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Excavated
portion of a VERY rare "IOWA" lead hat pin.
This was recovered on private property near
Shiloh by Brant Arnold and is the "OWA"
portion of the hat pin. I have
absolutely NO DOUBT that Robert McDaniel could
restore this rare piece to display complete
and would look like a million bucks. In
complete condition these guys run something
like $500. to $600. This can be a
WONDERFUL display piece and at a price that a
young collector "cutting grass" could afford
!!--$125.
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Extremely
rare, small arsenal in Richmond, Confederate
"Raker" spur with the small CS mark on the
side. These are actually even more rare
to recover than the CS Memphis Novelty Works,
but the CS marking is much smaller. This
is a Confederate MARKED item that you will
rarely see offered for sale. It was
recovered near Richmond, Virginia, many years
ago.--$795.SOLD
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Excavated,
complete condition, Confederate Cavalry cast
brass spur. This spur was
recovered from a Confederate Cavalry camp in
north Mississippi. It is quite heavy in
construction and is believed to have been a
product of a small arsenal in Richmond,
Virginia. This example is an exact mate
to the Confederate spur that Nita and I found
at the cabin about a year ago. The two
are pictured together above.--$295.
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Quite
rare to recover, gilted, 1860 date, John
Breckinridge for President - Joseph Lane for
Vice President, presidential campaign token.
This token originally had a ferrotype photo of
each candidate in the center of the token.
The token was recovered from a Confederate
camp on private property near Shiloh and has
lots of bright gold gilt on both sides.
This is a very rare Civil War political item
to recover.--$250.
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Beautiful
condition, excavated, Confederate "Brandy
Station" style spur recovered nearly 50 years
ago from a Confederate Cavalry camp on private
property near Brandy Station. This spur
has a very slick, never cleaned, brown/green
patina. Nice condition, excavated,
Brandy Station style spurs are very rarely
recovered now.--$295.
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Excavated
display of artifacts recovered from private
property around the Battle of Perryville,
Kentucky. These artifacts were recovered
between 30 and 40 years ago. The display
includes a large size, US cartridge box plate
that is somewhat curled from ground action (in
the early days were thought to be grave
plates). There are also six excavated
buttons including a coat size Federal Staff
Officer button, a coat size Federal Infantry
Officer button, a cuff size Eagle button, and
three excavated pants buttons. The
entire display --$125.SOLD
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Super
rare recovery, FULLY LOADED, Model 1851, .36
cal., Colt Navy Model revolver. This
revolver has a field repair to the loading
lever and appears to have been struck by
something REALLY HARD severing the trigger
guard and brass grip frame. A portion of
the brass frame remains intact with the screws
in place and the remainder severed from just
beneath the screws. This revolver was
recovered on private property near the Battle
of Chickamauga, Georgia.--$750.
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Complete,
excavated, lockplate and hammer assembly for a
Model 1816, .69 caliber converted musket.
This artifact was recovered from an 1862 -
1863 Confederate winter camp along Duck River
near Shelbyville, Tennessee.--$75.SOLD
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Excavated,
cast brass, Patriotic Eagle tension device
usually found around the perimeter of Civil
War Era banjos and drums.--$65.
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Absolutely
beautiful condition, Confederate Leech &
Rigdon, cast brass, enlistedman's cavalry
spur. This spur was recovered from a
Starnes Confederate Cavalry camp on the
Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, and from the
wear pattern, is clearly for the right-hand
boot. The spur has a beautiful,
reflective, emerald green patina and was
recovered from a Confederate Cavalry camp that
was occupied during the early spring months of
1863.--$295.SOLD
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Very
nice display containing two hand formed
soldier personal artifacts. One of the
items appears to be a hand-carved whistle made
from an Enfield projectile. The second
item is a hand-made soldier's ring that
appears to be made from either lead or pewter.
These two artifacts are good examples of how
soldiers passed the time over the long weeks
and months spent in camp.--$75. for both
items.
