🥇 BANNER "Sheet Iron" CS Plate found this weekend!

Worm-Slicer

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Boy what a weekend! This place I located is a virgin Confederate cavalry camp I found and have been detecting for a year now. I've found some really nice things there, but this takes the cake. It was super hot and I was digging all iron readings, cause I love iron artifacts. I had dug into a hole and pulled out a piece of a rusted knife, then took my pinpointer and located a second piece. For a third time I took my pinpointer and said to myself, "Hmm...this must be the last piece of that knife." Then, with my shovel, this oval popped out and when I turned it over "CS" was staring back at me. This is a "sheet iron" Confederate States belt plate and has a rarity of 8 out of a 10, a 10 being the rarest Confederate plates. I was so excited all I could do(after calling my bro first) was finish checking the hole it was in. Well half a Richmond spur, a complete bone-handled fork and a pewter spoon bowl was beneath this plate. Can't want to get back and dig that out better now. Thanks for looking! Here's a link with more information that I had posted, but is buried in the posts : Artifacts For Sale
 

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Iron Patch

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I'm not sure if you're lucky, or you're good, but would guess you don't really care! :)
 

Sooper Dave

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Incredible CS plate! Way to go!
 

Diggin Dude

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What a piece of American history. Great discovery and thanks for sharing. Congrats and HH
 

ARC

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Holy smokes a friggin metal one...

Sheesh that's GOT to be SUPER rare.

BANNER... and a half. heh
 

DigIron2

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That plate is something else there. Congratulation's on such a rare find. What a rush that must have been seeing that CS too,I hope to experience it one day..WTG..HH
 

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wow what a beautiful plate, find of a lifetime.
 

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Find of a lifetime congrats!
 

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