Todays find, It a nice one C>S>A> plate!

[deanv63]

I found this today , in a old lot in Quincy Illinois. csa plate, and a one in a life time find for me. Thank for looking, and good luck on your next hunt!


thanks for looking i found this csa plate on the south side of quincy il. it was about 5 inches in the ground i got a reading of a dollar and 50 cents and it was really strong so i decided to dig it i got down to it i thought it was just a nother peace of metal but wasn't i was really saprized to, i found it with my dfx i went there twice today the second time i got lucky.. there use to be really old houses there.

 

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[CMDiamonddawg]

Congrats on the CSA Banner find !!! Peace of Great Metal there dude CMD

 

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[AGCoinHunter]

Awesome find! And north of the MDL to boot. Congrats!

 

[Bradley137]

Congrats on the CSA. Super find anywhere but especially in Illinois.

 

[The Patriot]

Great looking banner find!

 

[John (Ma)]

 

[kuger]

After doing some checking, I believe this is the Atlanta Arsenal style cast rectangular C.S.A.

That's quite a FINE $2500.00 find.


Cheers,



Buck

How should he finish cleaning it up? What a find!

In my opinion, the cleaning job is finished. Leave the concretion on the face of the plate alone or have it professionally removed. That's to nice of a buckle to dick around with any sort of harsh cleaning method. Even if the concretion were removed--say, with a wooden toothpick--there might be an odd orange, or brass colored lack of patina underneath. So it might be a lose/lose situation, and the plate might have to go in to be touched up anyhow. I would leave it as-is. The patina is nicer than what one could hope for, it's not bent or plough-damaged, and all the hooks are there.

Cheers,


Buckles

Agreed!Unbeleivable Plate!!!

 

[TommNJ]

Congrats on your great CSA plate find and making the Banner !!

TommNJ

 

[celtex]

After doing some checking, I believe this is the Atlanta Arsenal style cast rectangular C.S.A.

That's quite a FINE $2500.00 find.


Cheers,



Buck

How should he finish cleaning it up? What a find!

In my opinion, the cleaning job is finished. Leave the concretion on the face of the plate alone or have it professionally removed. That's to nice of a buckle to dick around with any sort of harsh cleaning method. Even if the concretion were removed--say, with a wooden toothpick--there might be an odd orange, or brass colored lack of patina underneath. So it might be a lose/lose situation, and the plate might have to go in to be touched up anyhow. I would leave it as-is. The patina is nicer than what one could hope for, it's not bent or plough-damaged, and all the hooks are there.

Cheers,


Buckles

That is what I was thinking. It is a beaut as is.

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Outstanding plate!! I'd say one of the best I've seen posted!!! Great recovery!!!

Banner all the way!
MB

 

[snowyettie]

Woo Hoo! Good stuff down there! Congrats!

 

[civilman1]

You know I want to say bad thing's about you,but I can't.......Congrat's

 

[wettpaint]

That is one good looking plate. You never know where they will turn up. I found mine in my driveway.

Happy Hunting
Wettpaint

 

[Gunny71]

Fantastic find, that plate looks GREAT!

 

[celtex]

That is one good looking plate. You never know where they will turn up. I found mine in my driveway.

Happy Hunting
Wettpaint

driveway?

 

[diggummup]

I'm glad to see this find in the banner. It definitely deserves to be there. Leave it just like it is. That's the best dug CSA plate i've seen in years. Congrats on such a nice find.

 

[Rmeav8r]

Great find! My Great Great Grandaddy spent almost 3 years at the Rock Island IL Prison as a POW. He was in the 6th Fla Infantry and was bayonetted and captured near Chattanooga, TN during the battle of missionary ridge. The story goes that after the war he rode trains but mostly walked back to his home in NW Florida.

Again GREAT FIND!

Scout

 

[locolarry]

Dang Yankees!

 

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Great find, when the DFX reads $1 you just never know until you dig it. Aren't you glad you did!! DFW

 

[Michiganne]

Congrats on an excellent find and saving a bit of history. Too bad that plate can't talk. Banner congrats too!

HH

 

[Newt]

Great Banner find!
Newt