grab your sword & buckle up before reading this find!!!

[port ewen ace]

back to the farm complex. all fields have had a 3 foot turn, but this was along the dirt perimeter road. hard 88 at 8 inches. FMERG stood by with the Minelab in awe as it escaped the thick clay. another large copper, may be NJ Nova Cesarea AGAIN front of a gilt cufflink, another 1940 bird band, plus a '07 "V" that is roached. once again____feels good to beat Frank & the SE-PRO like cake batter . before I could shoot the "as found photos" he had the plate ID'ed as 1851 Federal issue. in 4 years of swingin' this has to be my best ever find more photos Thursday after some careful cleaning.

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Wow that's some buckle I love it congrats on a great find. H gl

 

[TRanegar36]

I'm not much into relics, but the plates and buckles are a thing of beauty!

Congrats

 

[CoilyGirl]

What a beauty! I'm voting banner on this one. I don't know much about these sword buckles other than some had silver or nickel wreaths that wasted away in the soil and I only know this from my husband finding one years ago and going to Civil War shows. Some are Indian War period and some are Civil War period. I found a thread on another treasure hunting site that described them a little better and there are several threads here with all the minutiae,details,and nitty gritty on this particular style. I know you had to be thrilled when you dug that.

 

[Terry Soloman]

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[Chug And Red]

Why is that No on Banner Yet Oops I now Votes Ours s In Now

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some very nice finds

 

[gunsil]

SWEEEET find!! Man, that soil by you is cruel!!

 

[against the wind]

Excellent finds, ,
Congrats on the plate

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very well done sir. Congrats on a really nice find!

 

[Darby]

Super nice finds!!! Any type plate is high on my wish list. Huge congrats!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Nice buckle and finds but they look very badly cleaned

SS

 

[CoilyGirl]

Sometimes those brass buckles come out looking exactly like that though. Looks great to me. You can still see where the wreath was which is super cool. I've found that a light coating of olive oil can help bring out the finer details.

 

[j.d. in the usa]

sweet!!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Congrats on an awesome Sword Plate!

 

[beez0404]

Wow Rich! What a fantastic find. I'll bet Frank cried all the way home after seeing you find that beautiful sword plate. You've got my banner vote!

 

[CoilToTheSoil]

Great find! An 1851 was my first relic find!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Congrats on your awesome plate!

 

[screwynewy]

That was a really awesome buckle before you cleaned it.

 

[CASPER-2]