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Found this button at a construction site in Downtown Nashville, TN. Has an EXTREMELY rare back mark HEBBERT & CO LONDON. This is my first Confederate button and also my first Navy button.

I just thought I would post this button for a you all to drool over. It is a pre-war flower button that is loaded with gold gilt. The back-mark is Benedict & Burnham which dates it from between 1834-1843. I dug this button on Jan 14, 2010 at the home site of Col. James D. Bennett 9th TN Cavalry CSA.

I haven't posted on this forum in a while, but I just HAD to post this. I met up with a friend from the Middle Tennessee Metal Detecting Club (Bill) this morning to do a little bit of hunting at a few construction sites in Nashville. When we arrived at our first stop we started to hunt , but it...

I just upgraded my detector to a White's Eagle Spectrum and was wondering if anyone out there could give me some tips for a DEEP relic program? This is my first programable detector, so any help would be greatly appreciated. I live very close to a "hunted out" battlefield in Hartsville, TN and...

I found this buckle in Nashville, TN on Friday Jan. 4th. I asked about it at the Middle TN Metal Detecting Club meeting that day, and I was told that it was Confederate. He said it was modified by having the second clasp added. I am looking for confirmation on that. Also if anyone can give me an...

I found this bullet near the Stones River Battlefield. I can't seem to find much about this one. I did find a picture of a very similar bullet, but they said it was an "unknown" type. It is similar to a burnside, but 3 rings instead of 2, and has a cone base. I don't have a caliper, so I can...

I live in Hartsville, TN and I am looking for someone to do some relic hunting with. I am getting tired of going alone. I have been doing lots of research and I have several locations narrowed down, but one detector doesn't cover enough ground. I do all kinds of hunting, from civil war to...

Found this today in Franklin TN. Not sure if it is even a war relic, but the property it came from is pretty much dead center of the battlefield. I also found a fired williams cleaner without the base(not sure which type) and 1 minnie ball. This was my first trip to this site and I only had...

The bullets I need help with are the 2 smaller ones. I am pretty sure the larger one is a Sharps. The smaller bullets have a single ring near the bottom. I think they are 44 or 45 cal. Found this week on the Hartsville, TN battlefield with owners permission.

I need a little help ID'ing this button. It has a picture of a train engine with one star above it, and two stars below. I cannot make out any back-mark. Found today on Hartsville, TN battlefield with owners permission. I'm not sure it is a war relic.

I'm new to the forum. I have only been detecting for about a year. I have found a few items that I haven't been able to identify. Any information on these pieces would be very helpful. All items were found in Nashville area.