civil war

Basic question, but tell me your opinion on the shovels you all use? I've already been through a cheap folding military shovel. I went back and bought the better one. That one got all bent up too. I'm now using an ace hardware shovel that works well but I really don't like the way it looks...

[Solved] Two Three Ring Civil War Bullets I recently found these two Three Ring Bullets. One has a flat top, one is cone shaped. I want to know if these bullets are genuine. http://db.tt/rWmQ6aEI

Hey All, This week has been great. I posted my find on the Large Cent I found yesterday :headbang:, however I needed to post my finds of the Bullet(s) I found at the same home site the day before that. :hello2: I need a little help ID'ing the second one (pice 2 and 3). Here are the Pics...

Need a unique Christmas gift for the history buff in your life? Very limited quantity of the book "Brilliant Victory: The Second Civil War Battle of Cabin Creek, Indian Territory" available in hardcover. Only 500 copies of the hardcover edition were printed. Signed by the author. The...

Trying to find out if these are from the old west,Civil war, etc ? We found them on our farm but not sure how they got there. Thanks for any help you can provide.

Im a Storage buyer, and this past weekend i purchased a unit. After digging half way through the unit i came across a wooden box with a clear glass top and inside are some (what i believe to be) Cival war belt buckles, buttons, patches, a envolope and a pin. i was wondering if anyone could help...

Hello All, As dey say down here, "I'm gonna told you a story." :D So, feel free to click "Play" and listen to this soundtrack while you look... 8-) Well, it was time for a hunt, and I was ready to claw my way out of the bustling small town and get out to those cane fields again! So...

Today was an interesting day to say the least. I'm helping my mom clean out her house and we come across this beauty (see picture please). We don't know anything about this person - we aren't related to them either. This was found under a cabinet folded around a very old obituary. It is so...

A hunting buddy invited me to detect a property in northern Maryland that had been hunted several times over the years. The 2nd Corps had passed through this location on their way to Gettysburg. I could tell right away that there was still a good chance to find something since there were many...

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum, but if yesterday was any indication, I think I might just get hooked on treasure hunting... My brother and I were goofing around on his property with my metal detector near where he found a Catawba Indian arrowhead last spring. Anyway, the thing started...

To begin, this is my first post, so please forgive if it's overly long... I picked this up at a local estate sale, where an old collector had passed away and his family was selling his vast collection of just about everything under the sun...! Among the items I wasn't lucky enough to purchase...

Had a fantastic day out in the fields!

I'm very pleased with a current trend of mine. A few months ago I found a nice Virginia button only 5 feet away from an eagle general service button. I think I topped that today with gorgeous Connecticut and North Carolina buttons found only 7 feet apart. I found both of these only feet from the...