The Battlefield Walker
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Beat Me To It! But They Missed the CW Treasures - Bullets & Buttons Hid From Them, But Not From Me!
My friends hunted this Civil War spot the day before me. But I went DEEP and found bullets and buttons that they missed! Using that annoying DEEP program has distinct advantages. Target discrimination has its place . . . but on a Battlefield or a Camp, Go low and go slow. And DIG THOSE MOUSE WHISPERS! You might just see GREEN. #metaldetecting #digginghistory #relicdigging #civilwar #metaldetector #civilwarrelics #deus #history #virginiahistory #virginia #relicdigging #dirtfishing #relichunting #relichunt #relic #treasure #treasurehunt #treasurehunting
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THREE (Matching) Civil War State Buttons Today + Bullets and Unusual Personal Item I Didn't Expect!
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You just never know what you might find on a Civil War site! In addition to a trifecta of state buttons, and some good bullets, I stumbled upon a personal item that may have saved a soldier's life in close combat. At the end of the video, we take a look at a Civil War firearm found in the 1960s that is incredibly in WORKING order! #metaldetecting #digginghistory #relicdigging #civilwar #metalde...
Rare CS Artifact Found Hunting the Civil War Battlefield - Buttons and Bullets Jumping Out At Me!
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The Metal Detecting finds keep pouring out of this site! Cilvil war buttons and bullets - one a rare CS Richmond Arsenal that is an absolute FIRST for me! Never gotten my coil over one before. Join me walking in the footsteps of legends, and finding what the soldiers lost a century and a half ago! #metaldetecting #digginghistory #civilwar #relicdigging #deus #metaldetector #civilwarrelics #hist...
200 Year Old Military Button! SILVER! Finding Buttons and Bullets from The Battle of Gaines Mill!
มุมมอง 1.1K21 วันที่ผ่านมา
It's well known that Civil War Soldiers often carried outdated equipment and wore outdated uniforms. Today I found a U.S. Infantry button manufactured in the 1820s-1830s. I also dug Civil War era buttons and dug a pocket-full of bullets. It's amazing that these relics of the past are still just inches below the soil! #metaldetecting #digginghistory #civilwar #relicdigging #deus #history #civilw...
A FIVE-STATE CIVIL WAR CAMP! OVER A HUNDRED BULLETS IN THREE TRIPS!
มุมมอง 1.6Kหลายเดือนก่อน
Over the years I've found buttons from 5 different states in this incredible spot! Hundreds and hundreds of bullets, and innumerable pieces of mundane camp life. In this hunt, I find state buttons from 2 different states, multiple bullets and all of that after an ant attack! We'll look back at the end on the buttons that have come out of here in previous years. This is a good one! #metaldetecti...
Civil War Buttons, Pocket Change and a LOTTA bullets!
มุมมอง 1.9Kหลายเดือนก่อน
90 bullets in two hunts, plus some personal soldier's items. Just killer good days recently in Cold Harbor, Virginia. Come along as I dig up what the soldiers dropped! #metaldetecting #digginghistory #civilwar #relicdigging #deus #history #civilwarrelics #metaldetector #relichunting #virginiahistory
Hunted Out? NO! Digging Civil War Relics by the Handful!
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I honestly thought this permission was nearing the end of its productivity. But straight out of the truck I began finding what the soldiers left behind. For the first time in a long time . . . I had no DOWN time. It was just one discovery after the other. Today, I dug the second largest number of civil war bullets I've ever dug in one hunt. It wore me out, so enjoy! #civilwar #metaldetecting #d...
I Dug a Few Relics - But This Was Just "One of Those Days..."
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The reality of relic hunting is that everybody suffers through some big let-downs! You have high hopes, but the ground is just greedy and won't give up the good stuff. Honesty demands that I have my share of those, and today was one! So here's to all of you who have, like me, Had some pretty lean days! #civilwar #metaldetecting #digginghistory #gold #relicdigging #deus #history #civilwarrelics ...
Don't You Love It, When You CLEAN It, and It Turns Out to Be a Lot Better Than What You Thought??
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A Brief hunt, and one I would have rated as "just OK". But when I got back to the relic room and started looking closer, I was delighted that it was a bit better than that! #relicdigging #metaldetecting #civilwar #history #digginghistory #civilwarrelics #deus #metaldetector #virginiahistory #dirtfishing #relichunting
A Civil War OFFICER lost this in Cold Harbor in 1862 - I found it 162 years later!
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An exploratory hunt at a new permission on the Cold Harbor Battlefield turns out better than expected! Two rare bullets along with some more common ones, and a scarce piece of an OFFICER'S uniform reveals itself. In our look back, we view a delicate relic found in the 1950s in Spotsylvania. If you are a treasure hunter, a Civil War buff or just someone who finds old relics from the past fascina...
It Was A Day to Find Scarce Bullets from the Seven Days Battle!
