2 Civil War U.S. Belt Plates

OutBack Duo · Jun 27, 2010

I was up North of St Joseph, MO today knocking on doors and was 2 for 2. The 2nd house I was told was built in the 1850's and that a CW Captain lived there after the war. I was hoping to find an old coin or two but that wasn't to be. I guess I will just have to settle for finding these.

River Rat · Jun 28, 2010

WTG, Don!!! Outstanding :icon_thumright:

RR

FunWithTreasure · Jun 28, 2010

My dream find... Congrat's I know Ill never find one here in NY

savant365 · Jun 28, 2010

Congrats

I live in Maryville and this gives me hope of finding some CW relics. I know they were around here but most of the CW activity took place well south of here.

HH Charlie

Trond · Jun 28, 2010

I like these buckles you guys are digging in the US. Congrats with the finds! :thumbsup:

OutBack Duo · Jun 28, 2010

savant365 said:
Congrats I live in Maryville and this gives me hope of finding some CW relics. I know they were around here but most of the CW activity took place well south of here.

HH Charlie

There is always hope. I never expected to find these at a house this far north. I was there looking for coins.

Wldbil · Jun 28, 2010

Are you kidding me

Two in one day, now that is a great day of hunting :headbang:

{Sentinel} · Jun 28, 2010

nice plates! Those guerilla boys had those loyalists and yankee boys runnin around all over that state.... :icon_thumleft:

ProPointer · Jun 28, 2010

I'm no relic buff, but I know some awesome plates when I see them, great digs!

Sgtrock · Jun 28, 2010

Well done...a GREAT day for you...did you do two happy dances or just one big one.

Congrats to you.

What a well manicured property they have.

Best of luck to you.

Be well.

Trezurehunter · Jun 28, 2010

Great finds.

vayank54 · Jun 28, 2010

I would leave them like that are, but that will really be up to you what what you like

OutBack Duo · Jun 29, 2010

Thanks for all the Great comments! I am going back to this property on Monday with a friend to see what else we can find. There was an area in front of the house that gave a strong signal but was a large deep target that I didn't dig, I am thinking I am going to investigate that some more based on what I have found here so far. This was the only house in the area during the Civil War and some people think that troops may have camped here knowing they had water available to them. The owner told me the property used to be a vinyard but I don't know if that was during the war or after.

I will let you know how I do.

Don

OutBack Duo · Sep 6, 2010

I have posted the complete story of finding the 2 US Civil War Belt Plates on my personal web site. If you are interested you can check it out at http://mymdforum.com

Thanks for all the great comments, I recently went back to the small town where I found these and was informed by another resident that 2 other belt plates were found by a farmer in his cow pasture while out walking. With any luck I will be back to his place in the next couple weeks to try my luck with a detector.