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FOUND: A.V.C. Button at Gen. Morgan's CSA Camp with Josh. Update.
Dman and I planned to meet Josh at first light and hunt one of our sites near a Gen. John Hunt Morgan C.S.A. Camp today. Josh only had 3 hours to hunt this morning. While I was waiting for Dman, his wife called and told me he had to turn around and return home as he had a reaction to some medicine the doctor had given him yesterday. I knew he must really be sick to miss a hunting trip. Since Josh expected us to hunt, I drove over and met him. We considered sending an undertaker over to check on Dman because he loves digging relics.
The first pic is of our combined finds for the 3 hour hunt. Josh found the coat size Eagle button. He and Dman have recovered 4 or 5 Eagle GS buttons from that site in a few trips there. I found a cuff size high convex button and didn't bother to clean it. I assumed it was another Eagle button. It was in great shape with a solid shank. Josh dug 7 buck'n balls from one hole. We thought a Confederate Soldier had a cartridge box spill there. A little later, Josh dug the iron buckle from a cartridge box at 9 inches deep. After 3 hours, it was time to leave even though we were still getting diggable signals.
I poured some bottled water on the button I found. It looked like an Eagle button at first glance. I got out my trusty magnifying glass and handed the button to Josh so his young eyes could check it. He said "Those wings are drooped and it has E V C above the eagle". I said "Yeah, right!!" Suddenly, I remembered Josh didn't know what an A.V.C. button was. I asked if it was "A.V.C."? He said that was right. I really could not believe my eyes plus it still had gold gilt traces on it. I looked it up in Albert's Book. It's an AB 3 A with a "Lambert & Mast/Phila" backmark but it's a cuff size.
This is the first CS button I have ever dug in 15 years of hunting CS sites. Plenty of flat and Eagle buttons but good CS buttons are rare in early Morgan sites where the troops were poorly outfitted. I called Dman this afternnon to check on him. He said he was better but after hearing what I found, he said he got sick again-LOL.
This is historically significant as records show TN, KY, & Texas troops there with Gen. Morgan but no evidence of Alabama troops being there until today per Larry Hicklen in Murfreesboro. HH, Quindy.
UPDATE-The button will be pictured in the "Just Dug" section of the January 2011 issue of American Digger Magazine, in "Recent Field Recoveries" of a future issue of North South Trader's Civil War Magazine, and the Editor of W & E Treasures Magazine has requested that I write an article involving the button recovery and all relics found from that site by Dman, Josh, and myself. Thanks for looking and stay tuned-We have just begun to hunt!!
Dman and I planned to meet Josh at first light and hunt one of our sites near a Gen. John Hunt Morgan C.S.A. Camp today. Josh only had 3 hours to hunt this morning. While I was waiting for Dman, his wife called and told me he had to turn around and return home as he had a reaction to some medicine the doctor had given him yesterday. I knew he must really be sick to miss a hunting trip. Since Josh expected us to hunt, I drove over and met him. We considered sending an undertaker over to check on Dman because he loves digging relics.
The first pic is of our combined finds for the 3 hour hunt. Josh found the coat size Eagle button. He and Dman have recovered 4 or 5 Eagle GS buttons from that site in a few trips there. I found a cuff size high convex button and didn't bother to clean it. I assumed it was another Eagle button. It was in great shape with a solid shank. Josh dug 7 buck'n balls from one hole. We thought a Confederate Soldier had a cartridge box spill there. A little later, Josh dug the iron buckle from a cartridge box at 9 inches deep. After 3 hours, it was time to leave even though we were still getting diggable signals.
I poured some bottled water on the button I found. It looked like an Eagle button at first glance. I got out my trusty magnifying glass and handed the button to Josh so his young eyes could check it. He said "Those wings are drooped and it has E V C above the eagle". I said "Yeah, right!!" Suddenly, I remembered Josh didn't know what an A.V.C. button was. I asked if it was "A.V.C."? He said that was right. I really could not believe my eyes plus it still had gold gilt traces on it. I looked it up in Albert's Book. It's an AB 3 A with a "Lambert & Mast/Phila" backmark but it's a cuff size.
This is the first CS button I have ever dug in 15 years of hunting CS sites. Plenty of flat and Eagle buttons but good CS buttons are rare in early Morgan sites where the troops were poorly outfitted. I called Dman this afternnon to check on him. He said he was better but after hearing what I found, he said he got sick again-LOL.
This is historically significant as records show TN, KY, & Texas troops there with Gen. Morgan but no evidence of Alabama troops being there until today per Larry Hicklen in Murfreesboro. HH, Quindy.
UPDATE-The button will be pictured in the "Just Dug" section of the January 2011 issue of American Digger Magazine, in "Recent Field Recoveries" of a future issue of North South Trader's Civil War Magazine, and the Editor of W & E Treasures Magazine has requested that I write an article involving the button recovery and all relics found from that site by Dman, Josh, and myself. Thanks for looking and stay tuned-We have just begun to hunt!!
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Congrats you lucky dog! 
Had a conversation about H.K. Edgerton.. 
AVC's are turning up in odd places the last couple months.. I am so glad that you found this thing though.. Someone who loves and cares about the history that was around your area is who the artifact belongs with. I hope you will post a clear picture for us soon. Congrats!
