Civil War Cavalry Sword Belt Buckle /Update!!!! HikerMike button pics

[carpetbagger]

Found the belt plate yesterday at a site where myself and several of my hunting buddies have been many times. I even held a club hunt at this location with over 15 people. HikerMike pulled a nice Waterbury & Benedict com. button dated 1829-34. Just goes to show you a place is never hunted out. Any info on how to preserve and clean the plate would be helpful. Also the only reason i know what it is is because of a picture on google, I know nothing else about the history of this buckle.

Found the large cent and brooch at one of HikerMikes spots about a month ago

 

[nhbenz]

Re: Civil War Cavalry Sword Belt Buckle / 1824 Large Cent

Fantastic buckle! Well done. I'd leave it as is myself.

 

[aa battery]

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now thats what iam talking about

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Civil War Cavalry Sword Belt Buckle / 1824 Large Cent

Great find!

Don't clean or polish it--leave it as-is.


You could send it off to have it professionally straightened if you wished.



Nice work!

 

[willpond & LLK]

Re: Civil War Cavalry Sword Belt Buckle / 1824 Large Cent

That's some cool stuff!

 

[dex378]

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Man o' man !!!! You got a helluva buckle there!!!!! Congrats!! Wait til some of the buckle guys see that!!!

 

[Marc in VA]

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Congrats on the sword belt plate! They are hard to dig these days. Your plate came out of the ground in better condition then most. The only thing missing is the silver wreaths. Do not do anything else to clean it. You may consider having it professionally straightened. There are a couple of guys out there who can bring it back to its original shape for a very small fee.

 

[tsgman]

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Great finds, congrats!

 

[duggap]

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Without holding it or knowing the kind of ground it came out of, I wonder what bent the plate. If it got hit in the middle by iron from a shell from a battle, than I would not want to straighten it. It would be a lot more valuable like it is. Just something for you to consider. Heck of a nice find by the way. You could relic hunt a lifetime and not get one of those.

 

[civilman1]

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I agree with Buckle's....Don't do anything to it.Congrat's on a Beautiful Find.....gnarly or not

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

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Great finds, the plate is great as is, leaves a little to the imagination wondering how it ended up that way,
WTG

 

[Goldiver]

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Great belt plate! Too bad for the wrinkle though, still a great find!

Steve

 

[romeo-1]

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Nice find...I think I would invest in having it straightened!

 

[Evolution]

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Put it down on the driveway and run it over with your car. I think that'll straighten her out. OK I'm abviously joking. I would leave it as is myself. Awesome find.

 

[The Seeker]

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Congrats on a sweet find.........looks like the old plow caught a piece of it to. Great finds.........WTG

 

[DD-777]

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Bent or not, it looks great just the way you found it!!! Imagine the story behind it...

way cool...

 

[carpetbagger]

Re: Civil War Cavalry Sword Belt Buckle / 1824 Large Cent

Great find!
Don't clean or polish it--leave it as-is.
You could send it off to have it professionally straightened if you wished.
Nice work!

Congrats on the sword belt plate! They are hard to dig these days. Your plate came out of the ground in better condition then most. The only thing missing is the silver wreaths. Do not do anything else to clean it. You may consider having it professionally straightened. There are a couple of guys out there who can bring it back to its original shape for a very small fee.

Thanks guys, I really have my metal detecting blood flowing with this one. To me this is my best find yet.
I think I would like to have it straightend, could ya point me in the right direction?

 

[civilman1]

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Congrats on a sweet find.........looks like the old plow caught a piece of it to. Great finds.........WTG

Buffalo Bill's 4 and 0......Good to hear from Ya Buddy

 

[carpetbagger]

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Put it down on the driveway and run it over with your car. I think that'll straighten her out. OK I'm abviously joking. I would leave it as is myself. Awesome find.

O you mean that wouldn't work? sounds like something I would try.

 

[carpetbagger]

Re: Civil War Cavalry Sword Belt Buckle / 1824 Large Cent

Congrats on a sweet find.........looks like the old plow caught a piece of it to. Great finds.........WTG

Buffalo Bill's 4 and 0......Good to hear from Ya Buddy

Shhh... I dont want to jinx them. I'm just going to go on pretending like we are 0-4. Since the Superbowl 4-peat and the stanley cup flops I firmly believe Buffalo has some sort of voodo hex on the sports teams that will not allow us to go all the way.

Bent or not, it looks great just the way you found it!!! Imagine the story behind it...

way cool...

Great finds, the plate is great as is, leaves a little to the imagination wondering how it ended up that way,
WTG

I agree with Buckle's....Don't do anything to it.Congrat's on a Beautiful Find.....gnarly or not

Put it down on the driveway and run it over with your car. I think that'll straighten her out. OK I'm abviously joking. I would leave it as is myself. Awesome find.

O you mean that wouldn't work? sounds like something I would try.

Hmmmmmm..... What is the majority opinion? Have straightend or leave as is?