Civil War Metal Detecting Detector History Treasure Relic Hunting South Carolina Military Buttons Bottles Dug
Welcome to my gallery of finds. In the seven years that I have been seriously relic hunting, I have had the opportunity to hunts sites all over the Southeast, including VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, TN and LA. The finds on the following pages represent lot's of digging and are some of my better finds I've made. I hope you enjoy them.
Album by Greg Toney. 1 - 51 of 341 Total. 48214 Visits.
1 Non-dug, SC13, Schuyler. H & G. New York, rmdc.
2 SC13 back.
3 US Boxplate dug in Wisconson camp on Brandy Rock Farm, Culpeper, VA...11/2/2008.
4 Bone 6th Corps badge found in a winter hut on the Brandy Rock Farm in Culpeper, VA. March 2008
5 13 bullets, one carved and lead found in one hole. Marietta, GA. 8/08/08
6 Carved bullet from the "Bullet Hole". Marietta, GA 08/08/08.
7 Military buttons as of January 2009 (minus several eagle buttons).
8 Military buttons as of August 2004.
9 Military buttons...December 2003. First 3 years of relic hunting.
10 Me, SCdigger.
11 My greatest treasures! Wales and Grace-Elizabeth.
12 Certificate of W&ET Best Finds 2002.
13 Article for Best Find 2002.
14 Very rare, 1 piece cast "CSA". Dug in the same site at the silver SC. Albert's RV50. Chosen as a 2002 Best Find for Western and Eastern Treasures magazine!
15 Me and creator of the Shadow line of detectors, Troy Galloway at the 2003 DEF Rally in GA...5/24/03.
16 DIV 8 Finds, Culpeper, VA - October 2007
17 DIV 8 Finds, Culpeper, VA - October 2007
18 DIV 8 Finds, Culpeper, VA - October 2007
19 DIV 8 Finds, Culpeper, VA - October 2007
20 DIV 8 Finds, Culpeper, VA - October 2007
21 Two bottles dug on day #2 of DIV 6, November 2006.
22 DIV 6 - this hut was my most productive...5 bottles and several buttons, bullets and misc. brass.
23 What a great site to see in the bottom of a hut.
24 The glass from one hut on the morning of day #2 at DIV 6...Stoneman's Switch, Fredericksburg, VA.
25 Me at DIV1...starting my very first hut...check out my DIV photo page for more!
26 DIV 2 - Me in my enormous hut I opened up on Thursday. 2 days later it was 9'x12'x3' and I still had only found two sides of the hut.
27 Me (left) and Boyd Courville from Baton Rouge, LA at the 2002 North South hunt. What blast!
28 Me and Darrell Goetz loading up for the 2002 N/S hunt at Waugh Point in Fredricksburg, VA...day 1.
29 Ground-balancing the Shadow in the middle of a Confederate camp.
30 Another shot of me ground-balancing the Shadow...do I look confused? I hope not...
31 CS7a, W. Dowler/Superior Quality. Dug 1/26/03, near Columbia, SC.
32 W. Dowler/Superior Quality backmark of CS Staff.
33 My single best button day since I started relic hunting. 11 buttons: 6 military including 2 confederate. Beaufort - 7/28/2004.
34 CS128 - Confederate Cavalry Roman C on lined background. Rare Chatwin & Sons, Birmingham bkmk. Beaufort 7/28/04.
35 CS128 - Confederate Cavalry C - Chatwin & Sons * Birmingham backmark.
36 CS127 Confederate Calvary button dug on 1/31/09 in the Low Country of SC. Lined C, Blank back.
37 Group shot of buttons from DIV 2.
38 New Yorks from DIV 2. I really should have dug out that hole with that the burned one came out of. Hindsight is 20/20.
39 Eagle buttons from DIV 2.
40 EG 4 - 1 piece Engineer's button...dug York County, SC, 12/4/05.
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43 General Service Eagle button...my first CW button.
44 My favorite button...silver plated South Carolina button." Scovills & Co. Waterbury backmark.
45 A somewhat worn and rough, Young Smith and Co./New York South Carolina button. Dug 11/15/07
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47 SC coat button, 2/7/04...Camden, SC. Plow and fertilizer damage. No back.
48 HT&B Manchester South Carolina coat. Beaufort - 7/28/2004.
49 A nice Father's Day present! Superior Quality backmark...6/17/02
50 Unlisted, similar to CS 178 Script I, no backmark, 2/22/03, near Columbia, SC.
51 Tin-back "I" fresh out of the ground, just moments after seeing the light of day for the first time in nearly 140 years. 3/29/03
