This forum is for Civil War enthusiasts to discuss all aspects of the American Civil War. Share your finds with the rest of us, discuss battlefields, past and present, post your hunt stories or ask the experts your questions. Share info on troop movements, camps, forts, prisons, encampments or an interesting CW story. EJ Chesne (Cajuncoinhunter) will moderate this forum.http://www.findmall.com/list.php?82Fri, 24 May 2013 02:56:34 -0500 Phorum 5.2.18 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1914573,1914573#msg-1914573 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1914573,1914573#msg-1914573Any info. would be appreciated.
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Chuck]]> chuckciao Civil War Forum Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:15 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1913624,1913624#msg-1913624 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1913624,1913624#msg-1913624
CCH]]> Cajuncoinhunter Civil War Forum Thu, 23 May 2013 11:28:50 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1911106,1911106#msg-1911106 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1911106,1911106#msg-1911106
Started the hunt with the last of the junky areas with my Deep Tech Gold. Pulled out the broken spoon/fork hanle at the top. Next to it is a brass buckle with some silver plating on it. Found the four brass harmonica reed pieces, as well as the back of a coat button and an 1869 Shield nickle. The Deep Tech also pulled out the two small pistol balls.

I decided to hunt the perimeter areas outside of the town proper with my Blissoot with a 15" coil for maximum coverage. The area are pretty free of trash. Found eight Civil War bullets and the heavy brass round item with all the holes. No ideaa what it was used for.

Really enjoyed hunting the ghost town site since last Fall. Being only three miles from my house was a plus. Found 86 Civil War bullets and eight pre 1900 coins. Wnen it gets plowed next Fall, the junkey areas will be all new again.

Thanks for lookin' and keep on diggin'

jimmyk in Missouri]]> jimmyk Civil War Forum Fri, 17 May 2013 07:02:29 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1907602,1907602#msg-1907602 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1907602,1907602#msg-1907602
Thanks for lookin' and keep on diggin'

jimmyk in Missouri]]> jimmyk Civil War Forum Thu, 16 May 2013 21:32:21 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1907350,1907350#msg-1907350 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1907350,1907350#msg-1907350 Cajuncoinhunter Civil War Forum Thu, 16 May 2013 21:35:02 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1906546,1906546#msg-1906546 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1906546,1906546#msg-1906546 The Wolf Civil War Forum Mon, 13 May 2013 19:56:49 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1905230,1905230#msg-1905230 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1905230,1905230#msg-1905230 bootyhoundpa Civil War Forum Thu, 09 May 2013 08:30:07 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1904934,1904934#msg-1904934 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1904934,1904934#msg-1904934 Digger70pa Civil War Forum Sun, 05 May 2013 06:14:43 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1904379,1904379#msg-1904379 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1904379,1904379#msg-1904379\
Thanks for lookin' and keep on diggin

jimmyyk in Missouri]]> jimmyk Civil War Forum Fri, 03 May 2013 22:15:14 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1901763,1901763#msg-1901763 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1901763,1901763#msg-1901763olesoulle@yahoo.com My name is Michael Tillery Thank you for your consideration....]]> olesoulle Civil War Forum Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:25:39 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1901185,1901185#msg-1901185 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1901185,1901185#msg-1901185
Spent some time hunting a favorite spot. A Missouri battlefield on private property with land owners permission. Hunted three specific locations within the confines of the battle. An open area where fired relics have been found. Both bullets and shell frags. A known picket post,. And where the town hotel and stage coach stop were located, shortly after the war.

I used a Blisstool with a 15" coil for the field hunt, which netted me five shot bullets, a harness buckle with the faint outline of a heart in the center, and a wadded up piece of flat lead. The lead may be part of a sabot. There looks to be faint rifling marks. It was a full 10" deep and the Blisstool banged the signal out like it was on top of the ground.

The next spot was a junkey picket post I've previously found several drop bullets and pieces of cavalry spur. I only found a .54 cal. minie and a .69 cal. round ball. I was using a Deep Tech Vista Gold with it's extremely fast recovery speed to see if I could rescue a few more relics from the hard hit area.

Finally, I moved to where the hotel and stage socah stop wereonce located. It's now a feed lot for horses. The Deep Tech sounded like a machine gun with all the nails and junk it was searching through. Found lots of copper, tin and brass trash in the mix. Was able to pull the cavalry spur piece as well as an old Shield nickle,. It was in pretty good shape with a readable date of 1868. I've hunted this area several times before, but wanted to see what the Deep Tech would do. It worked well. This was the fourth Shield nickle recovered from the site, as well as an 1876 Quarter found there in the '80s.

