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Updates from the field, June 2, 1999

	The sun breaks out of overcast morning skies above a field the crew is preparing to survey.
	Almost immediately,recovered carbine and pistol bullets indicate this is also part of the Buffington Island Battlefield
	A landowner prepared his field for survey by mowing the grassy areas between plots of sweet corn to facilitate survey efforts.
	Heidelberg student Melissa Spencer works with a volunteer from near Cleveland, Ohio, to establish survey grid squares in between the corn plots.
	Artifacts recovered include (top left to bottom right) .58 and .54 Cal. Minie balls, .54 Cal. Carbine ball, conical and round pistol balls, Bormann artillery fuse, buck and ball and an ornate gilt brass button.

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