I hit pay dirt........

randall61 · Sep 7, 2007

Stopped by an old house slated for demo,got permission ,I hunted for only ten minutes.
I got a good signal & dug about 10 inches down & found this U.S BELT PLATE,its not
pretty,kinda beat up ,but I'll take it.

oh yeah i found this flat button also.

artemis moon · Sep 11, 2007

What a great find! Is that what they call a baby buckle? This brings up a question for me. Is a find like this diminished should you wish to have it restored?

mastereagle22 · Sep 11, 2007

Going to a CW site tomorrow, hope I can post at least a bullet tomorrow night.

MrsNWLouisiana · Sep 11, 2007

Wow, really cool finds! My husband and I are taking an 8 hr trip to the beach this week, hope we find some things as exciting as that! Of course, they won't be as old, but I won't complain if I find a Rolex embedded with diamonds, or an IPOD.

fuji · Sep 11, 2007

sweet find

Baldingboy · Sep 11, 2007

What did that appear to be on your detector display? I am hunting a civil war battleground tommorrow and need to know what to look for. Thanks and Congratulations. That is a sweet find!

Baldingboy

JerV3 · Sep 11, 2007

Nice buckle,

I'd take it anyday. Knowing me I'd probably take the chances on bending it all out.

HH Jer

diggervet · Sep 12, 2007

very nice find, I'm still searching for my first one! Congratulations!

Ray S ECenFL · Sep 12, 2007

Yep, definately a keeper. Congrats to you on a nice find.

Thanks for sharing

Ray S.

ModernMiner · Sep 12, 2007

Ya-hoooo! GREAT find. Congrats.
I've been dying to dig one of those. :'(

-MM-

{Sentinel} · Sep 14, 2007

Very NICE find buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I found my first last month and I think I did back flips!!!

Those are much harder to find these days. Like I said in another post, the old timers LITERALLY use to throw the U.S. buttons and plates and other relics back on the ground in the 50s, 60s and only kept the Confederate. That is why it is soo much hard to find Confederate buttons and plates today than it is U.S. And U.S. relics have become hard to find. Back in the 60s, 70s, I was reading an account that said on a good day you could look forward to finding 200-300 minies, 10-15 buttons, and a buckle or plate.... Now days, if you find a button and/or 5 minies....that is a good day! So that is definitely a great find bud!

Sentinel