1870s US Belt Buckle

[Gregg3131]

Hunted a 1700s house site..not a lot of targets but towards end of day had a great 92 signal on T2 and down only about 2 inches was this 1870s US belt plate in great condition.

 

[Inspector]

That is awesome condition, big congratulations on the save

 

[Kray Gelder]

That's a beauty! Congrats. Love that green patina.

 

[NZ49er]

Don't see many of those. Nice score!

 

[trdking]

Not as sweet as CW ut the next best. What a great find

 

[DigginNorthernVa]

Nice! Way to go!

 

[Digger RJ]

Awesome!!! Congrats!!!

 

[villagenut]

You are acquiring quite the collection of plates.... I would love to dig one, even a post war like this one is awesome!

 

[ToddsPoint]

Virginia is for lovers...and metal detectors. Overall, I'd have to say that Virginia is probably the number 1 state to detect for a wide variety of finds. Carry on! Gary

 

[Reanm8er]

Congrats Gregg, cool find! What Gary said!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on an outstanding plate. Any plate military related, is a good plate, and yours is in excellent shape.

 

[HIGHSTRUNG]

Very nice. Congrats!

 

[Subterranean]

Beautiful! Indian Wars era. Sub

 

[rjeffw]

Not many targets, but you by far got the best one. Nice. man.

 

[Plumbata]

Sweet find! So would that have been worn by a soldier sent to the area to "keep the peace" during the Reconstruction Era? Or do you think it was it lost by a former occupant of the property?

 

[Gregg3131]

Sweet find! So would that have been worn by a soldier sent to the area to "keep the peace" during the Reconstruction Era? Or do you think it was it lost by a former occupant of the property?

I believe former owner of the property

 

[etex]

1872 Hagner waist belt plate, first reconstruction era ended in Virginia in 1870. 2nd attempt at reconstruction still going on today.

 

[GaRebel1861]

I bet that put off a good signal. It’s a really nice find.

 

[Gregg3131]

Thanks all

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Outstanding!