Any Civil war relic hunters.

toolsforfools

I used to live in va. and the relic hunting was pretty good.I now live in Alabama.Do not know of anything close to me and do not know any local relic hunters.I know this is a gun forum but the guys I knew in Va. had guns and metal detectors.Any body out there !!!!!

TrinityScrimshaw

I would love to try it, but have never lived near an area that a battle has taken place.

Trinity +++

Sturmgewehr

I found a Minie Ball near little round top back in 2003. I display it in my gun room.

dcinffxva

I go out fairly frequently, and have found a lot of Civil War stuff. The Library of Congress has a section on Civil War maps online, so you can see what was in your area during 1861-1865. Also, local history books are a big help, as well as the people who have lived there forever.

Alabama isn't going to be as rich in relics as Virginia is, but there should be plenty there to be found.

Sturmgewehr

Alot of parks frown on relic hunters [;)] So don't get yourself in in jam with the park rangers [;)]

allen griggs

I used to live in central Georgia. Sherman had stayed in my little town for 2 nights.
I found a spent minie ball near the river where a cavalry battle had taken place.
My buddy was metal detecting in a garden of a house in the little town.
He found a brass button from a Massachusetts cavalry outfit.
I wonder what that soldier was up to, that night in November 1864, that he lost a button? I wonder if alcohol was involved.

Good luck, it can be frustrating, you can do a lot of digging and find nothing but rusty nails and other metal debris.

toolsforfools

Anybody here that is a relic hunter in Alabama.

guntech59

quote:Originally posted by TrinityScrimshaw
I would love to try it, but have never lived near an area that a battle has taken place.

Trinity +++


Sackett's Harbor?

BTW tools, it's funny this topic should come up today. I am leaving for Manassas, Va. in just a few hours.

team roper ozzy

i relic hunt in Old Miss and Virginia both..for alabama hunters check out the tri state relic hunter group in Iuka Ms.join the group and make a few friends.....we just had our fall hunt with 100 % original items...best case in any location is do your research for obscure sites in the area you want to hunt..most of the common known site are depleted beyond discription,,once you find a decent sounding location,,start knocking on doors and get permission..dont even consider dragging a machine onto federal protected sites..you will be walking home..if you get out of jail that is...google civil war sites in the area you are looking at..get to the area's and like i said.knock away...respect the property owners response as well even if they say no..most are burned out from years of tresspassers and being hounded for permission...good luck in the hunt![:D]

dcon12

quote:Originally posted by TrinityScrimshaw
I would love to try it, but have never lived near an area that a battle has taken place.

Trinity +++


I thought you were married?? Don

v35

Once it's out of the ground and in your drawer it's just a rusted relic that could have come from anywhere. You know where you got it but can't prove it.
Far better if it was certified to have come from a major battleground.
It would be exciting to unearth some of this stuff but I cant agree to moving these relics from their burial grounds.
It's just junk in piles on gun show tables.

mogley98

Grew up for awhile in Spotsylvania VA, Dad used to have me digging up the back yard for various punishments or projects and we found MANY mini balls I still have some of them in a jar. I played on the battle fields of Bloody Angle, Bull Run, Manassass, Spotsylvania Court House, Etc. Once we were wandering through the battle field woods and found an old Model T. We used to find a lot of broken pottery around old foundations of homes too. Never saw any real value in any of that stuff then