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A small property not far from Gaines Mill serves up scarce bullets at a rate not usually experienced by me. Small property - not a bag full of relics, but THREE varieties of rare bullets in one after work hunt. Shoot (no pun intended) I'm not complaining!! #metaldetecting #relicdigging #civilwar #metaldetector #civilwarrelics #diggingfortreasure #deus #history #virginia #relichunting #relichunt
Celebrated my first MILLION views with an Excellent Relic Hunt! Bullets and a Bucket Lister Button!
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A large yard in Cold Harbor Virginia that had never been hunted as far as I know, produced many bullets (one scarce), a personal WW2 artifact, a Cavalry item I'd never seen, and a Bucket List Civil War button I'm excited to add to my collection! #metaldetecting #relicdigging #civilwar #civilwarrelics #diggingfortreasure #relichunting #relicdigging #virginia #deus #treasurehunting
TWO DAYS. One Civil War, one Colonial. Buttons, Bullets and Friends to Dig With!
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Relic hunting a new permission in Central Virginia on a Colonial homesite - and returning to an old favorite civil war spot where bullets and buttons are STILL coming out of the ground! #metaldetecting #relicdigging #civilwar #history #civilwarrelics #deus #dirtfishing #diggingfortreasure #relichunting #relicdigging
Metal Detecting at Patrick Henry's Birthplace - How many of These relics Belonged to His Family?!
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The great statesman Patrick Henry has been called "The Voice of the Revolution." The Henry House at Studley, Virginia, his birthplace, is a protected site. But the front yard of that plantation house extended onto property which Genna has permission to hunt. Today she asked me to go there with her. We found colonial era artifacts that were almost certainly owned by his family! #civilwar #deus #...
Civil War Relics Jumping Under My Coil Today! Best Hunt in a Long Time-
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After receiving a call that I had ONE MORE DAY to hunt my favorite fields before planting, I hustled to the battlefield of Gaines Mill in Cold Harbor and boy, am I glad I did! It had already been a good day when at nearly dark, I got into a campfire and started pulling relics out one after another. I literally dug until I couldn't see anymore! #civilwar #deus #dirtfishing #history #metaldetecti...
Cars, Trucks & Bikes to benefit a young Virginia cancer patient. NOT A RELIC HUNTING VID!
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Cars, Trucks & Bikes to benefit a young Virginia cancer patient. NOT A RELIC HUNTING VID!
Back to the Confederate Headquarters - The Ground Was Greedy Today
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Back to the Confederate Headquarters - The Ground Was Greedy Today
The Camp Gave Up Some Fine Civil War Relics today! Not Quantity, but Quality! A FIRST for Me . . .
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The Camp Gave Up Some Fine Civil War Relics today! Not Quantity, but Quality! A FIRST for Me . . .
I Get to Hunt a Well-Documented Civil War Confederate Headquarters?!
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I Get to Hunt a Well-Documented Civil War Confederate Headquarters?!
Dropped While Marching to Their Death in Virginia-
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Dropped While Marching to Their Death in Virginia-
Finding Civil War relics on a major soldier-travelled thoroughfare in Central Virginia!
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Finding Civil War relics on a major soldier-travelled thoroughfare in Central Virginia!
Huge permission on the Civil War Peninsula Campaign gives up some relics: Brass, Lead & Iron...
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Huge permission on the Civil War Peninsula Campaign gives up some relics: Brass, Lead & Iron...
BUTTONS & BULLETS - in the Gaines Mill Civil War battle area of Cold Harbor! The story of Dr Gaines!
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BUTTONS & BULLETS - in the Gaines Mill Civil War battle area of Cold Harbor! The story of Dr Gaines!
This Permission didn't surrender its treasures easily - but I didn't go home disappointed!
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This Permission didn't surrender its treasures easily - but I didn't go home disappointed!
ONE Spectacular Find Makes It a BANNER Day!
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ONE Spectacular Find Makes It a BANNER Day!
Relic Hunting Beautiful Trenches, Before CBS News Pulls Into My Driveway!
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Relic Hunting Beautiful Trenches, Before CBS News Pulls Into My Driveway!
Hunting an Early War Campsite - And a New Display Case with Fresh Relics!
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Hunting an Early War Campsite - And a New Display Case with Fresh Relics!
Evidence of the Civil War is Still in Cold Harbor if You Know Where to Look
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Evidence of the Civil War is Still in Cold Harbor if You Know Where to Look
A Virginia Civil War Relic Hunt, and some sweet gold in the look back!
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A Virginia Civil War Relic Hunt, and some sweet gold in the look back!
Took us five trips to this Colonial plantation, to find clear evidence of the rumored Union camp!
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Took us five trips to this Colonial plantation, to find clear evidence of the rumored Union camp!

