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Beautiful
condition, excavated, enlistedman's
Confederate Cavalry spur made by Leech &
Rigdon of Memphis, Tennessee, and Columbus,
Mississippi. This spur was recovered
from an N. B. Forrest Cavalry camp located in
north Mississippi and has a custom, hand-made
rowel that appears to be from an Indian head
penny. This would be an excellent
addition to any Confederate Cavalry
display.--$450.
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Very
nice condition, excavated clay pipe bowl.
This pipe bowl was recovered from a
Confederate trash pit located along Duck River
near Shelbyville, Tennessee. It remains
complete without even a chip broken.--$45.
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Really
pretty, excavated, matching set of cast brass
US Cavalry rosettes. Both these rosettes
were recovered from "Camp Stanley" here in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Camp Stanley
was named after the Federal Cavalry commander
here at Murfreesboro, General David Stanley.
Maybe not super rare, but just plain
pretty.--$125. for the pair.
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Excellent
condition, excavated, cast brass Cavalry spur.
This spur appears to be a private purchase
type and was recovered from the camp of the
8th Texas Cavalry located near Unionville,
Tennessee.--$95.SOLD
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Absolutely
excellent condition, excavated, Civil War
issue, square tip shovel. This shovel
was recovered from the Confederate trench line
surrounding Shelbyville, Tennessee. It
has been cleaned, coated, and is ready for
display.--$125.SOLD
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Quite
rare, excavated, "Post Exchange" token from
Ft. Moultrie, South Carolina. As best
that I can determine, these date in the 1870 -
1890 era. This example has a hole with
quite a bit of wear, indicating it was worn on
a chain around someone's neck. In 44
years, I have only had about three of these,
so it is not a common artifact.--$95.SOLD
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Excavated,
Model 1854, Austrian Lorenz, 3-band musket
nose cap. This was recovered many years
ago along Confederate lines on private
property here at Stones River.--$25.
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Excellent
condition excavated cast brass "US" cavalry
rosette. This was recovered many years
ago out of "Camp Stanley" - which was the
massive 1863 winter - spring Federal Cavalry
camp here at Stones River. The camp was
named after Union Cavalry General David
Stanley who was in command of Federal Cavalry
here at Murfreesboro.--$55.
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Excavated
hand blacksmith crafted wrought iron hook for
hanging pots over the camp fire. A very
nice campsite item not often recovered.--$25.
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Excellent
condition, excavated, solid cast brass mount
to a "Dog River" Confederate Cavalry saber
scabbard. This would be an excellent
addition to your Confederate Cavalry
display.--$75.
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Excavated
belt loop portion from a Leech & Rigdon CS
tongue and wreath sword belt plate. If
you have the "CS disc" portion of the buckle,
this is all you need to complete your
tongue.--$95.
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Quite
rare, excavated, blacksmith forged tool for
working leather. This tool was recovered
in 1989 from a Civil War trash pit located on
private property near Camp Butler, Illinois.
Most of the original wooden handle remains
intact. This tool would be a very nice
addition to any camp scene artifact
display.--$45.
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Excellent
condition, excavated pair of Federal, brass
epaulet keys. These were sewn onto the
uniform, and the brass button came up through
the epaulets and twisted to lock them in
place. These would be an excellent
compliment for your set of either excavated or
non-excavated brass shoulder epaulets.--$45.
for the pair.
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Quite
unique, excavated, 10 inch, blue/green, French
manufactured medicine bottle. This
bottle is marked, "Marque Deposee" which
roughly translated means "mark registered or
trademark". The bottle has what appears
to be a medical symbol embossed on the side,
and has an applied lip at the top. This
bottle was recovered many years ago from a
trash pit near to the Confederate camps along
Duck River near Shelbyville, Tennessee.
We are not 100% sure of the time frame on this
one but believe it to be of the Civil War
Era.--$65.
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Excavated,
Federal, Infantry Bugle stamped brass hatpin.
This hatpin was recovered many years ago just
down the street from the shop near what is
known as the "Rock Quarry". The pin has
a smooth, chocolate brown patina, and both
attachment loops are intact on the reverse.
The small bugle mouthpiece was "as usual"
broken and has been restored. There have
been only a handful of these recovered over
the years at the Battle of Stones
River.--$125.
