We Found a Virgin Civil War Site...And We Can Prove It

tymcmurray

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Civilman and I did some research with the Civil War Atlas
and Google Earth. We were looking for a site that may have
been overlooked for all of these years of people hunting up here
at Antietam.
We Found a site that looked promising, so we went this morning at
5:45 to hit it and just "check it out".
We hiked in and started finding bullets right away. My XLT was singing!!!
Things were lookinggood! By 8:45 I had found my first US belt plate. YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
Before the day was over, I had found the Belt Plate, TWO Eagle buttons
(I have never found anything but flat buttons), Two Washington Arsenal
bullets, a Williams Cleaner WITH the zinc still in it (another first), Three
pulled bullets, and a Tompion With the leather still attached!
This was by far the BEST Civil War hunt I have ever had!!!
Thanks for looking!

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Re: We Found a Virgin Site...And We Can Prove It

Dam Dude; that is awesome!
Research does work!

Is the break in the belt plate enviromental or war induced?

GRB
 

Re: We Found a Virgin Site...And We Can Prove It

How close to Antietam are you? Be careful. Isn't it a Federal Historic Landmark? Don't go to jail!
 

Re: We Found a Virgin Site...And We Can Prove It

Great job with the research, GREAT belt plate! congrats...should keep you guys busy for a while to come :thumbsup:
 

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I'm not much of a relic guy, but a site like that could very well get me addicted to relic hunting quickly!!

Those are great finds...hope you get to go back and find many more goodies.

RAy
 

Re: We Found a Virgin Site...And We Can Prove It

GoldenRoyBoy said:
Dam Dude; that is awesome!
Research does work!

Is the break in the belt plate enviromental or war induced?

GRB

I don't know how that bend go there.
 

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TerryC said:
How close to Antietam are you? Be careful. Isn't it a Federal Historic Landmark? Don't go to jail!
Don't worry Terry... we were born in the day but not yesterday.We have some nice private property to play in. :thumbsup:

Ty that was an awesome first try at that place,scaling the map's,google earth all paid off but I didn't think it would happen so fast.We literally walked 1/4 mile into the "jungle" and immediately started pulling out the relic's.And just think of all the other place's along the route we have to dig in :thumbsup: Congratulation's on a beautiful find Buddy and to top it off with one....no....TWO eagle button's was just icing on the cake.Ty called me on Thursday and said he had a dream of finding a Belt Plate....Guess what...dream's do come true!!!Again a Big Congrat's Ty :tard: :thumbsup:What's tommorrow looking like?If you can't go,I should be able to handle it :wink:......Call you later on!!
 

civilman1 said:
TerryC said:
How close to Antietam are you? Be careful. Isn't it a Federal Historic Landmark? Don't go to jail!
Don't worry Terry... we were born in the day but not yesterday.We have some nice private property to play in. :thumbsup:

Ty that was an awesome first try at that place,scaling the map's,google earth all paid off but I didn't think it would happen so fast.We literally walked 1/4 mile into the "jungle" and immediately started pulling out the relic's.And just think of all the other place's along the route we have to dig in :thumbsup: Congratulation's on a beautiful find Buddy and to top it off with one....no....TWO eagle button's was just icing on the cake.Ty called me on Thursday and said he had a dream of finding a Belt Plate....Guess what...dream's do come true!!!Again a Big Congrat's Ty :tard: :thumbsup:What's tommorrow looking like?If you can't go,I should be able to handle it :wink:......Call you later on!!

I forgot to mention the dream and the fact that there was so much swamp area. :tard: :tard: :tard:
 

How close are you guys to Leesburg, VA? The battle of Ball's Bluff? I have a thought or two on where to recover a few hundred muskets..... maybe. I'm serious! I've been there and done some research but I don't live in the area. No way to follow up. Check out my profile and send an e-mail. I'll tell you what I got. Or no. That's up to you. BTW, good work! TTC
 

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How much are finds like yours usually worth. I find a few civil war finds and I am just wondering. I find mostly bullets and little things. How much do the belt buckles fetch, what about the buttons??? I would love to find some stuff like that. Awesome finds.
 

zaxfire69 said:
How much are finds like yours usually worth. I find a few civil war finds and I am just wondering. I find mostly bullets and little things. How much do the belt buckles fetch, what about the buttons??? I would love to find some stuff like that. Awesome finds.

Where are you hunting?
Here is a link that will give you an idea on prices.

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That's some great research and finds Ty. Congrats!!
Can we get a look at the back of the plate?
Was it a buckle or cartridge box plate and if a buckle ...arrows or puppypaws or peened hooks?
It's been a few years since I got a plate...I've almost forgot what it sounds like ...NOT!!! LOL
 

wildrider said:
That's some great research and finds Ty. Congrats!!
Can we get a look at the back of the plate?
Was it a buckle or cartridge box plate and if a buckle ...arrows or puppypaws or peened hooks?
It's been a few years since I got a plate...I've almost forgot what it sounds like ...NOT!!! LOL

OK, but it ain't pretty.......

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Great find Ty, but it is a cartridge box plate.
I think you should be able to look at the link for the relic shop you posted and see the difference.
None the less Great find!!

w
 

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