DEEP buckle fools Me!

[{Sentinel}]

Hit the lil lead honeyhole again for an hour and a half today. Found:

• A few 3 ringers and a musketball
• A DEEP Brass Buckle
• A Whats It I will have to clean to find out what it is

IT was really a heart stopper at first. The brass buckle in the picture took about 30 minutes to get to as it was down about 11/2 feet and with some HUGE roots RIGHT IN THE WAY to boot! Well I just kept digging and digging and the faint beep was getting louder and louder. I honestly didnt think I was ever going to reach it and then all of a sudden I scooped away a shovel of dirt and it fell out into the bottom of the hole. My HEART stopped for a minute because the whole of the inside was filled with caked up dirt which made it look like an Honest to GOODNESS plate. As I lightly started wiping the dirt away, it fell through. and I saw that it wasn't a plate but just a really old brass buckle. Well I'll take it but you can imagine the thrill when I thought it may be a baby U.S. ...and then the low when I realized it wasn't.... and then the "well it is still a cool buckle" that brought me back to par I think that it may be a colonial buckle as deep as it was which is not at all uncommon for these parts.
Sorry as it is ALL fresh out of the ground and still dirty

 

[{Sentinel}]

The buckle is really sturdy. It is the first of this kind that I have found in an oval pattern and it is not made of iron. It is solid brass. Has anyone else found one like this??

 

[mastereagle22]

Hey MaesterEagle. I would think over there in Missouri you should find on before long. Besides Virginia and Georgia, Missouri would be the other choice for me. I see alot of you guys over there finding some nice Civil War relics from all those Guerillas!! But I know what you mean, I still get a rush each and every time that I find a 3 ringer because I know I am the first person to touch that piece of history since it was loaded up and shot by a Union Soldier in 1862.

The big problem here is that I am about twenty years too late!! BB and I go out each time trying to find CW stuff. When we think we have a promising spot it just doesn't work out. But I am telling you one thing, we WILL find some CW stuff in the spring cause BB and I are both going to quit our jobs, kiss out children (and maybe our wives) goodbye and do nothing but hunt until we find one. (ok we'll eat, have you seen the two of us?)

 

[Merf]

Very nice finds Sentinel---Love that civil war stuff.

 

[bookfisher]

Great Finds! I can see why you thought that buckle was a plate. Keep looking, you'll find one!

 

[civilman1]

I see the Master from VA is at it again....Definetly a diehard digger Josh.I once spent a 1/2 hr. digging a minnie from underneath a root,wasn't leaving without it....We're a dying breed Brother.Happy Thanksgiving to you and your's Josh!!

 

[Mona Lisa]

Never appologize for the dirt, Sentinal. 8)

Me loves the dirt.....and your finds! :P

 

[CRUSADER]

The buckle is really sturdy. It is the first of this kind that I have found in an oval pattern and it is not made of iron. It is solid brass. Has anyone else found one like this??

Yes, I've had a few but normally broken due to plough.

1790s shoe buckle

 

[{Sentinel}]

Never appologize for the dirt, Sentinal. 8)

Me loves the dirt.....and your finds! :P

Yeah, I like the dirt too myself. Thanks Mona


And you are right CivilMan! Die hards all the way

 

[xlt nh]

Great digs Sentinel! A little heart-attack every now and then really keeps us on our toes...hopefully next time it's the real deal...

Thanks for sharing and HH,
Hank 8)

 

[tymcmurray]

Nice finds, sentinel.

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

You kicked some butt there, Josh. Don't listen to that troller, crocop, he is only out to begin the White's vs. Minelab war again. I ain't a gonna fall for it either.

BDD...Kirk