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Very
attractive, excavated group of Enfield related
items recovered from Confederate Army of
Tennessee camps along Duck River near
Shelbyville, Tennessee. The display
includes two Enfield nipple protectors with
chain, one complete brass Enfield tompion, one
drop Confederate mold, .577 cal. Enfield
bullet, and one excellent condition and quite
rare Isaac Campbell Confederate knapsack hook.
Entire display in a glass display case.--$150.
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Excavated
group of Confederate artifacts recovered from
General Manigault's South Carolina Brigade
camps located near Shelbyville, Tennessee.
The display includes an excavated, coat size,
South Carolina State Seal button, a
Confederate cap box lead finial, a Confederate
manufactured brass scabbard tip, and a brass
back from a Confederate local button.
All in a glass display case.--$125. for all
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Very
attractive, heavy solid cast brass,
Confederate Cavalry spur that was recovered
many years ago from a Confederate Cavalry camp
located in Orange County, VA. This style
Confederate spur is believed to have
originated from a small foundry located at
Richmond Virginia. Interestingly, we
recovered an exact matching spur from an
August 1863 Confederate Cavalry camp here in
Middle Tennessee. This particular spur
was discarded, because one of the legs broke.
Both pieces were present when found, and the
broken leg has been epoxied back into place.
This will make a very nice addition to any
Confederate Cavalry display.--$150.
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Unusual
dug glazed brown clay pipe bowl recovered from
a Confederate camp trash pit along Duck River
near Shelbyville, TN. The figure appears
to possibly be Middle Eastern. It will
make a neat addition to someone's excavated
artifact display case.--$45.
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Beautiful
condition excavated lead filled concentric
ring "Artillery" rosette recovered about
20years ago from here at the Battle of Stones
River. I don't think that you could
recover a nicer example than this one.--$75.
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Beautiful
cased artifact display purchased out of a
local private museum. This display
consists of an excavated Model 1851, cast
brass, sword belt plate recovered from an 1863
camp Stanley trash pit, an 1863 Patriotic
token, an excavated soldier's pocket knife
with bone handle intact, an excavated 12mm
pinfire cartridge, an excavated .69 cal.
Confederate buck and ball, an excavated tin
containing percussion caps, an excavated
bayonet scabbard tip with leather still
inside, one CS used excavated floral button, 4
Federal Eagle buttons, two excavated knapsack
hooks, and several other smaller artifacts.
These artifacts are all displayed in a very
nice 12 x 18 glass face walnut display
case.--$395. for the entire display.
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Very
pretty, excavated, slick emerald green,
Confederate Cavalry spur. This spur was
recovered over 30 years ago from a Confederate
Cavalry camp located near Kennesaw, Georgia.
It is a style spur that had a long, extended
neck much like a Mississippi spur. The
spur broke at the narrow, weak point on the
neck.--$95.
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Excellent
condition, excavated, "1861" dated, Federal
Cavalry Officer's spur. This spur was
recovered from Federal Cavalry camps near
Triune, Tennessee, that were occupied during
the spring of 1863. It has the 1861 date
on the inside of the spur. Remnants of
the rusty iron rowel remain intact.--$275.
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Very
pretty, complete, excavated, Federal
Enlistedman's brass shoulder epaulet. It
is very difficult to recover an epaulet in
complete condition like this one. This
example was recovered over 40 years ago from
private property near Shiloh.--$95
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Excavated
soldier's pocket mirror that was hand crafted
by folding a brass back around a portion of a
broken pocket mirror. The brass back has
initials carved on the reverse. This
artifact was recovered from a Confederate camp
located near Tunnel Hill, Georgia, by Dr. Rees
Buttram about 40 years ago. The brass
back is about the weight of a stamped brass
Confederate buckle, and it is possible that
the Confederate soldier might have used a
stamped brass Confederate buckle to form the
back of his mirror. This is a very cool
excavated soldier's personal item that was
very meaningful to the Confederate soldier in
the field.--$75.
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Hand
crafted Confederate side knife blade formed
from a file. This was recovered about 30
years ago by Dr. Rees Buttram from a
Confederate winter camp located near Dalton,
GA.--$75.
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Super
Rare to recover. This is a REALLY NICE
condition excavated high copper content
-"single hole" Confederate Richmond Musket
nosecap. This is the first one of these
that I have seen recovered in ages.--$95.
