Incredible Metal Detecting Civil War Relic Found.

[Waterloo50]

Some people have amazing luck when metal detecting for civil war relics. Only four of these extremely rare relics are known to have been discovered. one was found on the desk of Jefferson Davis.

 

[John Winn]

Wouldn't you love to take this guy to lunch or spend an afternoon with him ?

 

[Waterloo50]

Wouldn't you love to take this guy to lunch or spend an afternoon with him ?

Absolutely I would, although I’d be equally happy to just sit in his collection room and ask him a ton of questions about his artefacts. I was pleased to see that he didn’t know the value of his find, it’s not for sale. He’s obviously just a very passionate collector with a wealth of experience.

 

[19thOhio]

Interesting. There is a historical marker in the Alliance cemetery about the Sultana. Several Andersonville prisoners form the community were on it. A local regiment, the 115th Ohio, lost 83 men in that explosion.

 

[Waterloo50]

Interesting. There is a historical marker in the Alliance cemetery about the Sultana. Several Andersonville prisoners form the community were on it. A local regiment, the 115th Ohio, lost 83 men in that explosion.

The theory was that the Sultana had ‘over strained boilers’ something to do with the boilers being recently patched but a coal torpedo does seem like a plausible explanation, especially given that one of the spies said he put it on there.

 

[redbob]

Wouldn't you love to take this guy to lunch or spend an afternoon with him ?

I can tell you from experience that it was a memorable afternoon and just when you thought that you had seen it all, Steve would break out something else amazing.

 

[A. Roy]

What a great story! Never knew about these coal-bombs. I have heard that some think the Sultana disaster was caused by sabotage.

Roy B.

 

[Dave DuBrucq]

Very interesting piece. I had heard of these, but to see the real McCoy is quite a treat. This gentleman has obviously done his research and is very knowledgeable. Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

[ucvrelics]

Wouldn't you love to take this guy to lunch or spend an afternoon with him ?

I know Steve very well and he only lives about 20 minutes from the house. I have been to his man cave many times and he is a legend and also infamous (just ask anyone at the Alabama Hysterical Commission). He has recovered many items from the Alabama river at Selma which is where this artifact came from. His arty shell collection is massive. Over the years he has taught me a lot about CS artillery shells and the arsenal at Selma.

 

[John Winn]

I know Steve very well and he only lives about 20 minutes from the house. I have been to his man cave many times and he is a legend and also infamous (just ask anyone at the Alabama Hysterical Commission). He has recovered many items from the Alabama river at Selma which is where this artifact came from. His arty shell collection is massive. Over the years he has taught me a lot about CS artillery shells and the arsenal at Selma.

You are a lucky man.

 

[Tony Z]

With regards to the Sultana, are there any articles print, that I can be pointed to?

thanks!

 

[archieclement]

Sure seems alot of relic hunters use the phrase "used to be"

 

[ucvrelics]

Sure seems alot of relic hunters use the phrase "used to be"

I'm not far from using it.

 

[archieclement]

Just had previously thought metal detecting was like golf and good for retirees

 

[ucvrelics]

Just had previously thought metal detecting was like golf and good for retirees

I use to play golf as well. That's EZ you hit the ball get in the cart, ride to the ball hit again and repeat. Relic Hunting requires a LOT of walking and I mean a LOT.

 

[JOHN42768]

Very interesting gentleman. Had not heard that someone claimed to have planted one of these on the Sultana

 

[Stars in Their Courses]

Very interesting. Thanks for the share!

 

[Crossroads]

Interesting. There is a historical marker in the Alliance cemetery about the Sultana. Several Andersonville prisoners form the community were on it. A local regiment, the 115th Ohio, lost 83 men in that explosion.

There is a list of about 65 men of the 115th Ohio Inf. found on Fold3.At first glance, it's not clear if they are survivors or not.
On Fold3 look for the major topic "Sultana Disaster, April, 1865".
Among the many folders is one titled "List of Ohio Soldiers."
Frames 5, 6 and 7 have an approx 65 men of the 115th.

As I posted a few days ago, Fold3's information feature unbelievably identifies many of the soldiers on the Sultana as being in the Confederate Navy.

All of the 115th Ohio's men in the above folder, as well as a great many of the other Ohio soldiers
(maybe all of them) in it, are identified as being in the Confederate Navy.

 

[RoadDog]

Now, that's some interesting history.

 

[Iowa Miss]

The book Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865, by Gene Salecker is a good read.
Here's a link with a book review-- https://books.google.com/books/about/Disaster_on_the_Mississippi.html?id=XOR2AAAAMAAJ
From time to time copies are available on Ebay or Amazon.

I see that Salecker is giving a talk on 21 Feb on the Sultana for the Salt Creek Round Table, Downers Grove, IL area, on Facebook.

Here's that link: https://www.facebook.com/events/sal...na-disaster-by-gene-salecker/476277756575999/

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