2 day hunt Civil War camp.

gbpackrfan1990 · Feb 2, 2012

I have been hunting what appears to be a civil war cavalry camp for the past two days. these are my goodies.

Update: I went back to the site today and found an additional 34 bullets. unfortunately no more buttons

campbluegrass · Feb 2, 2012

Wow! That must be a great spot... way to go... Get back there and find the rest! :icon_thumright:

Welcome to the board

*Greg*

Wldbil · Feb 2, 2012

Great CW Relics... Congrats :icon_thumright:

nova treasure · Feb 2, 2012

Great finds, Awesome Georgia Cadet button, what does the backmark read? alittle different detail than a few i have seen.
alittle history on it, Georgia Military Institute "GMI" was located in Marietta Georgia, formed in 1851, burned in 1864, and the cadets saw considerable action in the 1864 Atlanta campaign.

Bill

BuckleBoy · Feb 3, 2012

That button is a fantastic find. Really well cleaned and preserved too. I was looking at it, noticing gilding, but I don't know if I would sacrifice that clarity and nice green to retrieve the gilding. It's just great as-is.

The GMI is Seriously a Killer Find. No doubt.

Cheers,

Buckles

civilman1 · Feb 3, 2012

Great looking haul :icon_thumright:

Congrat's and Welcome!!

gbpackrfan1990 · Feb 3, 2012

Thanks everyone! The back mark is the standard "SCOVILL MGCO SUPERFINE". The button was found near an early war site in central Virginia, but I believe it was a late war camp judging from the empty cartridges and the spencer rounds I found in the camp, pretty intereseting!

metalev4 · Feb 3, 2012

Beautiful button. Appears heavily gilted, although the patina present is pretty as well. Congrats.

Hutch911 · Feb 4, 2012

Nice finds and Great button!!!!

matt092079 · Feb 4, 2012

Great finds. What part of VA are you hunting?

MiniMe · Feb 4, 2012

That's a great couple days, that button is shweet! :icon_thumleft:

If you ever need help digging out the lead so you can find more buttons...let us know. :laughing7:

HH!

collector01 · Feb 4, 2012

Congrats on finding a awesome site and on digging that awesome button what a great find!! HH! :icon_thumright:

gbpackrfan1990 · Feb 4, 2012

Im hunting a spot in central virginia (can't give too many details!) And its only about 10 acres but the camp itself is fairly small. But I believe it is untouched, we have found in excess of 125 bullets but the only button was the GMI... other than a few zoave buttons and an "extra quality" button back. But we have hit it pretty hard. Fairly convinced there are no plates unfortunately... I will keep you updated on future finds!