Civil war sword hanger dug by my partner at old farm

[Goes4ever]

ok this is posted for hunting partner, he is not a member here YET. He found this sunday when we hunted together, and he thought it was trash and threw it in my junk barrel. Well last nite I found it online and told him he threw away a civil war sword hanger. the one he found is the one with the blue background, the one with the red background is on this website
http://www.virginiarelics.com/misc.htm
scroll down about halfway to see it, the website says this:

This brass sword hanger is in excellent condition and has a very nice brown patina. A similar example of this sword hanger can be found on page 183 as illustration #8 in the book "Excavated Artifacts From Battlefields and Campsites of the civil War 1861-1865" by Stanley S. Phillips and also on page 191 in illustration #6 in the book "Civil War Artifacts: A guide for the Historian" by Howard R. Crouch.

I also attached another picture as well as to how it was used on a soldiers belt.

I also found this heart heel plate on the same property, i am thinking it is civil war "ERA" as well

 

[Erik in NJ]

I'll bet he was surprised (wonder how many of those have been tossed by others)....great find and re-find!!

 

[Steve in PA]

The heel plate is definitely Civil War Era as well.

 

[civilman1]

Very nice dig to your friend and you as well for saving another piece of CW history

 

[terpfan]

Thanks for the education. I probably would have mistaken it for trash too. Congrats to your partner of the nice recovery.

 

[Nooberz]

Yeah just goes to show that anything can be anything. Watch what you guys throw away!! Thanks Goes4ever for posting that for me