Thanks for looking. Always fun to dig some more relics from hard hit areas.

jimmyk in Missouri]]> jimmyk Civil War Forum Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:52:28 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1901115,1901115#msg-1901115 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1901115,1901115#msg-1901115 CITYBOYMB Civil War Forum Sun, 05 May 2013 17:13:55 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1900636,1900636#msg-1900636 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1900636,1900636#msg-1900636 digandloveit Civil War Forum Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:58:29 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1899339,1899339#msg-1899339 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1899339,1899339#msg-1899339


]]> ironman200081 Civil War Forum Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:30:36 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1899203,1899203#msg-1899203 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1899203,1899203#msg-1899203The pin is slightly curved like it might have partially wrapped around something, and it has two pointed pins on the back with the points bent slightly down.
I have soaked it in olive oil to clean it up and can't make out anything on the front for certain yet, but it looks like it may have some numbers on it.
No markings on the back that I can find and the base metal is a silver color. Any ideas what it is and could it be CW era ? Thanks............Roger
Sorry the pic quality sucks.....]]> joe dirt_1 Civil War Forum Thu, 02 May 2013 00:57:00 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1899148,1899148#msg-1899148 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1899148,1899148#msg-1899148 kmyer74 Civil War Forum Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:57:41 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1898855,1898855#msg-1898855 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1898855,1898855#msg-1898855
Back to my Civil War era ghost town. Trying to get all I can before the field gets planted. Found some interesting items, besides the eight Civil War bullets. A nice paper weight/log splitter was rescued. But, the best item was an 1829 dime. Unfortunately, it's in rough shape. The edges have been filed down on both sides to give it a knife edge effect all around. Still, a nice find. Especially, since the "Official Red Book" of coin values shows it to have what is called a "curl base 2". My edition is a 2005 book, so I don't know the current value, but my book says one in "good" condition is worth $4000. Granted, mine is far from "good", but still fun to find a really rare coin. Hard to take a picture to show it. I needed a magnifying glass to really determine what it was.Coin was picked out of a iron infested area where a brick church stood and was burned down during the war. My Deep Tech Vista Gold with it's fast response was able to pull it out. Am really liking this detector for junky sites.

Thanks for lookin' and keep on diggin'

jimmyk in Missouri]]> jimmyk Civil War Forum Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:22:34 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1898220,1898220#msg-1898220 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1898220,1898220#msg-1898220 KyJoe Civil War Forum Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:47:00 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1897951,1897951#msg-1897951 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1897951,1897951#msg-1897951 Cajuncoinhunter Civil War Forum Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:26:14 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1897780,1897780#msg-1897780 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1897780,1897780#msg-1897780
Got to spend some quality, although muddy time at my Civil War era ghost tonw site with my Deep Tech Vista Gold. Hunting where the brick church was burned during the war by southern partisans. Lots of nails. Was able to use the quick response of the Deep Tech to pull some goodies out of some pretty trashy areas, as well as around the outside edges. Found a complete, but roasted uniform button. Also found a nice solid, complete cuff button and a back off another cuff button. Most interesting find was the three ringer with the top cut off. A fun day diggin' some lead and brass.

Thanks for lookin'

jimmyk in Missouri]]> jimmyk Civil War Forum Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:33:07 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1896396,1896396#msg-1896396 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1896396,1896396#msg-1896396
Also, I had another hunt last weekend that I posted on the CTX forum because I found a lot of bullets and misc. Here is the link if you want to check it out:

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1893471]]> ironman200081 Civil War Forum Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:05:03 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1896362,1896362#msg-1896362 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1896362,1896362#msg-1896362 Woodchuck Civil War Forum Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:33:12 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1894353,1894353#msg-1894353 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1894353,1894353#msg-1894353
Headed back to my Civil War ear ghost town yesterday with one goal in mind. Ever since I started relic hunting in 1979 I've keept a running total of how many Civil War bullets I've dug. Going into yesterday's hunt my total stood at 8,999. I needed one more to hit the nine thousand mark. First bullet dug was the .36 cal. pistol ball in the center of the picture. The ten dug bullets from yesterday was the best one day total from the town site. I've moved into a more "open" area free of junk between the hotel and the chruch that was burned during the war. They are seperated by about four hundred yards.

I'm not setting a goal of ten thousand bullets because I'm 68 years old, with back problems that will eventually need surgery, but I'm putting it off as long as I can. Besides, the days of digging forty or fifty bullets in a day are pretty much gone, unless I can find an large, unhunted camp, which is rather doubtful. Especially, here in MIssouri. I'm happy I was able to hit the nine thousand mark.

Thanks for lookin' and keep on diggin'

jimmyk in Missouri]]> jimmyk Civil War Forum Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:45:44 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1894085,1894085#msg-1894085 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1894085,1894085#msg-1894085 Digger70pa Civil War Forum Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:35:19 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1893475,1893475#msg-1893475 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1893475,1893475#msg-1893475http://treasureillustrated.com/Forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=48]]> kayden Civil War Forum Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:45:52 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1892976,1892976#msg-1892976 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1892976,1892976#msg-1892976dollar Canadian piece. BUT I also found what looks like a 58
caliber Civil War bullet like the one in this quarters Garrett Searcher.
Check it out and tell me what you think. Maybe the configuration
of my find is just a coincidence?
Robert2300]]> Robert2300 Civil War Forum Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:33:51 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1892581,1892581#msg-1892581 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1892581,1892581#msg-1892581 Digger70pa Civil War Forum Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:46:01 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1892578,1892578#msg-1892578 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1892578,1892578#msg-1892578 Digger70pa Civil War Forum Mon, 13 May 2013 19:58:55 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1892106,1892106#msg-1892106 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1892106,1892106#msg-1892106
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/10/union-soldier-lost-civil-war-ring-returned-to-kin-in-pennsylvania/?test=latestnews]]> nick1curtis Civil War Forum Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:57:08 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1889987,1889987#msg-1889987 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?82,1889987,1889987#msg-1889987 morelic55 Civil War Forum Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:07:05 -0500