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  • @Majormusket
    @Majormusket วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another excellent video! I love it when you go behind others and rake in the relics. The fact that they are your friends makes the victory a bit sweeter 😂. I was detecting at a local park in the neck today, when a young woman pulled in with her two dogs. She said her preacher got her husband into metal detecting, and as I asked who the preacher was I already knew before she said his name. Looks like I need to buckle down and bring the family by on a Sunday!

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Wha?!? Did one of the dogs only have one eye? I can't think of many guys that I got into detecting! I try to keep them OUT! If a one-eyed dog is involved though . . . then I know exactly who it was. And heck yes - bring the fam! But you better introduce yourself as Major Musket . . .

  • @333Hogwarts
    @333Hogwarts 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ah, the stories in-between the finds can be the most interesting. Once knew a place in Bermuda Hundred . Camp off the James River. Confederate calvary first, then U.S. army after they shelled the Confederate calvary off. Frags ,fuzes,bullets buttons. Plates all found early days. There was a large logging camp trash pile 1930s. We avoided it like the plage. Took a new guy there. He did not know about the trash pile. He starts digging in it. We were all in ears shout. He starts screaming and dancing in this trash pile. Shouting, I GOT IT I GOT IT !!! We spin around run up and there He stands with a C.S. Nashville plowworks sword in his hands 😮 My jaw and the other guys jaw hit the round. All those years. Een the old times Mac mason ,Tommy Johnson, and others through the years just walked on by. Keep um coming Walker. God bless

    • @jayjones6904
      @jayjones6904 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@333Hogwarts awesome story Hogwarts ty for sharing

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Hog, I never want to hear that trash pile story again! Y'hear??

  • @JuliaHayes-m9h
    @JuliaHayes-m9h 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How did they lose so many bullets?

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Julia, the theory is that the paper cartridges (Which held the powder to the bullet) would get damp or damaged. They would apparently just toss them, rather than trust their lives to damaged goods.

  • @billwyatt2449
    @billwyatt2449 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That was a good day for sure. You did some diggin. Don't be bashful kiss it.

  • @KolbeHoeper
    @KolbeHoeper 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good on the hunt man! Be well out there!

  • @AnthonyKendrick-pn2bc
    @AnthonyKendrick-pn2bc 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The music that you used, Awesome choice! I've always loved that tune but could you tell me the name of it so I can download it?

