US BOX PLATES!!! 5 NO BS!!

[dirt diggler]

yesterday me and poison ivy digger went to a new spot for us atleast . Searched around alittle got some buttons,bullets and then out of no where the MXT started screaming like a banshee and laying on the ground was one of these beauties still got signal and pulled out another ! at this point it turned into a bar brawl the hole was still singing put the Garret pro pointer in it went ape s@#t and out came another we couldnt beleive it then it happened again this holly tree was giving birth to these box plates 5 total this has been one of the least likely to happen things that by god happened!Enjoy i know i am .

 

[Des from down under]

congrats on the banner ..you nailed it for sure ..what a find..yeehaaa

 

[pepperj]

What an awesome find, congratulations on the find and banner.

 

[ticm]

5 in one hole...sorry, that IS a rare find...even to find one today is rare. Maybe this happened like in Crouchs book where the rebels captured these and stripped off the box plates. Seems in his book an early hunter found a spot after one of the early battles a good distance from the battlefield and founf like 50 in a small area. Great BANNER find. Congrats!

No one said it wasn't a rare find.
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[ticm]

There not as rare as they used to be.

They never were rare, but these days they are no doubt harder to find. So I guess it's how you define rare.

Great for the display case!

I'm sure that it was regarding this comment of yours

So what's your point? US box plates aren't rare. That doesn't make sense to you? It has nothing to do with how great a find it is.

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I am thinking they are a rare find

 

[N.J.THer]

Hi all

I see the enthusiasm and the joy in this thread.
Being from Europe, I am "completely unfamiliar" to these finds?
Would someone please be so good to explain me what these US box plates are, and why they are banner finds.
Are they very rare?

Thank you, and sorry for asking in an uneducated way

The Dane

Dane,
I'm by far not an expert and don't hunt Civil War sites but since nobody else jumped in I will take a shot. Guys if I'm wrong please correct me.

The 'US Box Plates' were used during the American Civil War (1861-1865) by the Union troops from the north. These plates were attached to the flap of cartridge boxes that were worn by the soldiers to hold ammunition. These plates as well as others such as breast plates were lost and/or removed to cut down on weight while marching. I've also heard they were removed since they made nice targets for the enemy. A shine brass plate will reflect the sun giving a soldiers location away. These lost and removed plates are sometimes discovered by detectorists. Although a US plate being found is not a rare find it is rare to find five all together. The 'CS Box Plates' from the confederate troops of the south are more rare then the US plates.

Okay...that was my best shot at explaining it...I hope it helps and if there are any errors someone will chime in.

NJ

 

[fossis]

Congratulations on a Banner find.

Fossis..............

 

[liftloop]

I vote banner...

 

[Iron Patch]

There not as rare as they used to be.

They never were rare, but these days they are no doubt harder to find. So I guess it's how you define rare.

Great for the display case!

I'm sure that it was regarding this comment of yours

So what's your point? US box plates aren't rare. That doesn't make sense to you? It has nothing to do with how great a find it is.

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I am thinking they are a rare find

It definitely is with maybe the exception of the old time relic hunters. Their stories are insane.

You could find a million dollar cache of memorial cents and it would be an incredibly rare find but doesn't mean each penny is rare. I can't believe there's a few people that just don't seem to understand this. Seems like too much detecting and not enough real world experience, or common sense, and I'm only wasting my time because I'm being quoted, and my words being spun into something they're not. I'd be over the moon if I came home with 5 plates of any kind! .... maybe even old dinner plates! (better than a Peter Rabbit spoon which seems like my last find of the year)

My friends actually found a cache of plates too, just over a year ago, and it was the find of a lifetime for them.... but that doesn't necessarily make each plate rare. (but the value was well into the thousands)

 

[Poison Ivy digger]

yo Dirt, thanks for the experiance of a life time, one i wont forget!! sorry about the black eye, but my busted up lip makes up for it!!

 

[{Sentinel}]

Great day! Cherish it!!!

 

[dirt diggler]

thank you all for all of your coments and ideas of how or why they were left but it sure has some gears turnin all my buddys heads . this has been a super week as you can imagine. well headin out for some more relics hope to post some more great finds from all these pounded camps here in Stafford. what does pounded mean anyways??

 

[JerV3]

Wow,

That is a awesome find man.

Jer

 

[olepossum]

man i would be setting up a base camp there for the next few weekends with tent or camper heater and food that place would not be left alone by me untill the snow falls and i would be whatching it for tracks in the snow waiting chomping at the bit for the spring thaw

 

[KRAZYHORSES]

AWESOME FIND DIRT DIGGLER!!!! im not going to try to stomp your find back into the dirt wish they were under my coil ! total CONGRATS on the box spill CONGRATS on the BANNER !! ENJOY THE HOBBY scott

 

[BamaBill]

You might want to check the area around where you found it to determine if what you're into was a hut site from a winter encampment. I was at a DIV a couple years back and one of the guys found what must have been the quartermaster's hut as he found a bunch (like more than 10) canteens stacked up together and a whole bunch of hat insignia clumped together. I'm thinking you just might have a resupply point there.

 

[dasdigger]

5 PLATES ..........5 PLATES I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FIND HALF OF ONE. nice find

 

[Mike_of_Tenn]

OMG!!!! That is just AWESOME! Super CONGRATS! Just blows my mind!

Mike

 

[Aquila]

You found nice treasure. Congrats.

 

[HISPAN]

Congrats for the banner !

 

[crashbro17x]

That doesn't happen very often! Congrats to you on an awesome experience and awesome finds!