Been a long time coming

[cwdigger]

So I called glen not know that the bullet in wood was modern and told I may have found another picket so over he came and within 15 min got a call from glen saying he had just found two burnsides with some of the shell still on them, we hung up the phone and thats when it happened. Got an overload signal at 81 VDI, cut the plug with the shovel then I heard a TING I had just hit what ever it was, when I rolled the top soil back there laid 2 puppy paws and a hook, I knew what it was, didnt even look to see if it was US or CS just grabbed it jumped up and ran to glen, when I got to him we looked it over and indeed I hit it on the back of the lead and put a nice crease bend in the plate if that had not happened it would have been perfect, my first whole "complete" buckle.

Called my buddy Dennis (that couldnt come out and hunt by the way) to tell him what I found, about 20 min later he shows up, I knew he couldnt stand it :lol!: Right where we all meet, and talked he started swinging and found 4 or 5 more burnsides, and about 8 or 9 dragoons.

Great day for everyone and cant wait to do it again.

 

[diggummup]

Very nice belt plate. That's a nice Christmas gift.

 

[cwdigger]

Very nice belt plate. That's a nice Christmas gift.

You got that right I thought I was 10 years old again, lol

 

[civilman1]

You Dawg....That's one helluva Christmas present there.Great Dig Bud.Send that puppy in and get it straightened out.Tell Glen I said hey....see you in the spring

 

[steelheadwill]

Congrats on that sweet piece of History!

 

[Deno]

Congratulations, even with a ding in it, it will look good in your collection.

Merry Christmas.

 

[dirt diggler]

Thats a great find congrats , looks very good and hope its the first of many .Keep it up!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice plate......... despite the minor blemish. Still a fid of a lifetime for most of us

 

[soupie]

Way to go CWdigger
Quite the feeling when you dig a CW buckle....
Cheers and HH
Soup

 

[70monte68]

Nice find! Buckles and buttons are sweet. Not that I wouldn't take silver,copper or gold but really starting to dig the relics. No punt in-tendid.
HH and Merry Christmas,
Monte

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Congrats on the plate Santa was good to you

 

[BuckleBoy]

Ouch. At least ya didn't chop your first gold coin in half. Be easy with Belt Plate #2. Good find.

Best Wishes,


Buckles

 

[Dman]

Nice plate. It is a shame you damaged it.
Dman

 

[diggervet]

great find! damaged or not, I'd take it!

 

[cwdigger]

Thanks for the replies guys, I just knew it was gonna be trash, we were in a set of woods that had the outer wing of the union army in them and we had found alot of minnie balls mostly from calvery, but a plate was the last thing I was expecting to see come out of the ground it made the T2 have an overload and there was a pepsi can about 2 feet from it so you know I just figured, I guess next time I will be a little more careful.

 

[treasurehound]

Awesome find. Makes you wonder how many "trash" signals have been passed over.

 

[olekyground]

Man, Thats one thing on my find list that I hope to find in the year 2011. GOOD ONE!

-HITT

 

[traverdog]

Great buckle. I'd love to find one.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Thanks for the replies guys, I just knew it was gonna be trash, we were in a set of woods that had the outer wing of the union army in them and we had found alot of minnie balls mostly from calvery, but a plate was the last thing I was expecting to see come out of the ground it made the T2 have an overload and there was a pepsi can about 2 feet from it so you know I just figured, I guess next time I will be a little more careful.

Congrats on the amazing plate find man!

Don't be so hard on yourself, it happens . . . as you mentioned, it could have been a popcan!

You found something that most of us can only dream of ever finding, you should be very proud of yourself!

Cheers,
Dave

 

[RiverRat3]

Great find, definitely on my wish list.