Va. Civil War campsite odds and ends

Flathead25 · Jul 11, 2013

So, these are a few weeks old, but I had one piece I couldn't identify. Last night I posted it on "what is it?" and thanks to the Cannonball Guy (a fellow Richmonder) he immediately id it as a shoulder plate clasp. After searching for what he had just told me, I recognized another piece I had found back in March and almost threw it out. Ended up being a saddle plate! The last item....kind of hard to miss identify. Nice confederate artillery button!! Thanks again cannonball guy! If I see you out around town I'll buy you a cold one.

jewelerguy · Jul 11, 2013

sweet artillery button

TheCannonballGuy · Jul 22, 2013

Flathead25 wrote:
> Last night I posted it on "what is it?" and thanks to the Cannonball Guy
> (a fellow Richmonder) he immediately id it as a shoulder plate clasp.

Actually, I said it is from shoulder-scales (also called epaulettes). Please pardon the nit-picking about the name. The term you used ("shoulder plate") sounds too similar to a shoulder belt plate... an entirely different object.

I should've sent you a PM that I'd have a sales-table at the relic show in Richmond this past weekend. We could have had a cold drink together at the snack bar there.

Flathead25 · Jul 22, 2013

I apologize CannonballGuy. I think I got excited that you helped me ID two pieces I had been looking for for a few weeks.... Rookie mistake. I wish I had made it to the show. I didn't realize it was this weekend. Feel free to PM me if you know of or will have a table at any other local shows in the future! I still owe you a cold one. By the way, It looks like the Showplace will soon be a new Roses department store.

ynpto804 · Jul 23, 2013

Nice Block A. Does it have a back mark?? I live in Mechanicsville. If I would have know CBG would have been there at the show I would have brought a small shell I've been looking for help on. Nice finds again

TheCannonballGuy · Jul 23, 2013

No problem, Flathead25. I made a lot of "rookie mistakes" myself.

There won't be another "major" civil war relic show in the Richmond area until November, the weekend before Thanksgiving. I'll have a sales-table there.

Davers · Jul 23, 2013

Good A man, JUST KIDDING, That's a very nice Confederate Artillery button , I'm also curious about the back mark ..The other relics are cool as well ,as they are from Americas only Civil War. Well, Hopefully the only one..