Every relic hunters DREAM FIND today (better pics)

cwdigger · Sep 30, 2009

Well I got in the truck and drove down to an area that all we have pulled out of there is nothing but bullet after bullet. But this time instead of going were we normally go I went to a different spot, right behind a huge pile of trash, (old buckets,paint cans,beer cans,stoves,refrigerators etc...) and just as I thought junk target after the other, I was filming all of this to. Well I decided that I would film one more target (another can) and much to my suprise it was not a can.

But in fact a Beutiful piece of history, almost 3/4 of an extremely rare Pewter C.S.A. Plate I was so damn happy that I went to reach for the camera and turned it off, droped it on the ground, and almost fell out dead. I made a bee line straight for the truck and there I sat for at least 45 minutes catching my breath.

I went back to the hole with my 4" coil and dug that sucker out at least 20'x20' and no signal or remains of the rest, it has been eaten away that much. This is what relic hunting is all about recovering items like this that have been lost for over 150 years and saving them before they completly rot away.

This is by far the best find of my life so far.

Thanks for looking guys.
Matt

olepossum · Oct 1, 2009

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awsome digs cw i wished i could find one all i have found was the one i lost last year at the same event i found it at this year

NGE · Oct 1, 2009

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Question, why were these plates made of pewter to begin with, and not brass or copper like the rest of them? Just curios..........NGE

collector01 · Oct 1, 2009

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Thats just awesome congrats on a rare find! I would be on cloud nine rest of the year with that find! :thumbsup:

Banner all the way!

allen · Oct 1, 2009

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only one word comes to mind...AWESOME !!!

Twin Digger · Oct 1, 2009

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it's been a while since I last posted but I always see your finds on your other site.
Cool Find..

Happy Hunting
Twin Digger's

{Sentinel} · Oct 1, 2009

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Thats one AWESOME find Matt!!!

Congrats buddy. That IS every relic hunters DREAM come true there!! And for me being in the SCV, it would be the Holy Grail....You are one LUCKY YOU KNOW WHAT

I bet it made it that much better because you thought it was going to be trash?? :laughing7:

Thats how the 2 Reale was that I dug last month....

Thats a Banner find in my book! :icon_thumright:

cwdigger · Oct 1, 2009

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nowgittineverything said:
Question, why were these plates made of pewter to begin with, and not brass or copper like the rest of them? Just curios..........NGE

This is just one that is a more rare type plate, there wasnt that many cast from pewter as there was from brass or copper.

Baldingboy · Oct 1, 2009

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Man oh man! That is awesome.

I remember the one and only US Cartridge Box Plate (in similar condition) that I dug in a junky area. Reading your story made me re-live my hunt and it wasn't even a CS belt plate. Congratulations bro!! :hello2:

Baldingboy

{Sentinel} · Oct 2, 2009

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Its hard to tell from the photo....Is it just the lead impression of the letters and the brass faceplate is gone....or is it made from some other type of white metal and just makes it look like its a solid lead piece?? Just curious