civil war

I am new and need help finding sites to detect (preferably civil war) but all help would be welcomed I am in the area of Halifax VA. the best i have found so far was parts of a Gene Autry cap pistol like 60s or so maybe? Any help would be appreciated

I haven't had much luck finding new places to hunt lately and hadn't even bothered putting much effort into hunting lately since most of my places have dried up. And to be quite honest I was a little burnt out because of it, but today my wife told me I needed to go because she could tell I was...

These are the November finds I made in a Civil War Camp I just found in Southwest, Missouri. This Camp was occupied by Colonel William Weer's 1st Division of the Army of the Frontier.

Hi All, I know its a little out of the norm for the community but I need help in identifying/dating an artifact for the purposes of dating a burial we excavated in NC. Don't worry, not grave-robbing (nothing is being sold/everything is being repatriated). We were contacted by the descendants...

I found these two canteens Sunday at a civil war site!! They were about 10 feet apart, and a foot deep each!

Hi all, just joined the forum and hoping to tap into some of your wealth of knowledge. So here's my story. My family has land in Ellisville, MS. (a few miles southwest of town), and although I do know a pretty good bit about the history of Ellisville, (the Knight stories, and a little bit about...

. I found this near a cannonball fragment that I recently found near a battlefield but I don't know what this is. Any information would be appreciated

Had a great metal detecting adventure yesterday! I found civil war bullets, colonial buckles and buttons but the main find was a gold ring with an eagle on it! I have not been able to find a similar ring anywhere. I believe it is a military ring since it has the eagle with what appears to be an...

Finally got that new metal detector! House site dated mid 1850's 1930's. Just of few of the treasures unearthed![

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Today was the best day EVER!!! Not only did I sell my Saloon Token for over $480, I finally found my first skirmish site that still had a few goodies left. I found more Civil War bullets today than I had in my entire collection. Somebody pinch me.

Lately I've been focused much less on old coins and moreso on trying to find a few more civil war relics for my display case. In this area civil war relics can be found, however getting permission anyplace that's not burried under a foot of sedimentation and trash from floods, hasn't been...

My dad, who loves detecting, found this near Appomattox Historical Court House (few miles from civil war surrender site) today. It weighs about 3 to 4 pounds, has semi legible numbers stamped on one side. Definitely seems to be iron. It is solid all the way through down to about one inch from...

I really a lot of people asking about buttons. So with that being said I have a very good friend and brother who is a button expert second to none. I bet that he can figure out any button especially military buttons. Military buttons are his specialty and he owns his own website...

I was detecting a really old house that's situated between a couple of opposing civil war camps. I found this old Navy button in the front yard, and a buckle cover in the field across the road.

I was thinking about diving in the Mississippi around some sunken Confederate or Union Warship sites. Mainly I was wondering how legal this was, and if anyone had had negative or positive experiences doing this very thing. Btw this is my first post so Hi everyone.

This past week, a friend set me up with a few new programs for me Xp Deus. So, I went out on Saturday and Sunday this weekend to try them out, and was blessed with an amazing few days of bucket list finds! Saturday I went to a farm permission dating back to well before the Civil war and found...

Some while back a friend of mine was plowing his field and found a very nice wooden box. Upon recovering the box it was found to contain an ancient pistol with all accessories. He researched the seriel # on the pistol and found that it had been the property of John Brown from Civil War times. He...

Can anyone tell me exactly what kind of button this ...it's the size of an m&m (one of my favorite forms of chocolate)

Harp on front... "Waterbury Button Co ***" on back. Appears to have been gold gilted at one time. Any help with ID is greatly appreciated. Was found at a cabin built in 1818, Northern Kentucky.