Splendid hunt! Saved military relics topped with being “capped” twice….wowza!

The forage cap button’s green patina is nice.

That one piece R button is smokin!

What year was the coin?

Nice to see you again. Keep hunting Steve.

Wow Steve! I just love early 1812 war through 1840s Mexican war buttons. That is my favorite era.

Very nice. I will be looking for areas near Fort Riley and Wamego areas

Burnt out? You got coals to repurpose. Thanks Steve

Very happy to see you back and your plans for to re-visit your 65 plus camps. I will be looking for the new videos. BTW, I have been detecting in south central and central Kansas for over 15 years, mainly pre 1900 home sites

Been waiting for your return Steve, glad to hear you got to retire and are back in the field! Always love your camps & the Dragoon buttons! HH

Welcome back, Steve! Great info! Looking forward to your future videos!!

Steve. Thanks for taking us along on the great adventure and then explaining in detail the history of the items. Looking forward to more adventures and to your archaeological videos. History needs to be saved and explained and you are doing an awesome job at it. Good luck in fulfilling your desires along these lines.

Another fine video Steve! I love watching you dig up the artifacts but more so hearing your explanation as to what the item is and what it was used for. I do have a question for you, Have you ever heard of a 'Dragoon Bullet'? I have a FaceBook person that has dug bullets in what he refers to as his 'Dragoon Bullet Lane' and they look most like .54 or .56 Cal Sharps, at least to me. I trust your input on this question. I also am looking forward to seeing you and hopefully your wife out digging for more relics in the near future! ;-)

Love the vid Steve! Nice to see you back up. I do alot of wat you said. I learned at least 2 new things bc of this video. I hate to try and correct you. But I think the holed button might be something else. Or something for you to consider. I think when an Indian killed a dragoon. This was there medal of honor. Its either a Dragoon gave it as gift or Indian had to take it by force. Both seem reasonable. Bc i doubt Indians would have been friendly the first time they bumped into dragoons. I write on the back of all my items in cases. Buttons that are earlier than 1950 elude me. Im at 0 in 5 yrs detecting. And i do find 1800s stuff. Would love to see how you preserve your horseshoes. I slap a layer of glue over them or clear coat spray. They crumble pretty fast if you leave out in open air. You are by far the most educated youtuber for relics and old history! Waiting for your next vid

I really enjoy your videos and love Kansas history; I was wondering why I had not seen any new ones in a while, thanks for posting a new one and looking forward to more.

Golf and relic hunting, we need to hang out! I have a spot here where there was thousands of Spanish American war soldiers camping for months just a mile from the golf course!

Good Morning Steve , Nick in California here . I forgot you had dug that tongue . I have the correct wreath for your tongue . You may still have my phone number or email . Give me shout . Take care Nick

Hey KC, just wondering how you are doing these days.

Hey KC, no more outings?

Hi Steve, Wondering what the piece at the end of your video is? Watch fob? Sorry i could n I t get the pic to attach. have one from western Nebraska. If see on line that it is a "broach" fashioned after a Civil war token? Yours is the first I've seen in the setting. Thanks for any thoughts!

Thanks for the fantastic presentation. I really enjoyed you showing your journal. I record all of my hunts but haven't added a map of the sites -- think i will try to incorporate that. Have you ever found any dragoon camps on the Missouri side of the state line?

Very good presentation and hope to see you out in the fields this year. Couple of questions: how far are these campsites away from a water source whether it be a stream or freshwater spring? Also, how long did it take you to learn the f75 as far as optimum settings? Thank you. Great channel.

Private land now unfortunately. Would be cool to step foot on that place and check it out in person. Cool finds. Sounds like when it was public in the 80's or so it was a party place especially for underage, and got trashed. There sure is a lot of history on that small area/"island".

What a great day! 2 stirrups and a Breastplate! Not to mention the rest, we're you able to find the watches owner in any records? I believe the name was "Tobias"?

