Eagle belt buckle

[Troyounce]

Hello, I found this belt buckle and a 1867 shield nickel last week and wondered if anyone knows anything about this kind of buckle.
Thanks, Troy

 

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[MKnTenn]

I need to see the back, it all depends on the hook on the back if it's Civil War or Indian War, but it is a sword belt plate. Nice find, HH

 

[DMN]

There's a number of guys here who can ID it. Might be something from the mid 1800's military. Get a pic of front and back so the experts here can get you a solid read. Looks nice though. What else did you recover aside from this? Not that the buckle wouldn't have capped the day's search!!!

 

[KOOTNEY KID]

Freakin cool

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Awesome find.

Did you dig it?

Sword Belt Plate (Model 1851) Your looks to be an Officers

The sword belt was worn by both officers and enlisted men who wore swords. Those soldiers without swords wore the more familiar oval U.S. Plate (Model 1839).

 

[Rickiowa2009]

That belt buckle is cool!

 

[pamlicopanther]

That is awesome. I love those kind of finds.

 

[traverdog]

A very cool find!!!

 

[mcmurphi]

I think I might be spending a lot of time on that ground; there is more good stuff just waiting for you to find it. Nice!

 

[cntrydncr1]

sweet buckle! congrats!

 

[Dman]

Way to go, The buckle is a great find.
Dman

 

[Troyounce]

Thanks everyone for the help! Here is a picture of the back. It has a number stamped on it also,It looks like 370. I was detecting what looks to be an old fishing cabin site where I found it.

 

[mo.nick]

that is so cool

 

[KyFreeBird]

Great find !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Troyounce]

Does anyone know what the number 370 on the back mean? It's just under where the hook was... Thanks again for your help!

 

[texan connection]

Iv always wondered about those #s also

 

[duggap]

I believe those numbers were to help identify the plate and the keeper as they were both stamped with the same number.

 

[Sky Pilot]

Great find!

Yours is especially nice, some have soldered on wheat sheaves and they're usually missing..

Yours ain't!

Sky Pilot

 

[BuckleBoy]

Those numbers on the backs were bench numbers. They passed examination for defects and were stamped on their way out of the factory.

Each examiner had a different number. And no, keepers weren't always matched to buckles. I have dug ones from the same site (veterans' homesteads) that had different numbers on the keeper and buckle.


Cheers,


Buck