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Small
display of nice artifacts recovered here in
Middle Tennessee from the camp of the 1st
Alabama Cavalry - CSA. This display
consists of an excavated, iron rowel for a
Cavalry spur and an iron bullet extractor and
an extracted Minie. If you have
recovered a nice Civil War spur, but missing
the rowel, here is your chance to
significantly improve your spur.--$69
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Excavated
cast brass flag staff top. This was
recovered from the 1862 - 1863 winter camp of
the 1st Alabama Cavalry which was located on
private property near Midland, TN. These
are not at all common to find. I have
only recovered three or four of these in forty
years.--$85.SOLD
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Pretty
excavated pea green solid cast letter "B".
This was recovered from the 1862 - 1863 winter
camp of the 2nd Tenn. Vol. Inf. - C.S.A.
This camp was located on private property near
Tullahoma, TN. I originally found this
camp, and over the course of about 5 years I
dug 16 C.S. belt plates from this camp !!!
Man - those were the days !!! This cast
letter "B" is just too large to be a hat
letter, so I would guess was likely on a
Cartridge Box. Maybe something like "BG"
for Birmingham Guard.--$95.SOLD
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Group
of four excavated wedding rings recovered by
Dr. Rees Buttram from various Civil War camp
sites on private property over the course of
many years. Two appear to be men's rings
and two appear to be ladies rings.--$100. for
all four.SOLD
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Complete
excavated Enfield lockplate and hammer
assembly. This was recovered long ago on
private property here at Stones River.
Close examination reveals that a broken
mainspring was why the lockplate was
discarded. In the heat of battle it is
much quicker to change out the entire
lockplate assembly rather than replace the
broken mainspring.--$75.SOLD
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Nice
large display of 14 excavated Civil War
artifacts that were recovered years ago at
"Cold Harbor",VA. The relic grouping
consists of One quite rare excavated large
size early lead filled "Puppy Paw" hook style
U.S. oval Federal waist belt plate - one
excavated coat size "New York" state seal
uniform button, and several other bullets -
buttons - knapsack parts - etc. A great
buy for the entire display !!--$295. for all
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Super
rare, and in absolutely beautiful condition,
CS Marked, Leech & Rigdon, Confederate Cavalry
Officer's spur. This spur was found
about 30 years ago in a log out-building on
private property near Shiloh. It has a
rich, aged, never cleaned, bronze/green patina
and has the original iron rowel remaining
intact. Both the CS mark on the rear of
the spur and the raised star on each side can
be boldly seen by anyone from across the room
(with cataracts).--$2,150.SOLD
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Very
pretty, excavated, large size, "Star in
Shield", lead-filled device that was inset and
worn as a Martingale on horse harness.
This example has an excellent, smooth,
chocolate brown patina on the face and full
lead fill in the reverse. It was
recovered from Wharton's 8th Texas Cavalry
camp, occupied during the Spring of 1863 and
located just south of Unionville, Tennessee.
This piece would make a fine centerpiece for
any Texas Cavalry display.--$395.
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Very,
very rare to revover - Early production .36
cal. Remington Navy Model ENTIRE REVOLVER.
This was recovered many years ago on private
property near Fort Donelson, TN.
Although rusty, the revolver remains very
solid. It was not loaded when recovered,
but I have inserted one correct .36 cal.
projectile for display. This is the type
single artifact "center-piece" that can turn a
run-of-the-mill dug relic display into a
Museum quality display.--$595.
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Seldom
recovered excavated flint with lead wrap for a
flint lock pistol or rifle. The metal
detector picked up the lead wrap of course.
This was recovered from a Confederate 1863
camp along Duck River near Shelbyville,
TN.--$45.
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Beautiful
condition complete regulation Federal Cavalry
bit with both cast brass "U. S." rosettes
intact. This nice Federal Cavalry bit
was found in an old log barn here at Stones
River located very near "Camp Stanley" which
was the Federal 1862 - 1863 Winter Camp for
the U. S. Cavalry Corps located here under
Federal General David Stanley. I feel it
very likely that this bit found its way to the
log barn from the massive Federal 1862 - 1863
winter Cavalry Camp so close by.--$250.
