🥇 BANNER 1800s waist belt plate wohooo!

lisfisher

Hero Member
Mar 5, 2008
573
1,026
CT
🥇 Banner finds
2
Detector(s) used
Minelab Safari
Minelab Excalibur 2
White's classic 3sl
Garrett Infinium
Garrett pro pointer AT
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting

Attachments

  • BELT PLATE 001.jpg
    BELT PLATE 001.jpg
    833 KB · Views: 974
  • BELT PLATE 002.jpg
    BELT PLATE 002.jpg
    1.2 MB · Views: 845
Last edited:
Upvote 53

Silver Tree Chaser

Bronze Member
Aug 12, 2012
1,371
2,992
🥇 Banner finds
8
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I'm going with a banner vote on this find. I'm surprised that posted belt plate finds don't receive more praise, especially those later-period belt plates for swords that are occasionally posted. The overall appearance of this earlier plate is great; the holes just add some charm and mystery to the find. I seldom see such an early belt plate posted here. Awesome Find! A find like that would keep me smiling for a long, long time. :cool:
 

Garrett424

Silver Member
Jun 20, 2014
3,164
2,284
Granite, Maryland
Detector(s) used
Teknetics Omega 8000
Teknetics Delta 4000,
Deteknix XPointer,
Fiskar's Big Grip Digger & my old Army Trench shovel for the tough jobs
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Freakin' beautiful.
 

lookindown

Gold Member
Mar 11, 2010
7,089
4,936
Florida
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
ACE 250,AT PRO, CZ21...RTG pro scoop...Stealth 720
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
It is a banner find...
In my opinion this is 100% legit...
But then again I am no expert on this...

But I do know a little about a lot. :P

I want to add my opinion to those "holes"...

IMO... looks like it was used at some point for a target for bird shot... twice...
Hit once from the front by 3 pellets...
And from reverse by the looks of other holes.

Prolly shot by someone who was not fond of this buckle for a reason.
Birdshot was the first thing I thought of too...holes look too random to be anything else.
 

Isaac

Hero Member
Oct 11, 2013
773
1,335
Fairfax, Virginia
🥇 Banner finds
3
Detector(s) used
Whites MXT All Pro, Garrett AT Pro
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
So glad this got on the banner! What a beautiful find!!!
 

Bass

Silver Member
Jan 20, 2013
3,076
1,810
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Wow! What a great find. Thanks for showing it
 

relic lover

Bronze Member
Jul 4, 2006
2,212
1,309
Western PA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Explorer SE With a plethora of coils
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Very nice it looks like the 1814 pattern to me. There are quite a few versions of the same plate. Is very rare find indeed mine does not have any hooks left on the back like yours does.
 

Last edited:

relic lover

Bronze Member
Jul 4, 2006
2,212
1,309
Western PA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Explorer SE With a plethora of coils
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Needless to say I would keep hunting that spot I would love to find a button to go with my plate I see people post the buttons all the time but I sure can't find any I hope you find more stuff like that congratulations
 

niffler

Hero Member
Mar 19, 2008
907
1,367
Coos Bay, Oregon
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Equinox 900, DFX, Tesoro Tiger Shark, Killer B Hornets, Stealth 720i scoop
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Listed in Buckles and Plates of the American Military 1795 - 1874 Sydney Kerksis page 166, sword belt plate of militia artillery officer, ca 1810, rarity of 8. I found one in NY in 1997, very slightly different. Nice find of a sweet plate, and congratulations on making the banner!
 

CoilyGirl

Gold Member
Nov 8, 2012
6,424
5,155
Nashville
🥇 Banner finds
2
Detector(s) used
Minelab x-Terra 505
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
So much detail on that honey,congrats on your banner find.
 

s.c.shooter

Bronze Member
Jul 28, 2008
1,063
730
SC
Detector(s) used
Minelab Sov- AT PRO - AT Max - Equinox 600
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Great find congratulations.
 

swamp yankee

Sr. Member
Jun 22, 2012
288
117
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Great details on the belt plate,congrats!Go back and give this area a GOOD SEARCH and show us the finds there have to be more great ones.....
 

Erik in NJ

Silver Member
Oct 4, 2010
4,037
3,043
The Garden State
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Minelab Explorer SE Pro & CTX-3030
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
There's nothing random about those holes at all - 7 of them are co-linear and essentially at perfect right angles.
 

OP
OP
lisfisher

lisfisher

Hero Member
Mar 5, 2008
573
1,026
CT
🥇 Banner finds
2
Detector(s) used
Minelab Safari
Minelab Excalibur 2
White's classic 3sl
Garrett Infinium
Garrett pro pointer AT
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I agree Erik, they seem too have been put there for a reason
 

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Top