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Hand
carved brass device recovered from an 1863,
Army of Tennessee winter camp near Tullahoma,
Tennessee, by Kenny Banks. Some relic
collectors who have seen this feel it to be a
soldier, hand-carved, "snake" -- while others
feel that it is a hand made brass tool for
pulling leather stitching through leather,
making repairs in the field. I can't say
for sure which it is, but I can say it is
--$35.
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Here
is an incredibly RARE item to excavate.
This is a complete recovered cast brass
"EAGLEHEAD" Civil War Officer's spur.
This very rare spur was recovered from one of
Gen. N. B. Forrest's 1863 C. S. Cavalry winter
camps located near Spring Hill, TN. The
spur clearly appears to have been worn on the
left boot. When was the last time that
you saw one of these dug !!!--$595.
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Excavated
"general service" brass waist belt buckle,
coat size Confederate "Block I" Infantry
button, and coat size Confederate used floral
button. These three artifacts were all
recovered together in General Lucius Polk's,
winter of 1863, Army of Tennessee Brigade camp
located near Tullahoma, Tennessee. Two
of these three items were non-military and
privately acquired mostly from the soldier's
homes. The two-piece Confederate "I"
(Infantry) button is standard CS military
issue and was issued in quantity in Tullahoma,
Tennessee, during this time. This
display is perfectly representative of the
typical buttons and buckle being worn by a
large percentage of the Army of Tennessee -
CSA - in 1863.--$125.
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Excellent
condition pair of excavated, cased artifacts.
One of the two items is a Springfield
combination musket tool. The second item
is a two-piece, brass sword hanger from a
Model 1851, Federal Cavalryman's sword belt
rig. Both these artifacts were recovered
over 40 years ago by Dr. Rees Buttram on
private property near Chickamauga,
Georgia.--$45.
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Excavated,
regulation, Federal Cavalry bit. This
bit remains complete with both cast brass US
rosettes remaining intact. It was
recently found in a old log barn near the
battlefield here at Stones River. It was
no doubt picked up on the field after the
battle and ended up out in the barn. It
is a rarity to find a Civil War Era Cavalry
bit surviving intact. The bit has a
smooth, brown patina but is not pitted nearly
as severely as it would have been if recovered
from under the ground. Every Civil War
collection should have a nice Cavalry
bit.--$175.
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Excavated
iron Confederate cartridge box roller buckle
with a good size root growing right through
it. This was recovered by Wayne Tucker
from a Confederate camp near Mobile, AL.--$38.
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Excellent
condition excavated small brass "Acorn".
This was recovered many years ago from the
camp of the Federal 14th Army Corp. -Army Of
The Cumberland - here in the Western Theater.
The acorn was the Corp Badge for this unit.
Many years ago Nita dug almost a twin to this
one in one of their camps.--$195.
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Small
display containing an excavated Enfield musket
tompion with part of the cork still intact,
together with a hand-made soldier's lead poker
chip marked with an "X" (meaning 10).
These items were both recovered by Kenny Banks
from 1863 winter camps of Hardee's Corp. Army
of Tennessee located near Tullahoma,
Tennessee.--$65 for the entire display.
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Really
nice display of an excavated group of quite
rare Confederate artifacts. (1) Is a
COMPLETE excavated cast brass flashpan to a
Model 1816 flintlock musket. These are
almost found in Confederate camps 100% of the
time. (2) Rare excavated Confederate
manufactured brass bayonet scabbard tip
recovered from 1862 - 1863 winter Confederate
camps along Duck River near Shelbyville, TN.
and (3) A broken .577 cal. Enfield musket
ramrod head. Entire display only.--$75.
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Excavated,
Federal Cavalry bit recovered from an Alabama
Cavalry camp located here in Middle Tennessee
and occupied during the Spring of 1863.
The Confederate soldier pried both cast brass
US rosettes off the bit and used it plain.
The bit when recovered still had the original
cast brass curb chain attached. This is
an excellent example of Southern Cavalry
making do with whatever they could obtain.
This artifact will be a fine addition to any
excavated, Confederate Cavalry artifact
display.--$150.
