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    WTB: Alabama Buttons

    I primarily collect Alabama buttons and I have all of the Alabama locals except AB7D (Albert's book #). Tice's book lists an AB7D as AB208A1 but the one pictured in Tice's book is actually a well worn AB7B in my opinion. If you have an AB7D as shown in Albert's book I would be interested in...
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    Lockplate ID needed!

    I dug this lockplate in a CS Picket Post/skirmish site. Any idea as to what type of gun it went to would be greatly appreciated. Also, the second pic shows the lockplate I just dug compared to a dug enfield lockplate. The one I just dug is much smaller in size. Any ideas? Barney
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    Cavalry Pin? Identification

    I dug this unusual pin in a CS Picket Post/campsite that was also the scene of a skirmish between CS and US Cavalry. The brass pin features a horseshoe surrounding what appears to be an owl. The pin measures .586" wide X .712" high. Any input as to what this pin could be would be greatly...
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    Recent Finds!!!

    Since October 17 I have revisited a small CS picket post/skirmish site 4 times and the pics below are the results. I managed to hit the woods again yesterday for 2 hours before the rain set in and dug another Dragoon button, a flower button, a .37 caliber Maynard, a lead finial and several .36...
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    Maynard Cartridge? Identification.

    I have been hunting a site for years that has produced quite a number of fired and dropped .37 and .50 caliber Maynard Carbine bullets and cartridges. I have dug several Maynard cartridge bases that have an unusual protrusion with a small elongated hole in the protrusion. What was the purpose...
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