🥇 BANNER NC Civil War Officer buckle - My best find EVER!!!!

ModernMiner · Apr 3, 2009

Folks, I'm still in shock and overjoyed! After work today I thought I'd get in a few hours of detecting since it was so nice out. I headed back to one of the yards I've been detecting, but never really gridded off thoroughly. Within about 20 minutes I had a strong signal in the front yard. I knew it was fairly big so I cut a decent sized plug. At about 5" deep, I reached in and pulled out one h-ll of a nice CW relic. I saw the "NC on the buckle right away and knew I had one piece of a two piece CW buckle. It is in fantastic condition too. I searched around a bit for the other half, but nothing yet. I will be back though, believe me.
When I got home, I looked it up in my CW relic book which stated that it is a "very rare" buckle.

Does anyone know the value of this NC buckle? I'm still in shock.

What type of soldier would have worn a buckle like this?

Now here's two other tidbits that make this find more exciting:
*I found it in an open area that DD-777 and Mirage had hit a few weeks back. I can't believe they missed it, but I'm truly thankful. :thumbsup:

It must have been my Mighty Tesoro Umax.

*I found it next door to the yard I dug the CW "CSN" button awhile back.
Perhaps an officer lived here?

My other finds were:

* 1897 IH
*1964 Rosie
*Suspender clip (?) with stars & a design on it.
*Two wheats (45 & 52)
*Antique pocket watch.

A fantastic day indeed for Modern Miner.
Thanks for looking,
MM

P.S. YA-Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

burglarifyoulike · Apr 5, 2009

wow, what a fantastic find, no wonder you are in shock!! i am very happy for your success!!

River Rat · Apr 5, 2009

W

W Doug, you're on the roll. :thumbsup:

Congrats!!

:wink:

RR

Goldiver · Apr 5, 2009

Fantastic find, I sure hope you find the wreath section that goes with it! :thumbsup:

Congratulations on the banner find!! 8)

Steve

STH69 · Apr 6, 2009

Congrats, great find!

TN-Joe · Apr 6, 2009

Doug,
Buckle, smucckle... Now what I want is that dreamy Elvis Car Pin. Man talk about a find.

That in itself should have been on the banner!
Congrad's Big Guy.
Joe

ModernMiner · Apr 6, 2009

Thanks for the great replies everyone. I'll be all over that place looking for the other half. :thumbsup:

TN-Joe,
I'd be glad to send you that Elvis pin. Maybe you could hang it on a necklace and wear it proudly. :tongue3:

-MM-

sneaky6 · Apr 6, 2009

A banner find indeed. Way to go, Miner!!

Keep Digging,
Sneaky

mlhudson · Apr 6, 2009

FINE JOB,

JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT NO PLACE IS EVER HUNTED OUT, WE ALL MISS STUFF- GUYS LIKE YOU FIND IT :thumbsup:

GREAT , THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY...

REAL NICE BUCKLE - NC STATE :thumbsup:

MLHUDSON

johnreb1980 · Apr 6, 2009

All I can say is Awesome find. :thumbsup:

JimBeHuntin' · Apr 6, 2009

Congratulations MM on one great piece of NC history ... that is a beautiful buckle and a well deserved spot on the banner ... a big Congratz! ~ Jimmy

{Sentinel} · Apr 6, 2009

Re: NC Civil War belt buckle - My first buckle & maybe my best EVER find!!!!

ModernMiner said:
{Sentinel} said:

Dang MM, thats two extra rare brilliant finds in those two yards!!! That CSN button and now the NC two piece.....You should be floating on CLOUD NINE by now!!! What can I say, that is a truly stunning piece!

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Thanks Josh.
I would have never expected to find these two pieces, AND the 1864 double die IH in town. I need to bring in a backhoe maybe?
-MM-

Shoot yeah, that's a first rate site you have going on there my friend Congrats again

John Deere Digger · Apr 6, 2009

Super dig. Congrats.
JDD

ModernMiner · Apr 7, 2009

It's TN folks like you that keep me out the searching. Thank you very much for the great replies.
Please tell my wife and daughter this buckle is way more valuable (and historical) than a flat screen TV.

-MM-