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      The one I use every video (at the beginning) is called "Elevators need Rock Too" But the other one, I can't find it. Both are from "TH-cam Music" from the tunes I can use without worrying about copyright and royalties. . .

  • @AnthonyKendrick-pn2bc
    @AnthonyKendrick-pn2bc 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A foot and a half down, WOW! I'M just using an "El cheapo Harbor Freight Gordon metal detector. I have watched this video 3 times already. Yes, I agree 100%, take care of the property you're hunting on and cover those holes! Respect it as your own! I gained 1 permission simply because I told the owner that I would fix the holes that the last person left.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Now see, that's smart thinking right there! I'll bet you gained a lifetime permission! Man, when I drive up, if I see the farmer doing ANYTHING I can help with, i roll over and pitch in. Sometimes, he'll ask me if I can take a 10 minute break and help with something. You bet your bottom dollar I'm all over it.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      And PS - 99% of success is hunting in the right place. A lot of great relics have been found with entry level machines! It's not the coil, it's where you SWING the coil (with a few exceptions)

  • @AnthonyKendrick-pn2bc
    @AnthonyKendrick-pn2bc 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome video of course! Very informative for the newbies like me!

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Appreciate that, Newbie! I hope you have the luck of the newbies, if you haven't already. Hunted with a guy recently whose wife wanted to go with him. He put a machine in her hands in a cut bean field in Louisa. Half hour later she starts yelling that she found something with letters on it. It was a Confederate tongue buckle . . .

  • @AnthonyKendrick-pn2bc
    @AnthonyKendrick-pn2bc 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lol! Ms Kitty is just up there doing her inspections to make sure you are cleaning things right. 😅

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Anthony, that cat is a good cat, but I swear, she thinks she owns my barn.

  • @swlc5555
    @swlc5555 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I've never lived close enough to Civil War battlefields/Camps to take up metal detecting, but I've been fascinated with it since I was a kid and I'm in my early 60s now. So I vicariously experience the relic hunting side of myself by watching your videos.😀 I enjoyed your story about finding the solid shot cannon ball. It seems as if you were meant to find it. I imagine when it comes to the more prominent relics in your collection you have a distinct memory of where you were and the circumstances when you found the item.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      True SWL. In fact, in the November 15th video, I was hunting a place I last hunted about 10 years ago. In one of the shots, I recognized the exact place I found the most beautiful buckle I've ever dug. So I searched the archives and found some footage of me digging it all those years ago. That will be included in my "look back" at the end of the vid. I'm honestly glad you can "go relic hunting" with me vicariously. That's pretty cool to know.

    • @swlc5555
      @swlc5555 30 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      @@thebattlefieldwalker2841 I'm looking forward to that November 15th video! I always enjoy your stories at the end of the video. Keep them coming!

  • @Sleddman
    @Sleddman 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video brother. See you in the battlefield some day 😊

  • @jayjones6904
    @jayjones6904 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Outstanding finds ty for the adventure bw God bless you

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I appreciate that Jay! I had a good fall before the winter crop went in!

    • @jayjones6904
      @jayjones6904 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 yes sir u did pretty good take care brother

  • @thurin84
    @thurin84 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    great day! loved the cannon ball story. sometimes its just your time to get lucky. looks like mt kitty was helping out big time lol.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah, that cat has a knack for sitting in the only place I don't want her to sit.

  • @Swamp-Fox
    @Swamp-Fox 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If your friends that were hunting the day before you were there watch this, they are gonna be upset that they did not hunt a little more carefully! I really enjoyed hearing the story of that 12# cannon ball!

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Swamp, that solid-shot story always makes me smile. I want to know how many hunters heard that ball and moved on. I bet it was dozens . . . I know I would have, had I dug the pipe first . . .

  • @davidallison2112
    @davidallison2112 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I bet your buddies who missed those bullets are spittin nails! But, same thing has happened to me.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Ha! I think they aren't jealous because they don't want to go that deep for a bullet . . .

  • @johnsmalldridge6356
    @johnsmalldridge6356 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great story about the canon ball. A friend of mine says he’d rather be lucky than good any day.

