A first!!! US box plates, seated and more!!!

j.d. in the usa

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Today was a great day I met some friends fron T-NET for a hunt steve "gribnitz" and brian "bcs123" came up here...
I got 2 box plates 1 a def. US box plate the other too beat up to tell.... we found lots of relics and bullets.. I got 2 small caliber bullets I have never found before and we found 2 toe taps.
Squeezed out an 1839-O seated dime too... and other misc finds!!
 

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civilman1

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JD..JD..JD....and who would've second guessed ya!!!....Excellent find's....I'm just too jealous to express myself ;)...Great job J.D.....
 

Gribnitz

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Mighty AP said:
what is a box plate? Ive never heard of one before. ???

A box plate was a US emblem attached to the front flap of a soldiers bullet pouch.
 

tsgman

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I knew you would find one! Congrats JD! Tsgman
 

clump63

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Nice digs JD. I'm glad someone explained the box plates cause I never would have guessed. Those are awesome. And another great seated coin, still waitin on my first one. Is that a skate key?
 

The Seeker

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Great job guys..........the forum members are starting to hook up , thats great !!! Nice Digs! :o
 

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yea we had a great time... thought i was gonna have to call JD an ambulance when we saw the s on the plate..lol cant wait till next time JD looking forward to some more cool digs..
 

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Cool Digs ! Love that plate and dime ! Happy to hear you guys had alot of fun!

Yeah, and I think JD is going to have to bring us along a lot more. I think we are his good luck charms ;D
 

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Nice finds JD...love the civil war relics...WTG!! Congrats on your first box plate!
 

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Now wait just one minute! You three are getting a head start! NO FAIR! :D

I am jealous. I wanna go too. :'(

OK....I'm over it. :D

Awesome finds! And it is great that you three got to hunt together! Congrats!!!!!!

Nana :)
 

Gribnitz

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Nana40 said:
Now wait just one minute! You three are getting a head start! NO FAIR! :D

Nope, different spot than the Oct hunt Nana. JD hit this spot lots of times in the past and just happened to hit the lucky spot this time. There was TONS of iron in here and LOTS of hill walking. Did I mention tons of iron? My old muscles hurt.
 

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