After 7 years of digging I finnally got my first Plate!!!

[john999000]

I had recently moved to North Carolina and was back visiting family and friends in Virginia. I got up with a buddy of mine and we headed to King George county for a day of digging. After about 8 hours of digging we had a few keepers including a pewter pocket knife and an old pocket watch. We really hadnt found any civil war relics except a couple of musket balls. My buddy says to me "hey you about ready to go" I said I was and headed toward him with my machine. I got a signal on the way toward him and decided to dig one more hole figuring it was another can or bottle top. I got down about 3 inches and saw the edge of an oval piece of metal. I pulled it out of the hole and there it was a US belt plate from the civil war. I jumped up yelling and running toward my buddy. The excitement was incredible. All these years of digging and I finnally got my first plate. I thought I would never find one! It was a day I will never forget.

 

[PBK]

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[Pepper2004]

WOW!! WOW!! WOW!! I am so happy for you! Awesome find!

 

[whitesPA]

real nice find. never know what you are going to find next.

 

[Pulltab Parson]

You may as well quit hunting now you have reached the pinnicle of relic hunting!!

that is an ausome find, perhaps one of these days I will too find something as sweet as that!!

Great Job!!

HH

PTP

 

[Pentico]

Very, very awesome plate!
CONGRADS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chris & LeeAnn

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Congrats, I am glad you posted this for us to see. Not only keeping us encouraged and knowing we're only one swing away from a discovery but that we don't find the "find" every day. Just keep swinging and it will come. Thanks for sharing your plate with us, she is a beaut

 

[trhunter1]

Nice, that was a great find! Keep up the great post.

 

[weasel606]

excellent find ! glad you dug one more time , i'd love to find one of those myself congrats

 

[coolbeans]

awesome find!

 

[topdog]

Fantastic find, it doesn't get any better than this. Thanks for sharing.

 

[alexndad]

No other words except: Beautiful, Historical and Exceptional. I hope to find one in my lifetime. Way to Go!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[alexndad]

One Word - INCREDIBLE....i hope to find one in my lifetime.....

 

[River Rat]

W W!!! Congrats!!!

RR

 

[PLUMB50]

ONCE YOU FIND THE FIRST ONE ,OTHERS WILL COME! WAY TO GO! ITS THE GREATIST FELLING IN THE WORLD!( OR CLOSE SECOND) CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Mental Granny]

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is awsome your living in a spot that you might be able to find lots of cool stuff like that, thank-you for the pic, post more of all your finds, it gives us all hope!!