Militia Panel Plate or ???

[DirtReaper]

Found this militia plate in a field in Eastern Iowa was told it was a "circa 1850 militia panel plate" but I'd like to hear what everyone else has to say. Also dug a few other interesting things in same field. Many thanks in advance.

 

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[WG2020]

Found this militia plate in a field in Eastern Iowa was told it was a "circa 1850 militia panel plate" but I'd like to hear what everyone else has to say. Also dug a few other interesting things in same field. Many thanks in advance.

Dirt Reaper,

Welcome to TNet from Dayton, Ohio. While I can’t confirm what type of plate you found I can confirm it looks amazing. Definitely a great find, congratulation. Good luck with your hunts. Walt

 

[DirtReaper]

Dirt Reaper,

Welcome to TNet from Dayton, Ohio. While I can’t confirm what type of plate you found I can confirm it looks amazing. Definitely a great find, congratulation. Good luck with your hunts. Walt

Thank you for the warm welcome. I'll be posting more finds. I've been detecting for a solid 5 years now and have quite the collection of finds.

 

[nagant]

great find! I don't know anything about them but found this. https://www.metaldetectingworld.com/05_finds_beltplate.shtml

 

[PalmyraProspector]

Found this militia plate in a field in Eastern Iowa was told it was a "circa 1850 militia panel plate" but I'd like to hear what everyone else has to say. Also dug a few other interesting things in same field. Many thanks in advance.

It is indeed an 1850s militia belt plate. Great find! I dug one up a couple years ago in Kansas. Yours is missing the bar and pin on the back that would have attached it to the belt. I sent pics of mine to a collector/appraiser and was told 1840-1850 pre-civil war worth approx $200-$300 in current condition. I’m not selling it though!!!

 

[oldmxrat]

That's a fantastic recovery and in such good condition, congrats and welcome to Tnet!
Btw, it's always interesting for us to see what state your in, consider adding to your profile.

 

[Digger RJ]

Found this militia plate in a field in Eastern Iowa was told it was a "circa 1850 militia panel plate" but I'd like to hear what everyone else has to say. Also dug a few other interesting things in same field. Many thanks in advance.

Very Cool!!! Welcome to Tnet!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Lenrac2]

What a wonderful find! Welcome to TNet from Illinois!

 

[Steve in PA]

Congrats on the militia panel plate

 

[pepperj]

Welcome to the forum.
Great looking plate, congrats.