George Washington Guard civil war I.D disk

[Digger70pa]

I was civil relic hunting the other day & did pretty good. I was digging button signals hoping for a Confederate button or something. To dig buttons I have to dig lots of junk. I dug one target & thought nothing of it. It looked like a part of a pewter spoon. I got home & cleaned my finds & saw a figure on it. I viewed it in silhouette & saw what looked like R.E Lee or George Washington. I thought it was a trinket from Gettysburg or some junk. So I posted it on a civil war I.D group. They told me it is a I.D disk from the civil war. It's a union item. I found it in a Confederate spot. It must've been lost by a union prisoner or taken from one as a souvenir. It came out of the same location as the relics pictured.

 

[Gare]

WOW you did VERY WELL !!! Thank you for sharing with us all

 

[oldmxrat]

Very cool! Man, that's a lot of lead, congrats!

 

[VaGent]

I was civil relic hunting the other day & did pretty good. I was digging button signals hoping for a Confederate button or something. To dig buttons I have to dig lots of junk. I dug one target & thought nothing of it. It looked like a part of a pewter spoon. I got home & cleaned my finds & saw a figure on it. I viewed it in silhouette & saw what looked like R.E Lee or George Washington. I thought it was a trinket from Gettysburg or some junk. So I posted it on a civil war I.D group. They told me it is a I.D disk from the civil war. It's a union item. I found it in a Confederate spot. It must've been lost by a union prisoner or taken from one as a souvenir. It came out of the same location as the relics pictured.

Thats a bucket list item there. I would rather dig one of those than a gold coin any day.

 

[Digger70pa]

Thats a bucket list item there. I would rather dig one of those than a gold coin any day.

I'd love to find a gold coin. All items pictured are Gettysburg artifacts.

 

[Digger70pa]

Very cool! Man, that's a lot of lead, congrats!

Thanks buddy. They dumped a lot of lead.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on that I.D. disc. That is a great find.