Military Belt Buckle? Please Help Me ID This

[exeterjay]

I picked up a metal detector today to fool around with on the weekend and took it out into an old corn field behind my house. I found this buckle in about 4 inches of mud. I live in Exeter, NH so there is a lot of history starting with the revolution all the way up through the civil war. I also pulled a musket ball in the same area, so I think this could have been a military camp at some point. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jay.

 

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[lonewolfe]

wow! excellent find!

hh

lonewolfe

 

[trk5capt]

POST CW Navy Officers Sword Belt Plate. trk5capt...

 

[fort boy]

you just may have something there. whats the back look like?

 

[exeterjay]

Here is the back.

 

[exeterjay]

I think trk5capt may be correct. I found this picture online. 1870 Navy Officers Sword Belt.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Excellent find

 

[BjC]

wow that is awesome!

 

[dg39]

Super condition for out of ground...I love those early military buckles! Got a Louisiana officers buckle myself.
Great Find!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Talk about beginners luck! Just picked up a detector to fool around with? Excellent find. You ought to fool around there a little bit more. 8)

 

[jasonbo]

Interesting how this belt plate is made to copy the 1852 two-piece plate. I wonder what year(s) the Navy used reproduction (look alike) two-piece belt plates.

Nice find, Jim

what about post civil war Jim?

 

[dg39]

Probably Spanish american war or a little before.....I sold a center blank on ebay about a year ago.Same as the middle of that one. Brass shell. rather thin stamping...

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I know nothing about these buckles. How does the belt attach? Is there something missing?

 

[jasonbo]

i belive if you look at the back of it on the right there is a lip that would hold to a brass ring around the strap then the other end would be into a piece on the other side

 

[Gypsy Heart]

ok...here would be the missing peice on the back....but we need to find a one peice photo to compare with....and so far I am having no luck....