Beautiful Civil War Sword Belt Plate!!!

[mangum]

I had a great day yesterday & saved an amazing piece of history! There was a story that Civil War soldiers stopped by the homesite I was at to use the well. Well, I think I proved that they were there! There was a camp less than a mile from this place. This is a model 1851 Civil War union sword belt plate! This would’ve been used by officers or cavalry. It was definitely a thrill seeing that pop out! I also found a cool 1940s toy fire truck & an unknown item (maybe piece of a sword scabbard). We drove 3 hours & were only able to hunt 2 because of the rain but boy was it worth it!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Three awesome finds, congratulations!

 

[Hawks88]

Nice plate find. Congrats. I like the old fire truck too.

 

[Hillbilly Prince]

I need that lol That is fantastic!

 

[Truth]

I can’t even imagine what it must of been like to pull that buckle out of the ground and give it life again. I would be on top of the world and that fire truck is the cherry on top. Congratulations my friend well done.

 

[BLK HOLE]

Awesome save!!! Did you find it with the AT Pro? If so, how deep was the plate and what did it sound like? VDI?? I have always wondered what one might sound like. I would appreciate the info just in case

 

[mangum]

Awesome save!!! Did you find it with the AT Pro? If so, how deep was the plate and what did it sound like? VDI?? I have always wondered what one might sound like. I would appreciate the info just in case

I found it with the T2, rang up a 92 (silver range) Vienna sausage cans sound similar lol. AT Pro it’d be upper 80s or higher

 

[tennessee digger]

Mighty fine plate! Congrats.

 

[Whyme]

Wow that is a really nice plate! And that truck is way cool too! Congrats!

 

[bearbqd]

Awesome, awesome, awesome!!! My favorite thing to find. I about had a heart attack with the first one I found. I’m overdue, I gotta go find another one now. You pump me up!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Thats a beauty of a belt plate. What a great find. Like the toy truck also. Looks like it could be a Tootsie Toy. It should be marked underneath.

 

[Lil bit]

HEY! THATS WHAT I'M TALKIN BOUT
HITTER AGIN
Lil bit

 

[GB1]

nice belt plate

 

[mangum]

Thats a beauty of a belt plate. What a great find. Like the toy truck also. Looks like it could be a Tootsie Toy. It should be marked underneath.

It’s not a tootsie, it’s marked Manoil

 

[Calabash Digger]

Very nice! That is on my list too...

 

[mlutz]

Awesome plate!!! I have not found one yet, but I continue to try. I would fall over if I pulled that out of the ground. Congratulations!

 

[A2coins]

Great condition on that plate. I would love to see that truck restored that's cool too. good post

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Nice buckle!!! The flat thing might be the throat to an Enfield bayonet scabbard, but who knows

 

[Capone]

How did soldiers just lose those plates? They had to be pretty sturdy, I presume. Are most that are found from fallen soldiers I wonder?

 

[Joe-Dirt]

A lot of time they would shed entire uniforms due to “ crotch crickets” lice, and burn them