grab your sword & buckle up before reading this find!!!

port ewen ace

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back to the farm complex. all fields have had a 3 foot turn, but this was along the dirt perimeter road. hard 88 at 8 inches. FMERG stood by with the Minelab in awe as it escaped the thick clay. another large copper, may be NJ Nova Cesarea AGAIN :icon_thumleft::icon_thumright: front of a gilt cufflink, another 1940 bird band, plus a '07 "V" that is roached. once again____feels good to beat Frank & the SE-PRO like cake batter :laughing7::laughing7::laughing7:. before I could shoot the "as found photos" he had the plate ID'ed as 1851 Federal issue. in 4 years of swingin' this has to be my best ever find 8-)8-) IMG_2927.JPG IMG_2928.JPG IMG_2929.JPG IMG_2930.JPG IMG_2931.JPG IMG_2932.JPG IMG_2933.JPG IMG_2934.JPG more photos Thursday after some careful cleaning.
 

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TRanegar36

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I'm not much into relics, but the plates and buckles are a thing of beauty!

Congrats :icon_thumleft:
 

CoilyGirl

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What a beauty! I'm voting banner on this one. I don't know much about these sword buckles other than some had silver or nickel wreaths that wasted away in the soil and I only know this from my husband finding one years ago and going to Civil War shows. Some are Indian War period and some are Civil War period. I found a thread on another treasure hunting site that described them a little better and there are several threads here with all the minutiae,details,and nitty gritty on this particular style. I know you had to be thrilled when you dug that.

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Terry Soloman

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Chug And Red

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Why is that No on Banner Yet Oops I now Votes Ours s In Now
 

Carolina Tom

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Very well done sir. Congrats on a really nice find!
 

Darby

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Super nice finds!!! Any type plate is high on my wish list. Huge congrats!
 

Silver Searcher

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Nice buckle and finds :thumbsup: but they look very badly cleaned:sadsmiley:

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CoilyGirl

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Sometimes those brass buckles come out looking exactly like that though. Looks great to me. You can still see where the wreath was which is super cool. I've found that a light coating of olive oil can help bring out the finer details.
 

Sooper Dave

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Congrats on an awesome Sword Plate!
 

beez0404

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Wow Rich! What a fantastic find. I'll bet Frank cried all the way home after seeing you find that beautiful sword plate. You've got my banner vote!
 

CoilToTheSoil

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Great find! An 1851 was my first relic find!
 

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