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Beautiful
condition, excavated, Civil War combination
musket wrench. This musket tool was
excavated over 30 years ago from private
property near the Battle of Chickamauga,
Georgia, by Dr. Rees Buttram. The tool
remains in such nice condition that the
folding screwdriver blade will still rotate.
This tool could easily still break a
Springfield musket down today.--$65.
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Extremely
rare to find, a beautiful excavated matching
set of "Allegheny Arsenal - #1" Federal
regulation issue, cast brass, cavalry spurs.
This set of spurs was recovered from the 1863
Federal winter Cavalry camp located along
Lytle Creek just south of Murfreesboro.
It is seldom that someone recovers one
Allegheny Arsenal marked spur, and many times
more rare to recover a matching pair.--$350
for the pair.
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Excavated
group of three artifacts recovered by Terry
Booth from a Texas Cavalry camp. The
grouping consists of (1) a flattened lead
poker chip or game piece, (2) a brass Jew's
Harp, (3) and last, a crude, Confederate Texas
Cavalry, used iron stirrup.--$48 for the
group.
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Beautiful
condition, excavated set of brass cufflinks
and a rare "Eagle motif" portion of a private
purchase military watch fob. The Eagle
is finely detailed and can be seen clear as
can be.These two artifacts were recovered from
the 1863 winter camp of the 16th Alabama
Infantry located along Duck River near
Shelbyville, TN. These two artifacts
were recovered from the 1863 winter camp of
the 16th Alabama Infantry located along Duck
River near Shelbyville, TN.--$95 for both
artifacts.
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Group
of excavated artifacts recovered from the 1863
winter camp of the 51st Alabama Cavalry
located near Fosterville, Tennessee. The
grouping consists of a soldiers brass lice
comb, a soldiers brass wedding band, and a
Confederate worn, "star pattern", civilian
floral button.--$95 for the entire CS used
grouping and glass case.
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Excavated,
very nice condition, brass saddle shield
marked "2" meaning size 2. This was
recovered years ago from a Confederate Cavalry
camp on private property in Central
Virginia.--$35.
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Very
nice display containing brass Cavalry sword
rig hardware. Included is, (1) a sword
belt plate keeper, (2) a brass sword belt
adjuster buckle, (3) a two-piece brass sword
hanger hook. All three pieces were
recovered at "Camp Stanley" which was General
Rosecran's winter Federal Cavalry camp during
the spring of 1863 after Stones River.--$55
for all.
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Excellent
display consisting of an excavated, rare,
first model, Confederate Kenansville, NC,
Cavalry saber and a section of the brass
mounted Confederate scabbard. It is very
nicely displayed in a walnut display case.
This grouping was recovered a number of years
ago by Barney Tyree in "LA" (Lower
Alabama).--$495.
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Excavated,
brass powder flask that was recovered from an
1863 Confederate Infantry camp near
Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Both sides of
the flask are present, but are separated at
the seam. With some TLC, this could be a
very nice artifact to display.--$45.
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Excavated
pair of "Rooster Neck" regulation, cast brass,
Federal Cavalry spurs. These spurs were
recovered from Camp Stanley which was the 1863
Federal Cavalry main winter campsite here at
Murfreesboro, Tennessee. One of the
spurs remains in near perfect condition, and
the second spur got too close to the fire and
nearly completely melted away.--$89. for both.
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Quite
rare, excavated, iron frog hook from a
Confederate Linen musket sling. This one
remains complete and was recovered from the
camp of the 16th Alabama Infantry.--$45.
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Excavated
Federal grouping consisting of a seldom
recovered huge, brass, blanket roll pin and
found with both a left and right Federal
knapsack J-hook. Entire display--$45.
