US Plate and a minnie ball.

[backbonz]

a very good day for me. Plate IS bent in the middle. Notice there is leather still in the plate hooks after 143 years.
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[trk5capt]

BackBonz, Excellant Finds, Congrats. trk5capt...

 

[weldermark]

awesome find bonz congrats.


HH Mark

 

[TimmyNY]

nice stuff there bonz

Tim

 

[kermit]

WOW Nice find



Kermit

 

[Whitewings]

Very nice, raining here in the rain forest.....went to see the grand kids.....LOL

 

[Burdie]

Fantastic find WTG. Can you better that find in 2006? ?HH Burdie

 

[Kent in AL]

Incredible find BackBonz! WTG!!!!

 

[birdman]

A great day is right !!!! Congrats.

 

[Night Stalker]

This find deserves HONORABLE MENTION! Very nice, regardless of the bend

 

[civilman1]

Love the CW buckle bonz..great find..only found one so far,but you never forget it.Congrat's and good luck,there's gotta be more where that came from.

 

[Snee]

Very nice!

 

[weldermark]

hey Bonz how deep was the buckle ??


HH Mark

 

[Mona Lisa]

Congratulations on the buckle, Bonz. Will you try to straighten it or keep it the way it is?

 

[Vrent]

nice keep it just like it is that is great congrats
HH Vrent

 

[backbonz]

funny you ask, it was basically under neath the roots of a rotten tree. I toppled it and it came out with one scoop of dirt.

hey Bonz how deep was the buckle ??


HH? ?Mark

 

[backbonz]

Congratulations on the buckle, Bonz.? Will you try to straighten it or keep it the way it is?

not sure yet. i think i may keep it the same why i found it.

 

[schlooppy]

Nice finds! Congrats

 

[tsgman]

Backbonz, Congratulations! Were you in a camp area? Were you CW hunting or yard hunting? give us some details. You should be very proud. I would clean the front of it but thats it. You could wipe the front with olive oil and that will help to clean also. Again, nice going! Here are 3 I dug in 4 weeks. Between Nov. and Dec. 05. Previously I had been hunting 10 years, so you never know! Tsgman

 

[HEADHUNTER]

Nice finds...Congrats...