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RustyRelics

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that's a easy one for me! my Southern Cross Of Honor my best find ever! P1100381.JPGP1100380.JPGP1100379.JPGP1100377.JPGP1100376.JPG
 

Dug this last year. I love any and all civil war pieces I recover.
This is my current top favorite.Photo_1558542114813.jpg
 

GameOfTones said:
Dug this last year. I love any and all civil war pieces I recover.
This is my current top favorite.View attachment 1714992
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WOW!
What a Find , I see why its your favorite . P.S All my Relics are special & what makes them most special to be , are location where they were dug.

Ill list some of mine when I have more time , neat thread.

If you don't mind ...what State was your Awesome Plate Dug?
 

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Davers said:
WOW!
What a Find , I see why its your favorite . P.S All my Relics are special & what makes them most special to be , are location where they were dug.

Ill list some of mine when I have more time , neat thread.

If you don't mind ...what State was your Awesome Plate Dug?
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Georgia.

Yeah, where they come from means a great deal. And that is because when you spend a great deal of time researching a location, the ultimate payoff is the artifact.

And it's a great feeling when you find an artifact, and from your research you know already what you could or should find there, and you find it. Like the types of bullets that should be there, or the types of buckles that could be there, etc.
 

That style buckle is my number one favorite Confederate buckle. Just wow!

By the way, Gold Boy, that Cross of Honor is killer! Possibly the best find, you can have!
 

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This is my find of a lifetime! I don't think I will ever top this one....Ultra rare, CS one piece local staff officers button, dug on the Faquier/Culpeper county border, near Harts Ford, where J.E.B Stuart and his cavalry rode across in August 1862. Confederate infantry passed by as well, obviously they stopped by the house, right beside the ford.
 

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Here are my first Civil War relics - two bullets, dug in a camp occupied by the 77th New York Infantry. The regiment guarded the hill I detected...er stumbled across, after the battle of Gettysburg. The regiment fought on Powers Hill during the battle.
 

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It's not just your average standard U.S. minie ball, it is a Gettysburg relic!

This bullet was dropped on the afternoon of July 2nd, 1863 during the battle of Gettysburg, on Little Round Top. It was picked up sometime after the battle by a Union soldier named McPherson. His descendants live in Franklin County PA, but I am pulling my hair out trying to find his name. It is unknown if it was picked up after action died down, and kept as a souvenir, or picked up during a reunion.
 

That would have to be my crotal bells, close runners up being my war of 1812 artillery button, or my 1680 copper Spanish cob
 

Tpmetal said:
That would have to be my crotal bells, close runners up being my war of 1812 artillery button, or my 1680 copper Spanish cob
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Technically, this was for Civil War finds, but now that you have us interested, I'd like to see a pic.
 

RustyRelics said:
Technically, this was for Civil War finds, but now that you have us interested, I'd like to see a pic.
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Lol guess I didnt read close enough. All I saw was favorite relics haha
 

here is some more. A General Staff button. and part of a 14kt gold locket P1100594.JPGP1100593.JPGP1100571.JPGP1100570.JPG
 

GameOfTones said:
Georgia.

Yeah, where they come from means a great deal. And that is because when you spend a great deal of time researching a location, the ultimate payoff is the artifact.

And it's a great feeling when you find an artifact, and from your research you know already what you could or should find there, and you find it. Like the types of bullets that should be there, or the types of buckles that could be there, etc.
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GA huh?
That's cool , Hope it came from an area I've never hunted .

Great job on the research.

FWIW
I understand your name 'In a detecting sense ' but I also reminds me of a Game my Morning Radio Show plays.
 

RustyRelics said:
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It's not just your average standard U.S. minie ball, it is a Gettysburg relic!

This bullet was dropped on the afternoon of July 2nd, 1863 during the battle of Gettysburg, on Little Round Top. It was picked up sometime after the battle by a Union soldier named McPherson. His descendants live in Franklin County PA, but I am pulling my hair out trying to find his name. It is unknown if it was picked up after action died down, and kept as a souvenir, or picked up during a reunion.
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Now that's what i'm talking about.

You got me thinking , if it was picked up after the battle (soon after) would the patina have come from 150 or so years of air , home , case, exposure .

Or did the patina come from sitting in or on the ground for 25, 50 , 75 years.

Either way it's very historical & special..
 

my other military button a Indian Wars button P1100173.JPGP1100174.JPG
 

RustyRelics said:
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Here are my first Civil War relics - two bullets, dug in a camp occupied by the 77th New York Infantry. The regiment guarded the hill I detected...er stumbled across, after the battle of Gettysburg. The regiment fought on Powers Hill during the battle.
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What's really cool is they are 2 different types. 'Well IMHO'
 

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