My First Confederate Buckle!!!!!!!!!WOOOOHOOO!

[crashbro17x]

I'm going to start by telling the story from today:

I took off work today and my father and I decided last night that we had to try this new spot. So we drive up to check it out. It was a small yard, in a subdivision. I would say that the house was built in the early 50's....and it was suppose to be smack in the middle of a civil war camp. Well, we covered the yard pretty quickly due to its size. The only thing I found to any significance was a couple of pocket spills...with a little silver...YES!



After a couple of hours, daddy looked at me and said "lets go back to that camp where we have been finding all that good stuff for the past month"....Not one to argue with my father, I agreed. We pulled in and I made a B-line right toward the area where I had found the confederate C.S.A button last week. Half way there I got a good signal and decided to dig...mind you, I had literally walked about 50 yards from my truck....

So, I turned the plug of soil over and that's when I could see the back of the plate, in the hole, with the hooks facing up. I called to my dad and told him that I had found a belt plate, but didn't know what yet. He came walking over about the time that I had recovered the plate and flipped it over to see a beautiful C.S.A. on the front of it.....BOY DID I DO A HAPPY DANCE....AND YELL...AND DANCE...AND YELL...AND STOMP...AND OH MY GOODNESS..AND SO ON...!

Here is my first confederate buckle...
Front


Back


Here are a few more of my finds from today...



This camp has been truly amazing.....Here are the links to the other finds from the camp from the past month!

3-7-09.......http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,223151.msg1617868.html#msg1617868

3-10-09.....http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,223817.msg1623893.html#msg1623893

3-15-09.....http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,224949.msg1633434.html#msg1633434

3-16-09.....http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,225138.msg1635133.html#msg1635133

3-24-09.....http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,227057.msg1651657.html#msg1651657

4-2-09.......http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,229079.msg1670135.html#msg1670135

Thanks for looking!

 

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[corvette02001]

Nice find and take it from one of the original hunters since 1958, you will get that "great" feeling with every Southern plate or buckle you find. I have dug well over a 1000 Union plates and buckles and less than 40 confederate buckles in over 50 years and that was the good old days of the 60's in Fredericksburg before all the development. Keep digging and remember your hands are the first touch since it was dropped over a 140 years ago. T. Hicks

 

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[searcher221]

that is a great find. i would be doing the same thing. WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!

 

[rocknranae]

AWESOME FIND, GREAT JOB!..............ROCKY FROM KY

 

[GroundS.KeepeR]

Very Nice Finds.....

 

[extractor]

Excellent

 

[whitesPA]

super find . you got a real nice one wtg