First CW relic

[relic nut]

Hey folks, do you remember your first CW relic? Mine was a bullet, five years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. I have been fortunate to find some great stuff but that fired three ringer was what got it all started. Seems silly now but I had the shakes when I realized what it was. I have that bullet in a special place and will cherish it always.
Share your story if like.

HH, RN

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!

[smokeythecat]

My first relic was a Confederate bullet from the cornfield at Antietam, way back in the day before it became part of the park.

 

[devldog]

Relic Nut, good post. My first relic ever was a piece of Hotckiss Artillery shell frag found in 1969 aged 13 years using a WWII Army surplus mine sweeper that weighed about as much as I did. This was found in the Kennesaw Mountain area in Cobb County, Georgia.

 

[etex]

Yankee Breast Plate, 1993 just started detecting and was hitting a big empty lot in Tyler, Tx., totally unexpected, later i found out the Yankees camped there during so called Reconstruction. its the one on the left

 

[Loco-Digger]

Mine was a CW token dug 2 years ago. I'm really looking forward to hunting with you, Tom and DN this spring.

 

[relic nut]

Mine was a CW token dug 2 years ago. I'm really looking forward to hunting with you, Tom and DN this spring.

We are as well, should be a blast!

HH, RN

 

[TerryEastTexas]

My first CW relic was a T E Miller cavalry button at about 6" in 2009. I really didn't know what I had at the time but I posted on some forums for ID and was supprised. It really made me happy. Since then I almost excleusively relic hunt. It is my avatar.

 

[devldog]

Very nice find on the breast plate. The Yankee Eagle Breast Plate is one of the items on my bucket list. It has eluded me for over 30 years. Still, I hunt in an effort to bag one.

 

[Phishfarmer]

I was skipping school in the late 60's early 70's and eyeballed a 3-ringer on the ground. I told my dad about it and he went there with his Metrotech and did pretty good. NO, I did not get in any trouble for skipping school .. well that time at least. Sadly I've only really gotten into relic hunting in the last 2 1/2 years.

 

[Tpmetal]

Still looking for one haha, though western ny is not the place to look

 

[Truth]

Mine were these dropped 3 ringers. I’ve found 8 in the last 4 months all have been one day at a time. I hame now hooked on relics.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Carolina Tom]

My one and only CW find is this eagle button. Found in the mountains of western Pa.

Here is a pic of the crew that trapesed through the woods for miles in search of an old foundation.

I have a hunt scheduled in the April, CW specific, so hopefully, I will get my first bullet. I can't talk about the hunt, secret squirrel type stuff, I am sure that YOU understand...

Wishing you the very best sir!

 

[dfallis1]

Great thread. My first CW relic was a confederate bullet found in Gettysburg. I was hooked. Following that I managed hand fulls of bullets, a US breast and US Box plates.

 

[relic nut]

My one and only CW find is this eagle button. Found in the mountains of western Pa.

Here is a pic of the crew that trapesed through the woods for miles in search of an old foundation.

I have a hunt scheduled in the April, CW specific, so hopefully, I will get my first bullet. I can't talk about the hunt, secret squirrel type stuff, I am sure that YOU understand...

Wishing you the very best sir!

It will be an honor sir to be your first! LOL!

HH, RN

 

[relic nut]

Yankee Breast Plate, 1993 just started detecting and was hitting a big empty lot in Tyler, Tx., totally unexpected, later i found out the Yankees camped there during so called Reconstruction. View attachment 1525816 its the one on the left

I've yet to find a breast plate, and wan't one bad! Some day if I'm lucky I'll get to post it. Thanks for sharing.

HH, RN

 

[relic nut]

My first CW relic was a T E Miller cavalry button at about 6" in 2009. I really didn't know what I had at the time but I posted on some forums for ID and was supprised. It really made me happy. Since then I almost excleusively relic hunt. It is my avatar.

A cavalry button still eludes me, but hopefully it will happen someday. Thanks for sharing.

HH, RN

 

[relic nut]

Mine were these dropped 3 ringers. I’ve found 8 in the last 4 months all have been one day at a time. I hame now hooked on relics.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I remember your post and Your Enthusiasm. You'll never be the same.

HH, RN

 

[Truth]

I remember your post and Your Enthusiasm. You'll never be the same.

HH, RN

I am different now it’s very noticeable. I love these bullets! I’ll die if I get a buckle...of any kind. One day


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[fyrffytr1]

I really can't remember my first civil war relic. I do remember going to construction sites in my home town (Hagerstown, Md) back in the early 1960s and picking up bullets to take to the creek so I could see how many times I could make them skip across the water. I ignored the buttons and other stuff because they wouldn't skip worth a darn! I did find one breast plate while hunting with my brother about 20 years ago. It was on top of the ground but under a dried cow patty! Over the years I have given away many of my C/W finds to kids and members of different relic hunting sites. Here's a picture of some of the stuff I still have including the breast plate or what's left of it.

 

[Davers]

Great Thread guy's.

For me I think it would have been a 32 or 36 caliber Round Ball , IDK ,I cleaned that thing so much it looked almost brand New ...but I was not found in a known Civil War area & could have been just an old 'Buck Ball', Found in 1998 and still have it.

The first 'For Sure' Civil War Relic was dug on a Softball Field in late 1998 or early 1999.( It was cold )
It was a Fired type 3 Williams Cleaner with out it's Zinc bottom. It took me forever to find out what it was ,there was a small Relic Shop near Kennessaw Mountain & the Veteran Relic hunter Told & Showed me what it was .
I got that one put up as well, ( a cherished memory for sure).

I have never dug a Breast Plate either , came close as a 'Green Horn' as I heard of people finding Plates & Buttons 'Cast I's mostly' at sites since developed that I hunted in the late 90's - 2001.

I still cherish every Civil War relic I find just as the First.

BTW, All Civil War relic hunters are "Serious " Relic hunters.

In case I missed the Invite for the April Hunt PM me for E-mail info. Thanks

Merry Christmas & Happy hunting to all & to all a blessed & bountiful 2018.
Davers / Davey