civil war u.s. belt buckle/plate dug today near foundation...

grogmug · May 4, 2009

I was digging near a foundation earlier today and found what looks to be a civil war era belt plate/buckle. I'm thinking its part of a two piece belt buckle (just need to find another piece) but I'm not quite sure. It looks like it has a shank on the back still. I've tried looking it up but can't find anything. The "S" part of the buckle/plate looks different from the normal U.S. belt buckles I usually see dug on here. It's also rounded and a little bigger then a half dollar. Please let me know what it is!!

BuckleBoy · May 5, 2009

grogmug said:
figured, just a curious question. I'm not going to sell it anyway just want to know everything about it that I can.

That's always a good policy.

Best Wishes,

Buckles

olepossum · May 6, 2009

if it was post war why would it say cs on it especially when after the civil war they tryed to destroy what ever they could find that had cs on it in the southern depots and armorys?

fortbball9 · May 6, 2009

olepossum said:
if it was post war why would it say cs on it especially when after the civil war they tryed to destroy what ever they could find that had cs on it in the southern depots and armorys?

It has a US on it not CS

fortbball9