The photos above are proof that the methods for finding good Civil War Sites that I explained in this article actually work… I found all that you see in these pictures using them and… these pics represent only a small fraction of my relic and old coin finds. Certainly, not all my relic hunts were successful but the great majority of them did produce relics because I learned to put the odds in my favor by doing certain things others were not. I found them by diligent research, tips from other relic hunters and… “cold turkey” hunting where no known Civil War sites were thought to exist… but did. I found them on “virgin” sites never trod by another relic hunter and “worked-out” sites hunted hundreds of times by others before I got there. I found them on mountains, in cow pastures, on rolling hills, in the woods, the swamps, on islands, the coastal beaches and… in the water of creeks and rivers. I know it because I have hunted Civil War relics for over 45 years now and have found many thousands of relics on sites scattered all over the United States. How do I know this and what makes me presume to tell you… whom I do not even know and have not hunted with… that you are your own worst enemy when it comes to success or failure in good site location? If you are not coming up with good sites to hunt for relics then the biggest reason why is… YOU! Well, certainly all of the things above can be obstacles to good relic hunting site location… but… none of them are the biggest obstacle that is preventing your success! How about, “My metal detector is not good enough to find deep relics and I cannot afford a better one”? Or maybe… your busy schedule limits the time that you can devote to swinging your metal detector in search of new sites? where there were few or no Civil War battles fought?

Or… what about if where you are located in the U.S.

If you were to take a guess, what would you say is the biggest obstacle that is preventing you from finding great Civil War (or any of our other wars) properties to metal detect? He and his hunt buddy immediately began finding late 1700’s and early 1800’s brass and pewter buttons all over one corner of it… the site had never been hunted before. The author decided to “cold turkey” hunt this big soybean field near a prominent creek with known Civil War activity nearby.

Civil war navy buttons metal detecting