Steve: the presentation was awesome - thank you for sharing. I have always been amazed by how much detail and documentation that you do with your camps and artifacts. I only wish that I would have done the same with my finds when I started hunting back in 1974. I really enjoy your videos with the early camps. Thanks for all your hard work in sharing your finds for the rest of us to enjoy and appreciate! Roy

thanks for sharing

Thank You Steve. Will check it out. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences and furthering the interest in our history and ancestors.

Hi Steve great video. Do you by chance know of any good sites in NJfor metal detecting? I’m new at the hobby and any information would be greatly appreciated.

Geofacts

I would love to hunt relics with you Steve…. heck I would just enjoy sitting down and chatting about Dragoon history with ya buddy lol.

Nice to see someone else that likes to recover horseshoes lol. 1830s-1850s Dragoon horseshoe I would absolutely love ❤️

Hi Steve, I’ve been watching your vids for awhile with great interest. We live about 1/2 mile south of the SF trail and about 3 miles from where the Cherokee trail joins. I am a beginner metal detector hobbyist. I would love to chat sometime. I don’t see an email Address for you, would you let me know how to contact you? Thanks for sharing you hard work and discoveries! Chad in central Kansas.

That is just too cool Steve. I’ve always wished to recover a Dragoon button or relic. This is one of those hunts that you relish forever ❤

Happy Birthday!

hey Steve, this is Jeff from down in Rolla.. it's been awhile since I've done any detecting or even watched any detecting videos, a few years back I had a pretty sour experience with the hobby and just haven't had the itch and doubt I ever will again.. but i sat and watched several hours of your videos today from the last 4-5 years, great finds

8 Reale! Bucket list! That was amazing!

Hey Steve, Re-watching all your videos again. Love that lead with the carved shield! Awesome! All the buttons are great as well. Are you hitting these sites with the Deus as well?

i still love watching all your vids!!

Congratulations on all your endeavors and artifacts found.

Steve: thanks for letting us know that we can access your presentation - I always look forward to your videos. Please continue to share your hunts! Thanks Roy

Bravo my friend,,, Bravo!!

Steve. Thank you for sharing these real solid objects from our past and your immense knowledge making history real for those that will carry the country forward. You are an outstanding person and doing a great service to our country and people bringing the history alive. Keep up your great work.

Awesome Steve!

Dang I wish I knew about you doing that. I've always wanted to meet you and chat with you .

I've found jacksonians, great coats, and regular CW, but never a dragoon button. That place would be good for identification of the mass amounts of things I can't identify and don't want to throw away.

Enjoying your videos!! Thanks for sharing your adventures!! Tc and Happy Hunting

WOW !!! that's all that I can say, WOW!! Fantastic finds. Such great history to uncover. way to go ...

Just hitting some of the past videos I missed of yours. Fabulous finds. Hope to see a new video soon! Take care.

Loved the 3rd infantry button...what a cool historical find! Very interesting....heck, even the cows seemed interested....I love how cows are so curious.

Hi. I don’t suppose you have any photographs of these items? I got a passion glimpse of them I’m pretty sure I know what three of them are the other one I’m not 100% sure. I have found packed and ground and polished tools that are similar. It depends on which kind of stone The objects you have are made of. Different kinds of stone are shaped different ways. One thing to bear in mind is that ancient people believed in versatility as well as utility. It’s good to have a tool that is specialized but it’s better to have a tool that you can do several things with. Two of the tools that you have there are indeed tools from what I can tell in the video and I would say they could have been used for a couple of different things. The first long one looks like it could have been used for two different things. The first thing is grinding. The second function would have been abrading basically like a sanding block. These could have been used on other softer types of stone or on wood. Don’t let anyone tell you different. The one with the dimples in it would have most likely been what some of the other folks here have said it would have been to hold something in place. It could have been a “nothing “stone or it could have been an anvil for holding round river pebbles in place while another cobble was used to split them from above. It’s called bipolar percussion technique. The last one looked like a combination Hammerstone and Grinding stone. They would often take one end of a cobble and use it to break or crush something down into smaller pieces and then they would use the flat side to crush them into granular particles and grind them into dust. Depending on what residue is still on the stones it could’ve been used for grinding grain or grinding minerals. Hope this helps!