Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

[Merf]

Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

They have used some heavy equipment [scrapers and bulldozers] to ready a field for development.
The site is where a farmstead was in 1871.
I hunted the ground that was left and the dirt that was dragged away.
I found these and hope to find more when I go back.
Thanks for looking and best luck.


Beltplate is fourth from the bottom at this site.
http://www.corinthcivilwarrelics.com/nondugearlyplates.html

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Nice Flying Eagle thats high on my list, good hunting !

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[timbobwey]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Nice day there. Too bad the belt plate was partial, but it's still a sweet dig. I would love to find one.

 

[Mr Tuff]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

rest of that plate is out there nice finds!!!!!!!!!!!!! MR TUFF

 

[mlayers]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Looks like you have a nice place to hunt, hope you find some more neat items....Matt

 

[up north]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

We find those half Pennies occasionally in WI, only they say 'Bank of Northern Canada' instead of 'Montreal' and most are badly corroded.
Nice job on the eagle. That is on tough type to dig.

 

[mainer]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Nice digs Merf. Best of luck finding the rest of that belt plate.

 

[allen]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

id be out hitting that site looking for the old silver now !!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Merf,

Those are some GREAT finds! The odd thing about that plate is that it doesn't appear to be plough damage. The plate appears to be cut--almost as if someone cut it much later to turn their great grandfather's militia plate into a pair of aviator wings for current service.



I have heard of eagles cut from plates before, but in this case it only appears to have been the wings and shield. It may be that you will find the bottom half of the plate in your next search.

Great Stuff, my friend. Thank you for sharing these excellent photos with all of us.


Best Wishes,


Buckles

 

[Merf]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Thanks Mud, Timbobway, and Mrtuff

 

[Merf]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Thanks Matt Thanks Mainer

 

[Merf]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

We find those half Pennies occasionally in WI, only they say 'Bank of Northern Canada' instead of 'Montreal' and most are badly corroded.
Nice job on the eagle. That is on tough type to dig.

Thanks Upnorth ----The half penny was unredable when I found it.
The pics are after 1 hour in the rock tumbler.

 

[Merf]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Merf,

Those are some GREAT finds! The odd thing about that plate is that it doesn't appear to be plough damage. The plate appears to be cut--almost as if someone cut it much later to turn their great grandfather's militia plate into a pair of aviator wings for current service.



I have heard of eagles cut from plates before, but in this case it only appears to have been the wings and shield. It may be that you will find the bottom half of the plate in your next search.

Great Stuff, my friend. Thank you for sharing these excellent photos with all of us.


Best Wishes,


Buckles

Thanks Buckles

I went back today and found another piece of it.
It was 95 degrees, muddy, and the bugs were eating me alive so I did not stay long.
Here is a pic. I tumbled the pieces so they look a little better.

Best luck my friend

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Thanks Buckles

I went back today and found another piece of it.
It was 95 degrees, muddy, and the bugs were eating me alive so I did not stay long.
Here is a pic. I tumbled the pieces so they look a little better.

Best luck my friend

Merf--the great thing is that this means that the rest of the buckle IS there! You MUST find it if possible.

What I hadn't considered when I posted before, was that these were the natural stress points in the buckle (where the metal was folded when it was stamped when made). It just looked strange for a second. But the rest of that plate is there in that field.

Was the other piece close to where you found the first one?


Regards,


Buck

 

[Merf]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Yes it was in the same area Buckles.
I will be going back there soon to pound the spot some more.

Regards, Merf

 

[DigginThePast]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Some great finds. Kinda partial to the Flying Eagle myself. Congrats.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Great looking finds Merf
Just wanted to give you a bit of background info on your Canadian coin find.

The BANK OF MONTREAL circulated sous or halfpennies with a bouquet of heraldic flowers on one side and the value in French on the other. These sous were immediately popular and the government allowed the bank to supply Lower Canada with copper; however, the sous were very soon imitated anonymously. The imitations were accepted because there was a dearth of small change with which to conduct business; but they became too numerous and, once again, the banks had to refuse them, except by weight.

To replace them, the government authorized 4 banks, the Bank of Montreal, the Quebec Bank, the City Bank and La Banque du Peuple, to issue copper pennies and halfpennies with the arms of Montréal on one side and a standing habitant on the other. These coins arrived in Canada just as the Rebellion of 1837 began and were issued in 1838.
There were 480,000 of these minted in 1842.

 

[kimsdad]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Outstanding finds, Merf!!!

Nothing gets by you in a farm field!

 

[marinedad]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

nice stuff, way to go merf.

 

[Merf]

Re: Flying Eagle Cent, 1820s Eagle belt plate [partial],& another half penny

Great looking finds Merf
Just wanted to give you a bit of background info on your Canadian coin find.

The BANK OF MONTREAL circulated sous or halfpennies with a bouquet of heraldic flowers on one side and the value in French on the other. These sous were immediately popular and the government allowed the bank to supply Lower Canada with copper; however, the sous were very soon imitated anonymously. The imitations were accepted because there was a dearth of small change with which to conduct business; but they became too numerous and, once again, the banks had to refuse them, except by weight.

To replace them, the government authorized 4 banks, the Bank of Montreal, the Quebec Bank, the City Bank and La Banque du Peuple, to issue copper pennies and halfpennies with the arms of Montréal on one side and a standing habitant on the other. These coins arrived in Canada just as the Rebellion of 1837 began and were issued in 1838.
There were 480,000 of these minted in 1842.

Thanks Antiquarian Good info