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Very
pretty excavated Confederate "Leech and
Rigdon" (Memphis Novelty Works) C.S. cavalry
enlistedman's spur. This spur was
recovered several years back from a
Confederate Cavalry camp located on private
property near Chickamauga, GA.--$295.SOLD
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Quite
rare to recover - excavated set of keepers for
the four-piece, Model 1841, Mississippi
Rifleman buckle. These were recovered by
Kenny Banks from 1862 - 1863 Army of Tennessee
Confederate Infantry camps located around
Tullahoma, Tennessee.--$48. for the pair.
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Quite
rare, excellent condition, excavated, patent
style spur that had the separate piece neck
and rowel. On these style spurs, the
separate piece neck and rowel was often
something very ornate like an eagle head or a
horse head. On this spur, the cast brass
neck and rowel piece is not present and is
likely why the spur was discarded. I
have over the years had a number of the cast
brass neck and rowel portion of this style
spur come through the shop. If you know
where one is or can round up this piece, you
will have an incredibly beautiful Civil War
Officer's Cavalry spur. This spur was
recovered in one of Fighting Joe Wheeler's
1863 Confederate Army of Tennessee CS Cavalry
camps.--$150.
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Excavated,
very ornate, cast brass buttplate from an
1800's era flintlock musket. This very
attractive artifact was recovered from
Hardee's Corp 1863 Army of Tennessee winter
camps around Tullahoma, Tennessee.--$48.
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Massive,
excavated, brass signal. This complete,
Model 1840, Federal non-commissioned officer's
brass sword guard was recovered many years ago
by Kenny Banks from Union camps here in Middle
Tennessee. The guard has never even been
washed off and has a beautiful, pea-green
patina tip to tip.--$95.
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Talk
about a HUGE SIGNAL - Complete excavated
Federal cast brass Model 1840 N.C.O.
(Non-Comissioned Officer) sword guard.
This was recovered by Kenny Banks from Federal
camps following the Battle of Stones River.
It is broken, but both pieces were
present.--$85.
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This
is an absolute soldier work of art. It
is the Eagle carefully and perfectly carved
out of a Jeff Davis hat pin. You won't
see over one of these this nice recovered in a
10 year period.--$250.
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Quite
rare to recover, excavated, die-struck, brass
Eagle centerpiece to a Civil War Officer's
two-piece Eagle sash buckle. The Eagle
center disc has a smooth chocolate patina with
super crisp detail. This would be an
excellent addition to any excavated relic
collection.--$95.
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A
display containing two excavated artifacts
from the 1862 - 1863 Confederate winter camps
along Duck River near Shelbyville, Tennessee.
The first artifact is a cast lead finial to a
Confederate cartridge box. The second
piece is the brass insert for a Model 1816
musket that has been converted from flint to
percussion. This brass piece filled the
spot where the flint flash pan originally was.
Both artifacts are Rebel as can be.--$48.
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Excavated,
cast brass, patchbox door from a Model 1841
Mississippi rifle. This was recovered
from Confederate camps following Stones River
and was somehow broken into three pieces.
This is quite a feat considering how thick and
strong a patchbox door is.--$45.
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Complete,
excavated, regulation Federal Cavalry bit with
both cast-brass US rosettes remaining intact.
This Cavalry bit was recovered about 30 years
ago from a trash pit in "Camp Stanley" which
was the 1862 - 1863 Federal winter Cavalry
camp here in Murfreesboro following the Battle
of Stones River. The bit remains exactly
as it was recovered and can be cleaned to a
collector's personal taste. This is an
excellent artifact rarely recovered
complete.--$195.
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Really
pretty, 12 inch x 18 inch, matted display
containing 23 artifacts including a
Confederate style Martingale Heart, 20
excavated US and CS cap and cartridge box
finials, and two Richmond Arsenal Gardner
bullets. This entire display of
artifacts was recovered from Confederate
Camps around Brandy Station, Virginia.--$295
for the entire display.
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Very
rare, excavated, cast brass, Confederate
Richmond musket nose cap together with the
brass rowel holder of a Richmond Arsenal spur.
Both artifacts are presented in a matted glass
case.--$85.
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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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Excavated,
cast brass, Patriotic Eagle tension device
usually found around the perimeter of Civil
War Era banjos and drums.--$65.
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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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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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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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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 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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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. -
.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.
