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Relic Hunting Book ?

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Canewrap

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Does anyone know the title of a good book about relic hunting by a relic hunter that goes into the research and thinking he did and the field work? I'm not talking about the Crouch book either, while its a good read, to me it was more about the copious amounts of finds in the "Good Ole Days". Its tough to find a mentor these days, what with how trusting everybody is, so I figure the next best thing might be a good book by somebody that's been hunting up until today and understands the hard work and hope springing eternal thing. Anway, HH.

Bill W.
 
Two of the best current reserch and "how to" books are "Finding CW camps in rural areas" and "Interpreting History from relics found in CW camps" by Dave Poche. We carry both plus a lot more in our Books and CDs page on our web site. They are very inexpensive and excellent material. Also, Richard Walker's book (available via his banner on this forum).
GH,
David@Dixie
 
Thanks Bill, you do a good job of showing real live relic hunting, but I'm also looking for tips on research and reading sites. Probably, just a little too much for short video segments.
 
I've been reading the CD book "Exploring Civil War Campsites", by Dave Poche and Wayne Rex and I can't say enough good things about this publication. To me it does a real good job of expanding on their earlier works on Finding Rural Civil War Campsites (not sure of that title). Good thing I ignored somebody elses statement about this work and bought it anyway. To me it neatly fits the bill on what I was looking for when I started this thread. From the excellent suggestions on research sources to the methodical means of searching a suspected site, to recording finds, this book is well written, thorough and should be a bible for today's relic hunters. I think the reason somebody panned this has to be a lazy mentality that saw this as too much work to locate a site. Hey, most of us are not going to get rich looking for relics, so if all you're interested in is making money, get a part-time job, it'll pay better. Kudos to Poche and Rex for sharing their obvious expertise and love of relic hunting. I will be reading this document over and over to get every last morsel of wisdom it can offer up.

Bill
 
Bill: Thank so much for the generous kudos for my CD. I am always very happy to hear that people like my books and CD. The CD actually is "a work of love for the hobby". It took about 5 years to put it together. Wayne and I had a lot of assistance from several relic hunters and artillery experts like Pete George who unabashedly shared his knowledge with us.

I read and respond at this forum alone and will be happy to help anyone with a question that I think I can answer.

Thanks Again.
Dave Poche (aka Nemo)
 
Bill, you aint joking. My hunting partner and I have the books and the CD. After reading the books and doing research we found a great site that had never been hunted. Last Feb. when we hit the site it would have been no different if Dave Poche had been there with us telling us where to look and how to look. It was just exactly as described in his book. I cant brag on this book enough or Nemo. I have talked to him several times on the phone and internet and he is as genuine as they come. This is from the first day. We wound up with over 300 bullets and probably better than 100 buttons. And aint through yet. Thanks Nemo...d2
 
I can appreciate your feelings about Dave's work. He and his associates are taking our education a couple of steps beyond where the last of the Pioneers left us. Those grand relic collectors, authors and explorers are gone now, but thankfully we have guys like Dave. For any of you novice relic hunters, I would told in the early 1980s there were no camps left to find. All the relics were gone. Well.....that's not exactly true. I'm over 14,000 bullets, and heading towards 100 belt plates/buckles and stuff is still coming out of the ground. I've been on somewhat of a hiatus the last year but I'm not sitting idle. RESEARCH! 95% of your finds will come from research. The rest are blind luck [d'rather be lucky than good :) ] or where someone told you to look. Dave's books are very inexpensive: under $14 for each: Finding Civil War Campsites in rural areas and Interpreting History from Relics found in Civil War camps. Their CD: Exploring CW Camps is $29.95 and well worth the education you will receive. It is interactive. Dave's books remain our #1 seller and I can't recommend them enough. Well done Dave!
David@Dixie
 
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