Here are  some links to legitimate relic dealers.  If you are looking for honest sellers, quality items, and information, these are the folks to see:

www.americanrelichunters.com  Great info for diggers!

www.picketpost.com Bill and Tim are great guys that sell high-end relics!

www.hanoverbrass.com  Hanover Brass Foundry:  Best reproduction buckles in the world!

www.bullrunrelics.com  Bull Run Relics & Coins/Excellent relic shop in Strasburg, VA

www.bluegreyrelics.net  Blue - Grey Relics/One of the best websites you can find!

www.arsenalartifacts.com  Arsenal Artifacts/Great relic and frame shop/Sylva, NC

www.franklincwrelics.com  Franklin Civil War Relics/Hot new website!!!

www.ccrelics.com  Carolina Collectors Civil War Relics/Excellent website!

www.fortdonelsonrelics.com  Fort Donelson Relics/Great shop with great owners/Tennessee

www.thearmsroom.com  The Arms Room is owned by Confederate knife expert Lee Hadaway.

www.cwrelics.com Centreville Electronics is great for relics, and a must for diggers! Manassas

www.rodandbrush.com Website hosted by wildlife artist and Gettysburg Battlefield Guide Dave Weaver.

www.shotwellsantiques.com Website hosted by Olin Shotwell, an honest and very fair dealer.  Good site.

www.cwartifax.com Jim Stanley has some of the best US buckles around! 

www.virginiarelics.com  Plez Bagby has a great site!  Check it out!

www.midtenrelics.com  Larry Hicklen is one of the best in the business!

www.stonesrivertrading.com     Tom Hays sells superb relics!

www.bivouacbooks.com Great Civil War books, art, and music!

www.franklinrelics.com Excellent relics from excellent people!

www.corinthrelics.com Stan Hughes is legendary as a digger & fair dealer!

www.saylerscreekrelics.com   The best dug relics anywhere!

www.oldlinerelics.com  John Rierson has great buttons!

www.hauntedgettysburgtours.com  Enjoy the best Ghost walks in gettysburg!  Bob and Bonnie wasal do it right!

www.civilwaroutpost.com A fantastic website!

www.americandigger.com A great magazine for diggers and collectors.

www.jwmelton.com Jack Melton is one of the King's of artillery!

www.civilwardealers.com The Rolodex of relics!

www.nstcivilwar.com The North-South Trader is the original digger/collector magazine.

www.richmondarsenal.com Jerry Fertitta is one of the original dealers.  Outstanding!

www.greatwarrelics.com Mark Shuttleworth has a great site with great dug WWI and WWII relics!

www.rebelrelics.com  Brian Akins has some high-end Confederate swords.

www.shilohrelics.com From diggin' with Hank Jr. to the Antiques Roadshow, Rafael is the top of the line!

www.azswords.com  Dave LaSlavic has the best and the most swords ANYWHERE!

www.championhillrelics.com John Spicer has a great site and is a great guy!

www.campsiteartifacts.com Steve Burgess has a hot, new site!

www.civilwarfakes.com This is an incredible resource on fake Civil War buckles by Gary Williams and Bob Buttafuso.

www.cwdca.org  The Civil War Dealers and Collectors Association website.  Partners in keeping out fakes.

www.civilwarhorse.com  Rick Hartt is good people.

www.americancivilwarrelics.com Ian Workman is a great guy!

www.acwbullets.com  Another great Ian Workman site!

www.antiquearchaeology.com  As seen on the History Channel...American Pickers

www.adolphusconfederateuniforms.com  Fred Adolphus is an author and expert on Confederate cloth

www.wartimecollectables.com  Andrew Lipps has great research information as well as great items for sale

www.cwtrader.com  Ed Jones is the guru of Civil War paper and autographs!