Beautiful Eagle today

[nsdq]

Playing in the dirt today with my son making a pretend cabage garden for his invisible animals we both seen this odd shade of green pop out. Well i sat it to the side for a bit then brushed the dirt off well dang what do ya know a Cap plate missing the wings with a touch of silver on it still , bit a looking comes out to be a around 1836ish Inf cap plate i think , still a really cool find even if not complete , not sure how many are found , but enjoy and happy hunting / pretend gardening with the kids

 

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[villagenut]

Maybe some more gardening is just what your yard needs. Funny how we travel miles to dig something cool like this and all along, there are relics close to home.

 

[A2coins]

I wish I had stuff that old in my yard Nice find

 

[digger460]

Congrat's on the eagle! Never know what's going to pop out of the ground

 

[Texas Ed]

Congrats on your inf. cap plate find while out pretend gardening with your son and thanks for sharing and wish you many more great finds.

Texas ED

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the find and for the time spent with your son

 

[Tommy G]

Some of the best finds are totally unexpected. Congrats!