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Pair
of excavated, Federal Enlistedman, brass
shoulder epaulets. These are only
recovered from sites dating the first couple
years of the war, because their use was pretty
much discontinued after that. These are
huge signals, and by far, most brass signals
of this size have been excavated and are
hardly ever recovered now. The pair has
a nicely matching brown/green patina and will
be a quality addition to any excavated Civil
War relic collection.--$295 for the pair.
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Quite
rare to recover (and super hard to find when
you need one) pair of excavated waist belt
plate "brass hooks". One of the hooks is
a Confederate strip brass hook of the style
found on "Roper Border -Regulation - and
Breckenridge" style, stamped brass,
Confederate waist belt plates. The
second hook is an excavated "stud" style that
is found on 1840 - 1850 era State Seal and
early US Oval waist belt plates. Both
hooks were recovered from an Alabama Infantry
camp along Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee.--$65 for both.
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Very
nice condition, excavated, Confederate used,
private purchase, heavy cast brass spur.
The spur has an uncleaned brown/green patina
and is a recent recovery from a Confederate
Cavalry camp here in Middle Tennessee. I
personally recovered a near identical spur a
few years back from the camp of Starnes 1863
Confederate Cavalry camp.--$275.
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Excavated
Confederate "I" {Infantry button}
and two excavated silver coins - {a "1783"
Spanish Reale - and a bust half dime with a hole
through part of the date} For the
Confederate "I" button and both silver coins.--$125.
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Excellent
condition, excavated, thin, delicate "open
pontil" medicine bottle recovered from a
Confederate trash pit on private property
along the Duck River near Shelbyville,
Tennessee. These camps were occupied
during the spring of 1863, following the
Battle of Stones River.--$45.
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Excavated
folding "box-end" Springfield combination gun
tool. This was recovered on private
property along the battle line here at Stones
River many years ago. It is nicely
cleaned and coated, and ready for
display.--$45.
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Nice
assortment of excavated artifacts recovered
from the Confederate battle line (on private
property) here at Stones River. The
group includes a broken blade to a Model 1816,
.69 cal., socket bayonet, an 11 inch iron side
knife, one camp hatchet, one early Model 1812
barrel band, two Jews harps, eight assorted
type small arms projectiles, and one large,
brass, officer's baggage trunk lock.
This entire collection of artifacts for --
$150.
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Excavated,
cast brass, Enfield musket buttplate.
This musket buttplate was recovered years ago
in a crop field here at Stones River that is
now the upscale "Avenues" mall.--$25.SOLD
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Excavated,
regulation, cast brass, Federal Cavalry spur.
This spur was recovered from private property
near Chickamauga and has a smooth, brown/green
patina with remnants of the iron rowel still
intact.--$75.
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Excavated
interwined brass cavalry curb chain that was
recovered many years ago by Steve Mullinax
from private property at the Battle of
Atlanta, GA. This artifact was in
Steve's private collection for over 30 years.
Here is your chance to own an artifact from
the collection of one of the pioneers in our
collecting field.-- $125.
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Very
nice condition, excavated, iron Cavalry spur
recovered from the 1863 camp of Wharton's 8th
Texas Cavalry. This camp was located
near Unionville, Tennessee, and occupied
during the spring of 1863. The spur has
the classic, large, Mexican/Spanish type rowel
that we found on several spurs recovered from
this camp.--$195.
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Pair
of excavated cast brass spurs recovered many
years ago in a Confederate Cavalry camp
located near Brandy Station, VA. Each of
the two spurs is broken, but could be easily
restored because 95% of the spurs are intact,
or they display perfectly fine just as they
are.--$225. for the PAIR
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Excavated
smooth face large size Confederate style
Martingale Heart. This was recovered on
private property near Manassas over 30 years
ago. The Heart had two bends when found.
and has been unfolded. Here is a rare
Confederate type lead filled Cavalry
Martingale Heart at the price of a common
"U.S." oval.--$250.
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Beautiful
condition, excavated, cast brass, Confederate
style Cavalry spur. This was recovered
many years ago from an Alabama Cavalry camp.