  • @brianselt291
    @brianselt291 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    More great treasures and another great story! What would be the chance of a follow up video on the huge old collection that you and Muduck went through….if there is any.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Brian, there might be an opportunity. Help me out. Tell me what you would want to see in a follow up? Just the way the new owner displayed them? What exactly? I am negotiating with some collectors who have never showed or published their collections. Just "friends only" viewed. I'd like to do a series someday on the "Largely unseen" collections of the old timers. At least one of the collections, dwarfs the one you saw. Seriously.

    • @brianselt291
      @brianselt291 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @ pretty much anything as I love seeing treasures that most have never seen or would have never seen if someone hadn’t decided to spend their life dedicated to swinging a coil and realizing what really matters in our country’s short history. I do like the thought of seeing how the new owner has displayed such a vast collection. Love the channel…keep on, keeping on!

  • @dewey_digginnc4946
    @dewey_digginnc4946 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good digging walker. I went for a couple hrs today and it felt like it was summer time.

  • @jeffnelson9420
    @jeffnelson9420 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good video, congrats and thanks for sharing 🙏

  • @DennisEHayes
    @DennisEHayes 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thats on my bucket list a shiny stainless steel somethin or other. nice finds Walker. Some guys have all the luck. cannon ball Walker.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      You crack me up Dennis. I'll fill your bucket list with somethin' or others. Just send me a stamped, self-addressed envelope . . .

  • @chars1184
    @chars1184 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    YOU PETTED YOUR CAT!! Made my day! And I haven’t even picked on you about it lately!! (My husband is still laughing about how excited I got when I saw the cat. 🙄) Nice finds! Loved the water pipe story - you’re the one who deserved to find that cannonball. Be good, say your prayers, and thanks for petting the cat. 🐈 All is forgiven. 😂😂 ❤

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I NEW one person (you) would be happy about the cat! Chanel sits right in my way most every time!

    • @chars1184
      @chars1184 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Awwwww!

  • @garylee190
    @garylee190 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Talk about gratifying - finding relics next to old dig holes!! Great story about the cannon ball/water pipes.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks Gary! I always thought the cannonball thing was hilarious!

  • @petertatham-cw2oq
    @petertatham-cw2oq 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    More bullets and buttons another great day you have had, so it’s last day are you going back to the place you were on where you had a lucky streak last week

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Peter, I'm going to a new spot this Friday with Genna and Amy! Totally different part of Virginia . . .

    • @petertatham-cw2oq
      @petertatham-cw2oq 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @ well l hope you have a good day if nothing else it well be laugh with them two 👍

  • @JustPlainSteve5372
    @JustPlainSteve5372 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A Bullets & Buttons kinda day! Bet you'd take that all day long!!! Cool story about that cannonball🤞

  • @davidolien2828
    @davidolien2828 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another fantastic outing l thank you.

  • @RobbSanderson
    @RobbSanderson 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Congratulations on finding the Civil War bullets. Do you live in VA? Just wondering as I live here in NC. I would love to find out if there are any areas here in NC where Civil War skrimshes took place and try to get permission to hunt those properties.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I live in Virginia Robb, and there are many CW historic sites in NC. You should look up any civil war relic hunting clubs and go to a meeting! Also, on facebook, check out "Carolina Metal Detecting." The admin is Jake Murdock and he might be able to direct you to a club.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And tell him "The Battlefield Walker" sent you!

  • @shanesmith1053
    @shanesmith1053 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    U da Man BW! Keep'em coming Brother! God bless!

  • @joemiller8965
    @joemiller8965 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another great day for sure Walker! Congrats buddy!

  • @cliffj9261
    @cliffj9261 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You have the best and most informative channel…watching from South Dakota.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      hey Cliff - that's really kind of you to say! My wife did her internship (dentistry) on the reservation at Pine Ridge. Ya'll stay warm up there!

