Civil War artifacts

[BGreen]

My cousin recently found a NC troops Civil War button in a field not far from here. They went back with metal detectors, but they were unable to find anything else. Are there any Civil War artifact collectors here? I remember finding a buckle when I was a teen, but I don't know what happened to it.

[ppine]

Look out for fakes, they are very popular.

[cabinfever]

Originally Posted by ppine

Look out for fakes, they are very popular.

They are, but I don't imagine there are too many fakes lying in fields. If I lived down south, where a lot of the big Civil War battles took place, I would definitely be out looking for stuff like that.

[Scotty]

I don't collect but a friend of mine is a reenactor. She loves to dress in hoop skirts and bonnets and camp out at the reenaction site. They do a lot of mock battles and fire the cannons day and night. It's quite detailed and they really enjoy it. I enjoy sitting back, shooting the bull and having a cold one.

[GA_gal]

We live in Georgia and this is something we've often thought about doing, but we've never been able to afford the metal detectors to actually get out there and look. A bit off subject from the Civil War, but we have found a lot of what I think are Indian arrow heads...

[TakeAHike]

I love history but I don't collect any of the stuff. I just like to collect the stories. It would be cool to find a Civil War artifact just laying around though. Scotty, I have always wanted to do the reenactments. I think it would be a blast.