Civil War Eagle Plate and Bite Bullet

[MonkeyBoy]

Hello All..

Well.... Dug my Third Plate of the year!!! I went out this morning and drove around some of the old campsites I use to dig... Noticed a new driveway in the woods across from a huge Third Corp camp I use to dig.. and got permission... not a huge area... acre of woods of so. I dug at least 50 shotgun shells.. which is "good" meaning it has not been hit by anyone before..or if it was... it was by someone running too high on the old discrimination.. inside of 1/2 hour I had a pistol bullet.. the chewed bullet and another Eagle Plate!! All at the highest point in the woods.. the chewed bullet was a pull.. so.. probably a picket post off of the main camp...


The first picture is a "group shot".. I was out about two hours total.. so not bad!!
The second shot is the Eagle Plate after a good scrubbing...
The third is after a couple coats of wax...

Looks to be a promising year!!!

HH
MonkeyBoy

P.S. Here are a couple of close ups of the bite bullet.... just because...

 

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[Burdie]

Wow what a nice plate. Congrats on the good finds.
Burdie

 

[LEOJ]

MB--
Very interesting digs. Nice work!

 

[The Seeker]

Very nice plate! Congrats on a great piece of History....... 8)

 

[{Sentinel}]

Man, that is simply BEAUTIFUL!!! That is my goal, I usually hit 1 campsite and 2 battlefields and have found buttons, plenty of lead and other things but still no breast plate. I envy you, I just want ONE of those babies, or an ammo box plate would be equally good. Congrats to you, wow, your third this year YOU are a LUCKY man!!! Great Hunting!

Sentinel

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Wow..... are you lucky this year...three plates ....many congrats!

 

[Montana Jim]

Great digs and great pics... it's never hunted out!

Awesome.

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Man, that is simply BEAUTIFUL!!! That is my goal, I usually hit 1 campsite and 2 battlefields and have found buttons, plenty of lead and other things but still no breast plate. I envy you, I just want ONE of those babies, or an ammo box plate would be equally good. Congrats to you, wow, your third this year YOU are a LUCKY man!!! Great Hunting!

Sentinel

Thanks!! They are still out there!! Keep digging...

 

[j.d. in the usa]

sweet finds!!!!!!!!! wtg

 

[d2]

Great finds, I will be lucky enough to find a plate one of these days I hope...d2

 

[lucky1777]

Congratulations on a very nice find....

 

[civilman1]

Excellent Job Mark...You're gonna have to hook me up on a CS buckle......Love it!!!~!

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Excellent Job Mark...You're gonna have to hook me up on a CS buckle......Love it!!!~!

What?? You don't have one?? ;-) I have seen one good SC come out of the ground around here... a few clipped corners... and a medium fork tongue buckle.. I just have not dug any of them!! They have to be out there....

MonkeyBoy

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Awesome CW breast plate, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[Mona Lisa]

Fantastic Eagle Plate, Monkeyboy! You must live in the middle of Civil War action to get three so far this year.

Sincerely,

Monakeygirl 8)

 

[tsgman]

Thats a BEAUTY! nice finds. Tsgman

 

[trk5capt]

MB, Way To Go, Glad To See That There Are Still Some Plates To Be Found, Congrats. trk5capt...

 

[brnn53]

Very nice plate! Congrats!
Mike

 

[Digginman]

Lovely.

I see you are in Loundoun County. I drive thru it twice a day on US 50. Pretty area, lots of history.

Congrats.

DM