civil war

Greetings and thank you in advance. I’ve been detecting Colorado with historical emphasis for a couple years now. A favorite has been discovering the overland trail. I have a trip planned for Lexington area next week. Kentucky sure has some amazing history. It’s been a dream of mine to hunt...

I have been finding many Civil War related relics within 25 feet of this latest find including a U.S. belt buckle, a eagle" C" button, bullets....etc. its all been in a yard within 200 yards of a Courthouse where several skirmishes took place during the war. This one has me puzzled because of...

Would anybody have a good guess as to what this small lead disk was used for? I found it amongst other Civil War items, such as Minie Balls, buckle, and a button. I thought, maybe lead weight or button? Dimensions: 11/16" Diam 3/16" thick Has 2 holes that go completely through (laterally)

I found this a few days ago a few miles away from a Civil War camp and I have no idea what it is. It appears to have “6-70” on it and nothing on the back. What do y’all think it is?

Does anyone know what this could be? I think it’s an iron buckle with what looks like loops for straps that ran both vertically and horizontally. Found today in the woods in Indiana near an old civil war campsite (found a couple civil war buttons here along with a harmonica brass piece and a...

Hoping to get an ID on a button I found last weekend. This was found at a Civil War related site near Kansas City - also found a couple fired CW era bullets within 10 to 15 feet of this. Seems to be a cuff button, 0.6" in diameter. Can't really get any detail off the back, I guess it's a 2...

anyone not hunting Atlanta now, or did hunt in the past that is willing to share with my come Civil War relic hunting site in north Metro Atlanta? In spite of extensive research, hard to find good CW relic sites any more. please respond with private message.

Here's a few of my better finds from the past few months. I live in Cabarrus county NC but dig all around the piedmont area.

I do civil war relic hunting and silver coin hunting in very metallic trashy parks and areas along creeks in urban Atlanta. I am wondering what your experience has been with Coiltek 14×9″ DD Coil for Minelab CTX 3030. Would it be better for my type of hunting than the stock coil I am now...

Anyone hunt Civil War Relics in Atlanta 1980's? I am curious to know what it was like in the 80's metal detecting for Civil War relics in metro Atlanta back in the 1980's. Areas like Decatur, Collier road, Cobb county, Dallas, GA. If you know or know of anyone please send me a private message...

or early 80's. Did you dig pop tops and pull tabs? certainly there had to be fewer of them that there is 50 years later. I have heard stories from one source that his neighbor was a detectorist in the late 70's and 80's who brought home CW relics almost every time he went hunting at a spot near...

anyone know the FE-CO values for various Civil War relics? Especially union or confederate belt buckles. Just got a new CTX3030.

found in Civil War battle area a few minutes after I found a fired Maynard bullet. any idea what this could be? Civil War? Modern?

I live in North Atlanta. Most of the Civil War relic locations that you can hunt around Atlanta are creek banks and in the creeks because the developers have no use for creeks since they cannot build near them. Fall is coming, snakes will be going underground so time to hit the creeks. I am...

Hey y'all, I am new to the Savannah, Pooler, Bloomingdale, GA area. Spent most of my detecting days in northern VA finding Civil War relics and wanted to know how the relic detecting is down south. I used a White's Prizm II for years and just recently made the switch to a Garrett AT Pro and I...

I came across this map legend for a Civil War area in NW Atlanta area. Dept of Interior, national park service, American Battle Field Protection program. then the map has a red outline for core area and black outline for study area. does this mean these areas are off limits to metal...

this question is for someone who has studied Civil War troop movements. In moving toward the enemy would troops move in a ravine that is parallel to the direction of the fight or on either side of the ravine?

Last year I switched to 100% civil war hunting in the Atlanta areas. Lots of careful and detailed research produce four proven sites and permissions. 2 are on private property with permissions and 2 area on city pars along Peachtree creek which are well known to civil war relic hunters from the...

This was found in a site of a proven Union field medical area. it came out of the ground totally rounded and encrusted as seen in first picture. Part of the encrusted end popped off in handling before I use electrolysis on it. I am not sure at all what it is. It is ferrous and is attracted to a...

Probably the most detailed document on Civil War logistics I have ever read. 436 pages long. https://transportation.army.mil/History/PDF/Peninsula%20Campaign/Rodney%20Lackey%20Article_1.pdf