Carved on US buckle

[Dblue]

Went digging on Saturday to an old Confederate camp and dug this US buckle. It appears a soldier carved on it and made the U into a J......I first thought it was just deteriorated but the ground it came from is really good to relics and I can see marks on it where it has been carved with some kind of tool....? I also found this hat letter P....

 

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[pepperj]

Went digging on Saturday to an old Confederate camp and dug this US buckle. It appears a soldier carved on it and made the U into a J......I first thought it was just deteriorated but the ground it came from is really good to relics and I can see marks on it where it has been carved with some kind of tool....? I also found this hat letter P....

Congrats on the save.
The buckle is just looks like good old dog eared deterioration to these eyes.
Not getting the U into a J
Here is a similar buckle picture that shows the U fully

 

[Dblue]

Congrats on the save.
The buckle is just looks like good old dog eared deterioration to these eyes.
Not getting the U into a J
Here is a similar buckle picture that shows the U fully
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The buckle has been carved on as the marks can be seen on it but it is what it is…I’ve been relic hunting for over 40+ years and have lost count on how many US plates I have dug in that time, I definitely know what it is supposed to look like…lol

 

[ticndig]

how about the letters on the back , any info to share on them?

 

[Dblue]

how about the letters on the back , any info to share on them?

Those letters on the back are from the Mfg. of the plate...W.H. Smith - Brooklyn
I have found numerous plates with that back mark stamped on them; they made a lot of the plates for the Union Army.

 

[pepperj]

The buckle has been carved on as the marks can be seen on it but it is what it is…I’ve been relic hunting for over 40+ years and have lost count on how many US plates I have dug in that time, I definitely know what it is supposed to look like…lol

Congrats for recovering so many that you lost count.

I must be totally daft as I still don't see what you are seeing.
The part about being carved into a J.
Is there any way you can circle, enhance that for these eyes?
Thanks

 

[Fredneck]

Nice !! Maybe its a map to the CS gold.... in Brooklyn ? Sounds like a show