CIVIL WAR ?

rvrpilot · Dec 16, 2009

I found this this week on an old home site in the township that I live in ,I started detecting about 3 years ago,after the farmers around here started minimale tillage .Before that I hunted arrowheads for close to 25 years . So far one of my best recoveries from one site was 4 reales in one day,2 half reales, 1 one reale and a 2 reale dating from 1776 to 1788. i'll post them when I get my camera back from the shop next week. Its suppose to get up to 50 here tommorow and as long as the ground isn't to hard I hope to have something to post.

WeaponsUSMC · Dec 16, 2009

It looks like a piece to a suspender buckle.

GoldMinerJohn · Dec 16, 2009

You don't live in TN do you?

rvrpilot said:
I found this this week on an old home site in the township that I live in ,I started detecting about 3 years ago,after the farmers around here started minimale tillage .Before that I hunted arrowheads for close to 25 years . So far one of my best recoveries from one site was 4 reales in one day,2 half reales, 1 one reale and a 2 reale dating from 1776 to 1788. i'll post them when I get my camera back from the shop next week. Its suppose to get up to 50 here tommorow and as long as the ground isn't to hard I hope to have something to post.

relic lover · Dec 16, 2009

The style of eagle looks pre-clvil war

tymcmurray · Dec 16, 2009

relic lover said:
The style of eagle looks pre-clvil war

That's what I am thinking.
I don't see it as a suspender clip, though it is similar.

Montana Jim · Dec 16, 2009

Patriotic yes, but not military IMO.

rvrpilot · Dec 16, 2009

THERE IS NO NAMES ON THE BACK AND THE BANNER HAS NO WRITING ON IT EITHER, I'M FROM JERSEY CO IL AND HAVE RECOVERED NUMEROUS EAGLE BUTTONS AND ALSO RECOVERED A VOLUNTEER INFINTRY BADGE CLOSE TO THE SAME AREA THAT THIS ARTIFACT CAME FROM. THANKS TO EVERYONE RESPONDING TO THIS POST. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL

vayank54 · Dec 17, 2009

It is part of a suspender buckle the small holes on each side are bent out but they should be back at a 90 degree angle. They held the bar with the teeth that would keep the suspenders from slipping. I dug one similar in an 1861 camp of the 4th South Carolina. I think like someone said they aren't military but patriotic and are probably 1850's or so

kuger · Dec 17, 2009

vayank54 said:
It is part of a suspender buckle the small holes on each side are bent out but they should be back at a 90 degree angle. They held the bar with the teeth that would keep the suspenders from slipping. I dug one similar in an 1861 camp of the 4th South Carolina. I think like someone said they aren't military but patriotic and are probably 1850's or so

Once again "V",I agree with you %100.I have seen very similiar ones dug in 1850's sites.