1825 Militia Officers Buckle

[metalev4]

Found this rare tongue on sunday at a civil war/colonial site in Hampton VA, about 9 inches down under countless roots. Luckily I did not destroy it with my Lesche. Thanks for looking.

 

[minton7]

Man that is what I have.... well I think so anyways..... You are correct that it is certainly very close... I guess when the weather breaks I will have to go back to the yard I found that half in and see if I can manage the other half. That half wasn't very deep as I recall and I hunted and hunted the fairly small yard with not much luck.... but I will go back and see what if anything else I can snag when the ground thaws some... any ideas as to a value if I can find the other half and it is in comparable condition

 

[Idig4beer]

Milton, just found these other photos on your buckle,Looks like yours is 1/2 of the set.Hope you find the other 1/2, cause on that page the belt buckle was selling for $2500.00 plus. No that is not a typo error!!!!

 

[N.J.THer]

Even Gene Simmons would be jealous of that tongue. Nice job.

NJ

 

[Montana Jim]

Beauty!

 

[BuckleBoy]

WOW! Now THAT'S a find!!!! Bravo!

Minton, I hope you find the other piece of that buckle--but even as it stands it still has value. I'm sure that somewhere there's a tongue part rolling around in need of the second piece.


Nice work, all!


-Buckleboy

 

[stefen]

Seeing that each of you have 1/2 of a buckle, why not combine forces and split the profits...

$1,250.00 is better that 1/2 of nothing.

 

[Burdie]

I can just imagine the excitement of that find when you uncovered it. WOW !!
Burdie

 

[MetalFury]

Beautiful find! I am a HUGE Civil War buff...I had an ancestor that was a Sgt. with the 16th Connecticut. They fought at Antietam only a few weeks after being mustered in...one hell of a baptism by fire! He was captured at Plymouth NC, sent to Andersonville, from there eventually sent to Charleston and died there. Very sad and I know it's kind of strange, but I feel a strong connection with him. I have visited Spotsylvania, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Andersonville, The Wilderness and Charleston and plan on going to Antietam and Harpers Ferry this spring. I have MANY books on the Civil War and would love to go detecting in an area to find some relics. Hell, I'd be thrilled to just find one bullet! I have never found any Civil War items but I did find what I think is a musket ball here in New Jersey. My wife and I have talked about possibly moving to the Winchester Virginia area, been through there and it looks VERY nice...

 

[PLUMB50]

WOW!!!! GREAT FIND. Need to find the wreath------It' there somewhere

 

[PLUMB50]

Hey----MetalFury '
Move to Va and find stuff like this!!!!!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

That is a real beauty. Congratulations!

 

[topdog]

Truely amazing find, thanks for sharing.

 

[Baldingboy]

OMG!!!

I drooling over those pics you all!!!!

BB

 

[birdman]

Fantastic dig!!

 

[zomb]

thats very cool! all of these

 

[dcooper1]

AWESOME FINDS!!!! ALL OF THEM.

The Civil War buckles are awesome but............The older, the better....kinda like wine.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

That is a beauty! The other half should be close by I would think. I also have a nice German buckle with a lion's head on it, sword hangar, just the half, I need to try and find the other half someday. HH, Mike

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm from the UK & even I think this is Banner worthy


BANNER

 

[Michiganne]

What a fantastic relic! I was thinking Banner, too. Keep digging!

 

[Whippetdog]

Great find! I live in Newport news. I am surprised we have never run into each other. We are lucky to have so much history where we live.

Gary