  • @orome_best_valar8305
    @orome_best_valar8305 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That pistole your father was able to restore reminds me of the difference in condition the relics we found in the 60's and 70's versus what's found today. I remember visiting a farmer in Dinwidee county who had 2 canteens in great condition (by todays standard) complete with bullet holes that his boys had found laying on top of entrenchments on his property, no detector.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Just WOW. The only thing I am old enough to remember laying on top of the ground other than bullets after a plowing and rain, were cartridge box tins on Watt House Hill in Cold Harbor. I've known of guys kicking those tin inserts aside so they could detect! I don't know why so many were there except that it was MASSIVE fighting charging uphill into hot musketry and cannister. I could imagine guys under withering fire just tearing at their cartridge boxes for the next bullet and maybe the adrenalin just caused them to rip the whole tin out - I don't know. But yes absolutely. There has been a tremendous change in the condition of relics from 60s-70s to today.

  • @garylee190
    @garylee190 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another great relic hunting video, Walker. Thanks for sharing. BTW - that's beautiful lit display with the rifle, pistol, etc.

  • @bamadave6324
    @bamadave6324 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A gpx will umcover more relics in that good soil

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yo Dave! If I owned one, I'd try it! I ABSOLUTELY KNOW there are undiscovered hut-sites here. (I've found 2) Maybe a GPX could sniff them out . . .

  • @swlc5555
    @swlc5555 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is there a theory as to why there are so many dropped bullets found by relic hunters? It seems they would have been a precious commodity. My understanding is that the vast majority of rifle bullets (3 ringers, Enfields) came to the soldiers pre-wrapped in paper cartridges. When you find a rifle bullet do you believe that when originally dropped that it was in cartridge form and that the paper and gunpowder naturally gave way to nature? Or do you think most were already separated from the cartridge and tossed on the ground for whatever reason? I really enjoy your videos!

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      SWLC, Thank you for your encouragement. I assume that most dropped cartridges got damp, or maybe tore open, and were just discarded. At this particular location, I sometimes find multiple bullets in one hole with significant black-powder corrosion. Meaning they lay in the ground, stewing in their own powder for a very long time. They may have been left behind when they broke camp in a hurry, or dropped and got muddy, or became damp. That's about all I am willing to guess!

    • @swlc5555
      @swlc5555 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@thebattlefieldwalker2841 I remember instances where you've uncovered a bullet with traces of black powder. Your guess that most were damaged cartridges makes sense to me. I imagine with all the rainstorms the soldiers passed through, despite their best efforts there were going to be times that some soldiers ended up with soaked cartridges making them worthless- and hence tossed on the ground. I was always surprised at seeing stores/auctions/eBay where there were boxes literally filled with 100s of dropped bullets. Since so many of them are found at Civil War campsites and battlefields, I thought there might be some explanation I wasn't aware of. Thanks for your response, and damaged cartridges seems the most logical reason.

  • @JustPlainSteve5372
    @JustPlainSteve5372 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Buttons & Bullets - a Wonderful Hunt! Thank You for sharing the adventure with us! God Bless

  • @jerrydineen2827
    @jerrydineen2827 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excellent finds Walker. I would have been satisfied with the bullets but the NY buttons were very nice!

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Jerry, it was a great fall. I have ONE more vid from this fall, in this place.

  • @thurin84
    @thurin84 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    an excellent day indeed! you just wonder what those new york boys were thinking about so far from home. that little brass boot pistol is so cool!

  • @TheReal-HeeHaw
    @TheReal-HeeHaw 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Enjoyed 👍

  • @jackburgess9482
    @jackburgess9482 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome video as usual! I have the exact same eagle powder flask in my collection. I found it years ago in an old house we were demoing and the owner let me keep it. I used it for a while when I was into black powder shooting, but now it's in a display case.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Jack, that's really cool. In the mid 70s, I got into black powder shooting, and my dad allowed me to shoot his original Tower Enfield regularly. My sister has it now.

