Eagle Plate and USMC lock

[Pull_tab_mike]

i found these two items in the same area. i found them on an old farm site in southern Indiana, near the location where Morgans raiders came over the Ohio river. enjoy

 

[sneaky6]

Wow!! What a great day digging!!! Keep it up!! That Brest Plate is awesome!!

HH,
Sneaky6

 

[Felinepeachy]

WOW, those are awesome finds!!!!

 

[sscindercoop]

Nice finds

 

[allen]

welcome to treasurenet
wtg on those great looking finds !!

 

[cwdigger]

Very nice plate congrats on beautiful save

Cw

 

[panzermeyer]

Awesome finds !!!! HH.. Panz

 

[BuckleBoy]

Hey Mike,


That shoulder belt plate is a nice find. Not often does one see a marked one like this one ("W.H. SMITH / BROOKLYN"). Most of my team lives over on the KY side of the river from you. Drop a line sometime.



-Buckleboy

 

[creeper71]

what era is that plate from?

 

[nova treasure]

i found these two items in the same area. i found them on an old farm site in southern Indiana, near the location where Morgans raiders came over the Ohio river. enjoy

Great, you got the pics up. I called that one right, when you told me in chats last night that it had a Eagle on it and Brooklyn on the back, i knew it had to be a W.H. Smith on the rest of the wording. I am thinking around 1858 when they made this paticular one.
Great Breast plate and Lock

Nova Treasure

 

[seger98]

Congratulations on a couple of outstanding finds!

 

[vayank54]

nice plate. you don't dig marked ones often WH Smith 1830 to 1858

 

[kilmer]

Mike,
I am so jealous. Hoosier hunters are normally trapped too far north for Civil War goodies. That plate is awesome, I bet you did a double take when that came out of the ground.
I was apparently down your way two years ago for a car show. I read the Morgan Raiders signage and thought what a cool place to try to run down some history. Good job.

HH, Don

 

[Hutch911]

Great plate!!

 

[RiverRat3]

Nice Eagle Plate find.