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thepennyman

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im new at this found these things metal detecting not sure what they r theres no markings on shell caseing thr pin looking thing has mother wrote on it and the virgin mary the thing that has the eagle on it no markings and the army button dont know when its from
 

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The large round disc with an eagle on it apprears to be a US Army enlisted-man's Regulation 1826 shoulder-belt plate (commonly known as an "eagle breastplate"), which was in use from 1826 though the end of the civil war (1865) and a few years into the Indian Wars era. Need some close-up photos of its front and back.

Also need close-up photos of the button's front and back to ID it and date it accurately.

The bullet cartridge-casing has a "neck" at it's top, so it is from sometime later than the civil war. To give you a specific ID we need a close-up photo showing its base, even though you say it is unmarked, and super-precise measurement of its long cylindrical main body (not the wide rim around its base).

I see your member-info says you live in Iowa. Did you find all of these objects in Iowa?
 
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