The iron rowel is not only still intact, but
will turn.--$325.
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Excavated
bail from a camp cookpot. This was
recovered from an Army of Tennessee, 1863,
Confederate winter campsite located along Duck
River near Shelbyville, Tennessee. Not
super rare, but a camp item that you do not
recover every day.--$35.
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Excavated,
enlistedman's, Memphis Novelty Works, cast
brass, Confederate Cavalry spur. This
spur was recovered from an 1862 N. B. Forrest
Cavalry camp located near Spring Hill, TN.
The spur is complete except for one side of
the small rowel holder. CS Arsenal
manufactured spurs are very rare now to
recover.--$250.
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Very
unusual recovery - Excavated leather remains
of a Federal soldier's "Bootee". This
was recovered from a Federal trash pit located
in Nashville, TN. Not everyone has an
original EXCAVATED Civil War shoe in their
collection !!--$65.
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Very
nice condition excavated cast brass Federal
cavalry spur. This was recovered many
years ago from the 1863 Federal winter Cavalry
camps along Lytle Creek (Camp Stanley) here at
Murfreesboro, TN.--$85.
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Complete,
excavated, cast brass, Confederate, Cavalry
spur. This was recovered many years ago,
and has a smooth olive green patina with
remnants of the iron rowel. The spur has
traits leading one to think that it is likely
a product of Leech and Rigdon of Memphis,
Tennessee.--$295.
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Very
nice condition, excavated, lead-filled,
Federal artillery rosette. The face has
a very nice, never cleaned, brown/green
patina, and the reverse has full lead and one
attachment hook remaining intact. This
rosette was recovered from a Federal camp near
Brandy Station, Virginia, a number of years
ago.--$65.
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Group
of three unique, excavated artifacts recovered
from the Battle of Franklin and out of Mr.
Herbert Harper's collection. The first
item is the "hooking device" out of the back
of an early pattern "puppy paw hook" US Oval
waist belt plate. The second item is a
portion of a brass, Confederate Cavalry spur.
The third item is a brass bayonet scabbard tip
with leather still protruding from the top of
the brass tip. All three items are
displayed in a glass riker case.--$95 for all
three.
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Excellent
condition, excavated, regulation, Federal
Cavalry spur. This spur was recovered on
private property from Camp Stanley, which was
the 1863 Federal Cavalry winter camp here at
Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The spur has an
interesting modification in that the standard
rowel has been replaced by a very sharp,
brass, spike like object. Apparently
this cavalry soldier had a horse requiring
"extra stimulation". I tried this on
Nita, and it really works (only once)!!--$65.
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Excavated,
heavy cast brass, Confederate Cavalry spur.
This spur was recovered from the 1863 camp of
Starnes Confederate Cavalry. The spur is
quite heavy and is worn in such a way that it
is clear that it was worn on the left
boot.--$195.
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Excavated
group of three artifacts recovered from
Wharton's 8th Texas Cavalry Camp located just
South of Unionville, TN. and occupied during
the Spring of 1863. The group consists
of a blacksmith made Confederate stirrup - a
brass toe plate, and a cast brass heel plate
with the "heart design". All three were
recovered about twenty years ago.--$75. for
all
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REALLY
COOL excavated Model 1842 .69 cal. entire
musket. The musket was recovered on
private property near New Kent Courthouse, VA.
The musket has been intentionally disabled by
wrapping it around a tree. It is
displayed in a very creative manner showing
exactly what occurred. This artifact
will need to picked up here at the store for a
couple of reasons. One, and the most
obvious, is that it is freaking huge,
measuring approximately 4 feet by almost 2
feet. Secondly, I am convinced that it
would destroy the display.--$495.
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Excellent
condition, "semi"- excavated, regulation Union
Cavalry spur. This is an early 1900 era
battlefield pickup and is in such nice
condition the rowel will still turn.--$85.
