War of 1812 era Belt Plate!!

[MississippiDetector]

 

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[Isaac]

WOW, excellent find!

 

[Worm-Slicer]

That's a nice one, would love to find one of those. Lots of good plates from that era have been popping out of the ground this year.

 

[niffler]

This one, from Kerksis "Plates and buckles of the American military 1795 - 1874". Sorry it won't let me rotate the picture.

 

[tlh2865]

Wow she's a beauty!! Amazing that it still has some shine after all that time, and the iron hooks to boot.

 

[devldog]

Great looking belt plate. A hewge Congrat's to you.

 

[trapperart]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on a fantastic find

 

[ironhorse]

that's one way to get people's attention


so, is there a story on this find?

 

[Metal Magnet]

That plate is siiiiick! A big congrats to you.

 

[terpfan]

Terrific recovery. Would love to hear the story behind the find.

 

[SultansOfSwing]

Wow she's a beauty!! Amazing that it still has some shine after all that time, and the iron hooks to boot.

 

[MadTom]

Sweet!

 

[MississippiDetector]

I was totally shocked when I dug this up. It was around 4-6 inches down. I spent weeks researching this area but I was expecting Civil War era relics, but now that I found this belt plate I've got a lot more research to do. (Some times old folk tales lead to the best finds.)

 

[Gridwalker306]

That's an exceptional find, congratulations

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Incredible Plate! Awesome find and look forward to seeing what else turns up there.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Outstanding belt plate.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on the sweet plate!

 

[Coldshuz]

... Sorry it won't let me rotate the picture.

 

[Steve in PA]

Sweet Plate! Would love to dig one of those!

 

[Patriot Relics]

Outstanding early militia plate, crazy to think 3 of these have been dug in as many months on here. Would be a huge bucket lister for me. We'll done