Thank You for stopping at the Campsite ! We try to update every few days, so check all the categories that interest you most ! Remember, we're always looking to buy, always consider trade, & Ready to Sell Your Relics ! Email to: digginfool@campsiteartifacts.com is the best way to contact us, but you can also Text or Call 479 - 372 - 2785 anytime. If I'm at work and don't answer, I Will get back to you ASAP. HH Steve
UPDATED 7-9-25 Nice Dug Grapeshot for 12-Pounder in Artillery. 7-2-25 Solon Borland Bond in Arkansas War Bonds & Fine GI88 Federal Infantry in Non-Dug Federal Buttons. 6-26-25 Beautifully Toned Non Dug CS177 Isaac Campbell Script -I in Confederate Buttons Page 2. 6-18-25 Beautiful Dug CS177 Script -I in Confederate Buttons Page 2. 6-14-25 Another Relic Period Ration Can in Misc. Excavated. 6-9-25 Nice Period Ration Can in Misc. Excavated. 6-3-25 Fine .50 Caliber Gallager in Cartridges Paper & Boxes. 5-30-25 Three CDVs of Super Young Union Soldiers Likely Drummer Boys in Cdvs.
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| My Brightl Yellow Old "Bullet Buggy", parked near the Historic Site of "Oliver's Store", not too far from Fort Smith, Arkansas. My Digging Buddy Jack Ferguson and I located the site years ago, because we knew some of Confederate General Thomas C. Hindman's Troops had camped there. Though it had obviously been metal detected before, by scanning thru and around the trashiest area where the store itself had been, we located several bullets, a few eagle and flat buttons, one NICE Confederate Lined -I Infantry button, and a very nice 1834 Bust Dime. Good Hunting and just good to know where the actual site was. Click the Yellow Bullet Buggy to see a few more pictures of the area. |
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| Original Civil War Camp Photograph Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division |
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| " Glad to find I was still alright, I proceeded to buckle on my belt, but found the clasp broken, and the large brass plate in front, on which was emblazoned the Louisiana State emblem of the "Pelican", dented and marked with a ball. It was now evident that the ball had come in a slightly slanting direction, struck the brass plate, and glanced off, passing through my canteen, while the thud on my stomach had knocked the breath from me, and paralysed me for a time. I fastened my belt with a string and started to follow up the regiment." - Sergeant William Watson's Account of being shot at the August 10th, 1861, Battle of Oak Hills or Wilson's Creek, Missouri. - From the Book "Life in the Confederate Army" by Sergeant William Watson, 3rd Louisiana Infantry. |
| Really NEAT little ca. 1850’s Single Shot Boot Pistol, Dug on the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia |
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| Really NEAT little ca. 1850’s Single Shot Boot Pistol, Dug on the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia |
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| Here is a A Neat Little Single Shot Boot Pistol Recovered from the Wilderness Battlefield! It has an approximately 3 inch long barrel, with a total length of about 5.5 inches. It shows the typical pitting seen on excavated iron but surprisingly the hammer still moves back and forth. Approximately .44 caliber it is all there except the wood bag grip which is long gone. Link at left goes to Misc Excavated.
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| Beautiful Dug CS126 Confederate Cavalry Coat Button |
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| Beautiful Dug CS126 Confederate Cavalry Coat Button |
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| Here's A Beautiful Dug CS126 Confederate Stippled -C Cavalry Button ! It has a super smooth patina that shows the device perfectly and nicely legible "H T & B Manchester" maker's mark on the reverse. Shank is missing but this is still a Big Beautiful button at 25mm. Give it a look. The link at left goes to Confederate Buttons Page 2.
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| Nice Full Box of 12mm FABRIQUE Pin-fire Pistol Cartridges |
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| Nice Full Box of 12mm FABRIQUE Pin-fire Pistol Cartridges |
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Here is A Neat Full 25 Count Box of Fabrique 12mm Pinfire Cartridges ! Though the box has some tape repairs it still has good color and legible text. The cartridge cases show a nice deep copper color and the bullets are still a dark grayish patina. A Nice Full Box of 12mm Pinfires for a cartridge collection or display with a Pinfire Revolver. Link at left goes to Cartridges Paper & Boxes.
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ALL Civil War Artifacts at CampSite Artifacts are Guaranteed Authentic ! Any pre-war items, or post-war items, will be noted as such in the Item Descriptions, and Guaranteed to be of the period described. All excavated items were recovered on Private Property with the landowner's permission.
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| Click the Tin Cup Below to read a bit about Tin Cups and See Several Different Examples in Period Photographs ! |
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| Click Here to Read About, and See several different types of Tin Cups in Period Images. |
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| Click the Group of Bullets to read about, "Rounds Of The Razorbacks," courtesy of American Digger Magazine. |
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| Nice CS Lined -I- button dug in one of General Thomas C. Hindman's Camps. NOT FOR SALE. |
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