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Very
nice display of three excavated artifacts
recovered many years ago from private property
near Shiloh. The display consists of a
folding iron scissor type bullet mold holding
an original ball - a beautiful excavated
coat-size Federal Infantry Officer's button
with 90% bright gold gilt - and lastly, a rare
excavated large size crossed cannons artillery
stamped brass hat insignia. The hat pin
was missing one tip when recovered, and that
has been restored for display.--$250 for the
entire display.
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Excavated,
.577 cal., Enfield triangular socket
bayonet. This bayonet is very rusty,
just as recovered. It was dug many
years ago on private property near
Chickamauga, Georgia, and the blade is bent
in a way suggesting that it was run over by
a wagon or canon wheel. In our current
era, it is quite rare to recover a complete
bayonet at all.--$95.
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Excellent
condition, excavated, Confederate Cavalry
spur recovered from a Confederate Cavalry
camp on private property in the Shenandoah
Valley in Virginia. This spur is a
crude Confederate copy of the regulation
style Federal spur of the Civil War
Era.--$195.
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Broken,
excavated, regulation, Federal Cavalry horse
bit with cast brass "U.S." rosette remaining
intact. This bit was recovered on
private property from a Federal Cavalry
campsite located near Winchester,
Virginia.--$125.
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Display
of 4 excavated purely Confederate artifacts
recovered from the 1863 winter camp of the
2nd Tennessee Infantry - C.S.A. -
located on private property near Tullahoma,
TN. The display consists of a coat
size Confederate floral button - a purely
Confederate lead Cartridge Box finial - a
blob top Confederate nose pour Minie - and a
.58 cal. "Richmond Lab." Gardner -
all displayed in a glass display case.--$75.
for all
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Excavated
1/6 plate Daguerreotype recovered from an
1863 Confederate winter camp along Duck
River near Shelbyville.--$45.
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Excavated
brass tipped iron ramrod recovered from
Confederate camps along Duck River near
Shelbyville, Tennessee, occupied during the
winter of 1863. The ramrod appears to
have been shaped into a utilitarian camp
implement such as a pot hook.--$75. -
Recently
recovered partial very rare lead "IOWA" state pin. This
pin was recovered by Brant Arnold and - as you can see - is actually
pictured in the current issue of North - South Trader. The pin is
perfectly fine just as it is "IOW" and {matching it's picture
in the North South Trader} OR could be easily restored by the master
{Robert McDaniel} to display as nicely as any complete example. And priced at a fraction of the $850. that complete ones sell for.--only
$175.SOLD
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Two
partial excavated Confederate cast brass cavalry spurs that were recovered
years ago from A Confederate Cavalry camp on private property located near
Corinth, Mississippi. Look very impressive on display.--$125.
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Perfect
condition excavated heavy cast brass private purchase {but Confederate
used} cavalry spur. This one was recovered from Starnes 1863 C.S.
Cavalry camp located near Altamont, TN. It has the rowel perfectly
intact and a nice green/brown uncleaned woods patina. A very nice
piece.--$275.
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.69
cal musket barrel that appears to have been severed by an artillery shell.
This unusual artifact was recovered on private property at Shiloh by Dr.
Rees Buttram in the late 1960s. This barrel is a Model 1816
converted from flint.--$95.-
Quite
rare beautiful excavated gilted brass 1884 "James G. Blaine" Presidential
token. In the Presidential token world - this is one that you don't
see every day. "Republican Candidate for President - 1884"--$95.-
Large size cannon shell
fragments from various battlefields perfect form making a desk paperweight or great for
any display. These large fragments are becoming very difficult to dig. $15 each
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Excavated
Nathan Bedford Forrest "related" brass tag -- {kind of - sorta}.
Here's the deal -- During the Civil War John Morton was the Chief
of "Forrest's Artillery" and following the War wrote the
definitive book on the subject "Forrest's Artillery".
West Morton was John Morton's son and was County Register of Nashville
during the early 1900s. This tag belonged to West Morton.--$45.
2 and case --$25.
3 and case --$30.
4 and case --$38.
5 and case --$48.
8 and case --$70.
