Engraved Pre-Civil War Militia Cross Belt Plate, Large Cent, Buttons & Relics!

[mangum]

I had a great weekend & saved some awesome history! I went out solo Friday to an 1840 plantation house & judging from the finds I’ve made there was something there in the late 1700s. My best find was a mid 19th century militia cross belt plate with the initials IF engraved on the face (I suspect the owners initials). I also found a holed Matron Head large cent and a good number of early buttons & relics. Saturday I got up with my buddies Lanny & RT. We searched a few places we have hunted before & managed to find a 1903 Indian Head & some other relicsI searched a couple of places Sunday afternoon but didn’t find much. One site had around 15 fox holes from World War 2 but I only found one bullet. It was still very interesting to see.

 

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[lairmo]

Awesome digs!!!!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats Josh. You got all sorts of good stuff.

That engraved plate is really nice.

Best of luck to you sir!

 

[dirtlooter]

those would make anyone very happy to find, very cool

 

[Kray Gelder]

Great finds! And the presentation! Nicely done. Lighting, contrast, focus, color, graphics...all perfect! IMO.

 

[BLK HOLE]

Awesome finds!

 

[Molewacker]

Great finds! And the presentation! Nicely done. Lighting, contrast, focus, color, graphics...all perfect! IMO.

I agree w/Kray - so nice to read what the item is - us left coasters don't see much of that

 

[SilverDreams]

Very cool finds!

 

[relic nut]

Nice finds! Congratulations!

 

[Phishfarmer]

Nice group of finds. Thanks for posting them.

 

[Relicific]

Excellent finds

 

[Tnmountains]

This is a most excellent post. Great finds and display with I.d. That buckle has some researchable history. Well done.

 

[sutphin]

NICE FINDS

 

[CRUSADER]

'I' s were J's, so I'm going with JK on this one.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Killer Relic Hunt!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Great hunt and great post. Fun to iD all of the relics and always nice to pull a LC. The engraved plate is special. Congrats!