Gettysburg gives up a "US" Belt Buckle and a .58 Cal.

[Coil to Soil]

I have been hitting the field where I work really hard lately but only with two or three hour hunts at the most. As I have stated in another post, I am blessed to be able to hunt where I work as it is near the first days battle of Gettyburg. Until this past Saturday morning, the majority of my finds are a boatload of extremely rusted metal items of no value, screws, nails, railroad spikes, a complete intact horseshoe (not sure if from the civil war or not) and about $10.00 +/- in clad. I have also found four miniball rounds.
But this past Saturday morning I was on a mission. I told my wife I was gonna hunt from sunup to sundown, it was going to be a good all day hunt I told myself and I couldn't wait to get at it. I got there at 0630 and started right away. By 1100 I had seen three deer, found about a $1.00 in clad and more typical rusted pieces of who knows what. At 1115 I found a sweet perfect dropped condition .58 cal. (I think) three-ringer at about four inches. Now I'm stoked. My very next find was a "US" Belt Buckle and it still had a small piece of leather attached to it. The plate was laying almost perfectly on its back with the leather piece hidden under it as I didn't see it until I picked it up out of the hole and turned it over. The two small hooks were missing (where the leather was) but you could still see their marks left on the small piece of leather. I couldn't believe what I had just found, I was completely blown away. To me, that was a find of a lifetime. What a hobby this is. HH to all, and thanks in advance for looking.

[KyFreeBird]

Great finds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cntrydncr1]

that is awesome!!! I really want to dig some CW stuff someday.

[Bradley137]

Great Find you'll always remember!

[21stTNCav]

Bless ya son, bless ya. Nice and then some. One of theses days I am a gonna find one of those! Great find.

[Coil to Soil]

Thanks everyone. When I look at it, I still can't believe I found it. This to me is a find of a lifetime. What a blessing.

[RiverRat3]

Great find, I hope some day I am fortunate enough to pull one of those out of the ground.

[civilman1]

She's a beauty C2S I'm still waiting for them to cut some corn around the Fairfield area.I want something from Gettysburg to add to the collection.Great save's!!

[birdman]

Buckles rock!!

[LowGradeCopper]

coool!!!

you might check out my post on the best finds military thread regarding a shell found near where you search

[Woodland Detectors]

Nice Yankee buckle!

[RushinPA]

Wondered the moment I saw that. Nice find, been in the same mode, two weeks ago biked for two miles up a railroad grade, then hiked a mile up to the top of an abandoned mine village. Not much found but gave it all that day. Did not crawl out of the woods till after dark.

[goldnugget]

Congradulation on your find, since you found it ,it now time to mail it to North Carolina, I'll provide you an address, so a Tar Hell can find a Relic.goldnugget-Charlotte.N.C.

[Ray_Reed]

Looks like it was struck by a musket ball...one cool find!

[Mississippi]

Nice finds congratulation

[dasdigger]

yep i agree find of a lifetime im still waiting on mine......oh by the way you need any help with that spot lol

[relics4plus]

Very Nice, I remeber my first plate from G'Burg, held it in my hand the whole way home!
Congrats on a nice dig

[bootyhoundpa]

nice one..persistance pays off... you might want to go over that area a few more times...

[jjg70]

Nice buckle. That must be great to find a piece of history that old

[Hoze513]

Those are some great finds. I love anything that has to do with civil war.