What Is Your Very Best Civil War Find(s)?

Michigan Badger · Dec 3, 2006

Tell us about your best find or finds. Post pictures if you have them.

By "finds" we include ebay finds or purchases from other sources.

Badger

Nana40 · Dec 4, 2006

I am the last one who should be making the first post here, but...since no one has started, I will!

The first pic is of some of the finds I have made on my mountain site. The Eagle buttons and bullets, a pocket knife and the toe plates and the other misc. stuff. Then the second pic is of the bullets I found in Missouri.

Not much, but some of my favorite finds in these two pictures!

Nana

Michigan Badger · Dec 4, 2006

Hey good show Nana! 8) I had almost forgotten about this thread.

Nice stuff there and I think everyone here would like to find goodies like you found.

But where are the others?

Anyway...THANKS for posting Nana! :-*

Badger

gmu4me · Dec 5, 2006

Let me get my digital camera ready and decent relics together for a photoshoot.. Will update this post with pics...

trk5capt · Dec 6, 2006

BADGER, Not My Best, But Gave Me The Biggist Thrill As It Was The First, Hard To Believe That Was Oct 12th 1970. trk5capt...

PBK · Dec 6, 2006

Wrap it up... I'll take it!

(J/K, Trk5capt... but 'tis the season!)

Congrats on a truly great plate.

Michigan Badger · Dec 6, 2006

PBK said:
Wrap it up... I'll take it!

(J/K, Trk5capt... but 'tis the season!)

Congrats on a truly great plate.

Hey! This my thread...she's mine!

I try my best to get into lots of things but deep down inside CW stuff rules. I've found a little myself in the past but don't even like to talk about it anymore. It makes me feel bad cause I can't get away from work and get down there.

I've been reading your posts for a long time Captain and you sure do know what you're doing. Man, I wish I lived in your area and had the contacts.

I'm going to trying to work my way to CW country next year. If it works out maybe you can educate me on how to approach those fine southern land owners

Badger

d2 · Dec 6, 2006

My favorite and best find so far are 32 pieces of silver I found on a CW battlefield. It was all together, scattered over an area about the size of a kitchen table. I also found in amongst the money a "squared up" three ringer. I can only assume that the soldier had perchance made a good luck piece. I imagine it was lost by a yankee during the heat of battle for it was found in a small area on what I believe was part of the escape route for some of the yankee soldiers. I can only hope that his good luck piece worked regardless of the side he fought on. And for those of y'all that have seen this befor, I apologize but I do like showing it. 2 half dimes, 7 quarters and the rest were dimes. Dates range from 1836 up to 1860...d2

civilman1 · Dec 6, 2006

Here you go MB....You've probably seen some of them already but these are a few of my better find's.....2 different place's from roughly 8 yrs. ago until this year.One of these day's I'll seriously get to cleaning these up the right way.Show some respect.....kinda owe it to the "boy's"......Cool thread!!!!

Michigan Badger · Dec 6, 2006

d2 said:
My favorite and best find so far are 32 pieces of silver I found on a CW battlefield. It was all together, scattered over an area about the size of a kitchen table. I also found in amongst the money a "squared up" three ringer. I can only assume that the soldier had perchance made a good luck piece. I imagine it was lost by a yankee during the heat of battle for it was found in a small area on what I believe was part of the escape route for some of the yankee soldiers. I can only hope that his good luck piece worked regardless of the side he fought on. And for those of y'all that have seen this befor, I apologize but I do like showing it. 2 half dimes, 7 quarters and the rest were dimes. Dates range from 1836 up to 1860...d2

WOW and WOW! Truly a spectacular find!

Badger

Michigan Badger · Dec 6, 2006

civilman1 said:
Here you go MB....You've probably seen some of them already but these are a few of my better find's.....2 different place's from roughly 8 yrs. ago until this year.One of these day's I'll seriously get to cleaning these up the right way.Show some respect.....kinda owe it to the "boy's"......Cool thread!!!!

Those are too awesome for words! Civil War relic finds are the magnun opus of treasure hunting.

Badger

Dharmacy · Dec 6, 2006

Here is one of my favorite CW button finds:

This is how it looked freshly dug.

Now any confederate state button is a great find these days, and a Louisiana button ranks up there on the high end of the scale. But the fun was just beginning as it was cleaned up.
Here it is after cleaning:

The front turned out about as good as you could hope one to be, with gold in all the right places and a high relief on the pelican and nest. Now this is where things get real interesting......

When you find a good button what you hope for is a rare mfg. backmark, so I was somewhat confused when I saw a star outline on the back with the shank soldered into the middle. A quick check in the Tice button book helped point the way to solve the mystery.
This button was made in New Orleans by C. Bellenot, who also at the time was making buttons for the state of Texas as well. It seems that the mold that stamped the button backs had broken, and some enterprising rebel engineer figured out that they could continue with production by using the fronts of Texas buttons for the backs of the Louisiana's until the mold was repaired. I have not been able to find out how long this took place or how many were made like this as confederate production records are scarce, and often non-existent. So this button is actually two confederate buttons (Alberts #LA8 and TX30) in one, making this a very rare puppy! I really like this one because to me it shows the Rebel ingenuity and determination to perservere against any odds.

D.

EDDE · Dec 7, 2006

Nana40 said:
I am the last one who should be making the first post here, but...since no one has started, I will!

The first pic is of some of the finds I have made on my mountain site. The Eagle buttons and bullets, a pocket knife and the toe plates and the other misc. stuff. Then the second pic is of the bullets I found in Missouri.

Not much, but some of my favorite finds in these two pictures!

Nana

wowhoooo nanaster killer stuff (browny points)oh and the rest of you also

Digginman · Dec 7, 2006

I found both of these this year. The Breastplate on 4-31 and the Sword Plate only a few weeks ago.

DM

Don11971 · Dec 7, 2006

My Civil War token found in small town in Ohio. Found Jun. 14 2006

HH, Don

mobrigade · Dec 8, 2006

Nice CS rope border....I'll post mine as soon as I find the disk. thanks,

Gribnitz · Dec 17, 2006

My best with before and after getting it restored pics.
LOL, well didn't realize the restored image was so small, but it is what it is.

Snee · Dec 17, 2006

Great stuff guys!

brnn53 · Dec 23, 2006

These were found on my farm. I've added several more 3 ringers, Williams cleaners, eagle cuff, grommets, and flat buttons to the collection since this pic was taken.
Mike