What Is Your Very Best Civil War Find(s)?

[Michigan Badger]

Tell us about your best find or finds. Post pictures if you have them.

By "finds" we include ebay finds or purchases from other sources.

Badger

 

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[BamaRelics]

These are some of my Best Civil War Finds. I dug the small US Belt Plate, the Lt Col. or Major's Insignia and the Cuff size AVC button in a Confederate Cavalry site. I dug the small Owl surrounded by a Horseshoe pin in the same site. The pics of the pin show the before and after cleaning of the pin. Any ideas as to it's origin would be greatly appreciated. I dug the CS "eggplate" in 1983 in a Confederate infantry campsite. Happy Hunting!!!

 

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[d2]

They are purty. Some day I will find a plate, I know I will...d2

 

[cwdigger]

Little Late but 12 POUNDER

 

[civilman1]

Little Late but 12 POUNDER

It's never too late CWD.....Great find

 

[ivan salis]

a pair of train axels from a rebel flatcar burnt by union troops -- during a raid on my town --does that count?

 

[brnn53]

OK I've changed my best finds from my post over a year ago. These are what I consider my best finds to date:
Philadelphia Reserve Brigade button and a local Confederate block I from the same camp site and a carved 3 ringer.
Mike

 

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[duggap]

My best find, well I guess it would be my rectangle CSA plate. I have dug about twenty plates but that one is special. My Texas rosette may give it a close second. I also have a nice collection of confederate buttons I have dug. I have about twenty cast Is, three North Carolina sunbursts, a South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi and two from Georgia. I have script Is, As and one droop wing eagle. But we only hunt for civil war artifacts and I have spent over twenty years doing it so I guess I should have found something by now. I have also found six complete artillary shells, three of which had to be disarmed.

 

[rovnrbl]

I'll bump this up

Probably my favorites not sure about my best. My buddy and I found 12 of these babies a couple years ago. They appeared to be targetting a road as all landed within 150yd x 150 yd area. Azimuth indicated two different firing points. Federal 10# Parrots, 1 - 20#er. Enjoy.

 

[brnn53]

Those shells are awesome but you need to run them through electrolysis to make them shine! I would love to find just one.
Mike

 

[fortbball9]

Here is just a few find that i have found in the last year and a half.My first good button was A.V.C. coat button but not in great shape.I found a eagle cuff.I also found a right nice script I button.One of the best indianheads that i found was a 1864-L.But hopefully one of these days I hope to find a nice buckle and it wouldn't matter which kind (conf. or union)

fortbball9

 

[Michigan Badger]

Absolutely awesome finds!

Thanks to everyone sharing your stories and pictures!

Badger

 

[Tn Dirt Digger]

Nothing real special....located this site right before the soybeans popped up...can't wait till harvest time....will be cooler as well..

 

[civilman1]

Nothing real special....located this site right before the soybeans popped up...can't wait till harvest time....will be cooler as well..

Nice dig's TN.......Love it!!!!

 

[cival war hunter 2 !]

the cone shaped bullet is the one that i found.
i forget what there called is it musket bullet.

I am the last one who should be making the first post here, but...since no one has started, I will!

The first pic is of some of the finds I have made on my mountain site. The Eagle buttons and bullets, a pocket knife and the toe plates and the other misc. stuff. Then the second pic is of the bullets I found in Missouri.

Not much, but some of my favorite finds in these two pictures!

Nana

 

[cival war hunter 2 !]

holy F man.
when i go do that hunt at the CW camp i plan on giving some to my Friends.

Definitely my recent bullet find hope to have new pics by the end of this week

 

[ModernMiner]

My recent best CW find:


and continued



A 20 CW bullet drop in one small spot.
-MM-

 

[floodcitykid]

Tell us about your best find or finds. Post pictures if you have them.

By "finds" we include ebay finds or purchases from other sources.

Badger

My best find was my very first plate (US), one of the reasons it was my best as my son and I were hunting together in an old field and I pulled up this old belt plate, yes I found much better things than that, but the first one, with my son at my side was one thing he and I will always remember.


Floodcitykid

 

[Michigan Badger]

Tell us about your best find or finds. Post pictures if you have them.

By "finds" we include ebay finds or purchases from other sources.

Badger

My best find was my very first plate (US), one of the reasons it was my best as my son and I were hunting together in an old field and I pulled up this old belt plate, yes I found much better things than that, but the first one, with my son at my side was one thing he and I will always remember.


Floodcitykid

I know what you're saying. This life is about much more than stuff.

I've always wanted to dig a genuine Civil War relic at a genuine Civil War site. That's a pleasure few will ever experience.

Badger

 

[ivan salis]

a gift from a grateful person for helping to ID his sword he found (found in my mail box)-- a spencer cartiridge casing --- 3 williams cleaner bullets -- 2 swaged bullets 58 cal --- 1 69 cal mini--- 3 smashed shot bullets