  • @333Hogwarts
    @333Hogwarts 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wonderful hunt, Walker. Interestingly, how time has now eaten most of the gold wash on those New Yorks. I dug many in the days gone by that had amazing gold on them. I dug two large eagle A buttons behind an artillery position in Cold Harbor a creek with very clear water running through it with almost 100 % gold wash on them. Contact me we will talk about where. My days are over for digging. I dont mind sharing with friends. God Bless

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hogwarts, I think it's mostly fertilizer that is eating these buttons up. If I find them in the sandy topsoil, they seem to look better. Like the drainage of the sand helped. Ironically, if I dig them deep on the clay hardpan, they look worse. I've dug them so pretty they look new, and a foot away they are toasted. I don't know how to contact you, but if you want, my email is walker@rcofc.org

  • @KolbeHoeper
    @KolbeHoeper 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    May Jesus, Mary and Joseph protect you and the Soldiers on both sides. Awhile back I told you about Irish die hard Catholic .Ancestor who supported the Union and Republican he didn't like Democracy. He supported the Republican party in 1854, 170 years later we still support the Republican Party to this very day. Because back when he was Ireland he wanted a Republic. That's why I'm here in the good old U.S.A!

  • @Swamp-Fox
    @Swamp-Fox 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That powder flask & boot pistol are beauties! I sure wish I lived closer to you & your barn. I would love to attend your Bible study!

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Swamp - we'd love to have you man! My Dad found the boot pistol way back in the day in a sandy Cold Harbor trench.

  • @johnsmalldridge6356
    @johnsmalldridge6356 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love the shot of your Bible study group. Nice finds too.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks John, they're a great bunch of guys. What I love is that it's multi-generational. The 30-somethings are learning stuff from the 70-somethings, and vice-versa!

    • @johnsmalldridge6356
      @johnsmalldridge6356 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ just as God intended.

  • @duckscustomgarage9239
    @duckscustomgarage9239 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I really like all of your videos my friend . I found what i think is a Civil war camp here in Logan Co. WV. I think it is where the Logan Wild Cats camped It is on my Grandpas Property but I cant hunt there anymore. My grandpa and grandma are both dead and my Cousin Owens it now and she will not let me hunt on it . I ran across it while digging water lines and putting power in a house trailer I dug up 11 bullets all dropped unfired and a lot of old broke black glass beef and pig bones in what I think was a trash pit . There was a broke Ginger beer bottle also. It is in the town of Chapmanville that is in Logan co. WV .

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Good GRIEF Duck, you're breaking my HEART!!! (And thanks for the kind words too, my friend.)

    • @duckscustomgarage9239
      @duckscustomgarage9239 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@thebattlefieldwalker2841 Brother it breaks my heart to that i can't metal detect there Because i found the things i told you about just by digging so just imagine what i would find with a detector.

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@duckscustomgarage9239 Holy MOLY.

  • @jeffnelson9420
    @jeffnelson9420 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good hunt, thanks for sharing and have a Blessed Day.

  • @DennisEHayes
    @DennisEHayes 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice finds and a great class in civil war history.😀

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don't know about the class Dennis, but I sure enjoyed the hunt!

  • @bobgorbenko3741
    @bobgorbenko3741 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That was time well spent I'd say. Great saves!!!

  • @jakemurdock89
    @jakemurdock89 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That’s a good hunt! Olivia’s jaw dropped when she heard her name 😂

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Did she see her pic? And a shoutout to her express-digging dad?

  • @dewey_digginnc4946
    @dewey_digginnc4946 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good saves walker. Maybe ill get lucky and find something somewhere..

    • @thebattlefieldwalker2841
      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Forgive me if I don't shed a tear for a guy who's got NC permissions!

    • @dewey_digginnc4946
      @dewey_digginnc4946 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @thebattlefieldwalker2841 lol I get jealous when I see you hunt battle sites or very very close to them. My mind would run like wild fire thinking about soldiers.

  • @RobbSanderson
    @RobbSanderson 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I agree with you 100 percent. Nice neat holes! I treat all property’s I dig like my own. I want give metal detecting a good name.

  • @Majormusket
    @Majormusket 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That Richmond bullet is on my bucket list! Awesome!