Civil War buckle...my first!!!

[Mainedigger]

Found this the other morning and thanks to all the great members here confirming my id of it. A Union US civil war era "baby buckle"
Never expected to find one here and was overjoyed when I saw what it was....

 

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[wildrider]

Cool find. That's two nice things from Maine I've seen in the last couple of days.

Burt

 

[d2]

Man that is great. One of these days I will find one I hope...d2

 

[SaginawIan]

WOW! You must be so proud of that thing. I just found a civil war button in Michigan and couldn't beleive it. I know how you feel. Awesome! It's my goal to find one of those.

Nice job! How did it ring out on the detector?

Ian

 

[Mainedigger]

WOW! You must be so proud of that thing. I just found a civil war button in Michigan and couldn't beleive it. I know how you feel. Awesome! It's my goal to find one of those.

Nice job! How did it ring out on the detector?

Ian

Ian...it registered on the meter as a bouncy pull tab signal...I almost passed it by and didn't dig it, but I try to dig ALL signals regardless of what my meter says, just for this reason.

Burt...as far as it being the second nice thing from Maine you;ve seen, I am assuming you are talking about Bootstrap Vinn's dollar Calif gold piece...and as thrilled as I was finding this buckle, I gotta say I like Bootstraps find better.... The seated half he found wasn't too shabby either.

 

[CarolinaDigs]

Wow I would be tickled to death I love it ! Great post and find

 

[Boobydoo]

Serious treaure Mainedigger, congrats on the beatiful buckle. I guess you just never know what will come from the ground next. Isn't this a great hobby!!! Thanks for sharing this inspirational find buddy!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[Montana Jim]

Congrates on making the banner!!

 

[civilman1]

Sweet find Maine....I'm still looking for my first....Congrat's and HH!!

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

That is awesome! Top of the page for you! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice condition

 

[bootstrap vinn]

Maine digger,Man, Maines coming to life this year huh? Two in the banner?That's awesome!That Buckle is sooooo cool!! I've never seen one with a single center rear hook.What type of site? An old foundation? Well,chalk up another for the maine boys!Congrats to you and continued success! Bootstrap
PS. Your buckles probably worth as much as my gold piece.

 

[Mainedigger]

Maine digger,Man, Maines coming to life this year huh? Two in the banner?That's awesome!That Buckle is sooooo cool!! I've never seen one with a single center rear hook.What type of site? An old foundation? Well,chalk up another for the maine boys!Congrats to you and continued success! Bootstrap
PS. Your buckles probably worth as much as my gold piece.

Bootstrap...it was a private yard of an early 1800's house, in fact my family rented it and stayed there a few weeks every summer for a few years when I was a kid. It was down about 8 inches. I am thankful they put it on the banner...THANKS guys!!! And am thrilled as well to see Maine represented twice in the same banner, both finds not being something you would really expect us to find here, at least mine caught me by surprise as I am sure yours did.

 

[MEinWV]

From a former Maine digger, congratulations Mainedigger!

Hey, let us not forget the hero's of Gettysburg, the 20th Maine Infantry. You never know, but that buckle may have been right up there on Little Round Top, when the Maine boys got there dander up. There were plenty of troops from the pine tree state, so not out of the realm of possibility to find things there. I have a 4th Infantry war of 1812 button and a US plate I found down in Kittery years ago. I need to try and locate those items, get a camera and take some pics.

WTG!.....Good luck...........HH

 

[Mainedigger]

MEinWV...yes I realize there were alot of men from Maine in the war, there were, I now realize due to some research, over a dozen men from the island here in the war. It's just that finding a buckle here is not as likely as finding one near one of the battlefields etc. I also have found Army and Navy buttons from the Civil War era. I think most of the guys here were in the 25th Maine volunteer infantry and a few were in the Navy. I still have more research to do for the 25th mustered out after 9 months in 1863 and I am now seeing where any of the men may have re-enlisted and in what regiments. Kittery is full of old sites and history so am sure you had some choice spots to hunt when you were there.

 

[dgaughan]

great find congrats andhh

 

[theloadroom]

Wow! Congrats!

 

[trk5capt]

Great Find, Congrats. trk5capt...

 

[paul1410]

Nice buckle and in great condition too!

Congrats, Maine!

 

[Hardy]

GREAT FIND THERE BUD