found all three styles.
This is my GPS track and I marked the sites that the gun parts came from.

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