War of 1812 US Artillery Belt plate!!

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

I cant believe my luck ! I just got my new headphones this morning but the rain was coming down hard FINALLY it let up for a bit so I headed to the orchard. Swinging along and digging trash......... I thought for sure that this signal was some more junk. Not very deep, so I was not very carefull. BAM !! Belt plate was in my hand and I was doing the happy dance!
I managed to hit it with my shovel but.......... oh well, I have a freekin' belt plate

Here are some pics, only dry cleaned so far.

VPR

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Thank You to everyone !

I still cant beleive that I dug the best plate that I could hope for. The amount of trash here is overwheming. I want to go back with my ACE 250 and the sniper coil to see what else may be there.
The plate was only about 4" deep.


VPR

 

[vermonster]

Congrats on a beautiful find .Banner!!!!!!!!!

 

[birdman]

Awesome plate!! History in your hand.

 

[KGC4Dixie]

All official U.S. stars were six-pointed up until the mid-18-teens when at that time mostly civilian flags started showing five-pointed ones. Even military flags held six points into the 1820s/30s.

It's a great find.

Gary
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20 Star Flag - (1818-1819) (U.S.)
Jul 10, 2004 ... [U.S. 20 Great Star flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 28 July 2001. This flag flew over the Capitol dome for at lease six months of 1818. ...
www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-1818.html - Cached

Flag of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On April 4, 1818, a plan was passed by Congress at the suggestion of U.S. Naval Captain Samuel C. Reid in which the flag was changed to have 20 stars, ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States - Cached - Similar

 

[KGC4Dixie]

I did not fully know just how far back lead-filled backings were utilised. Interesting.

Here's another find like it:


Gary

 

[KGC4Dixie]

Hey Packrat........That is a sweet plate, it proves that stuff is still out there intact. Great find, I found part of one a month ago. Plan on going back to the site soon, its in the hard woods so don;t have to worry about the grass growing.......WTG keep on Digging! John

Seeker,

Have you ever gotten an exact date on that portion of a buckle?

Gary

 

[bigealive]

Awesome find!!!!

 

[allen]

congrats on making the banner with that awesome find !!!

 

[Sniffy]

This is just absolutely amazing. That war (in my opinion) has the best looking uniforms, buttons, plates...ect.ect. You have my dream find.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

This is just absolutely amazing. That war (in my opinion) has the best looking uniforms, buttons, plates...ect.ect. You have my dream find.

I googled 1812 artillery officer uniform. They sure wore some funny hats


VPR

 

[JerV3]

Man I love that plate.

Congrats on finding it. You could probably tap out that cut and make it look like it was never damaged.

HH Jer

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Congrats VPR. You deserve it my man.
Chris

 

[Breezie]

Sweeeeeeeeeet find! Congrats on making the banner! Breezie

 

[Company F]

Wow! Nice finds.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Please correct me if I am wrong. This belt plate has 20 stars above the eagle. That will put this Belt Plate post 1818.



VPR

 

[Digginman]

Beautiful find. It's not in the same league as yours but I dug a Civil War Swordplate a few years back. I wear mine, took it to a leather shop and had it made into a belt.

Heartfelt congrats.

DM

 

[KGC4Dixie]

Beautiful find. It's not in the same league as yours but I dug a Civil War Swordplate a few years back. I wear mine, took it to a leather shop and had it made into a belt. Heartfelt congrats. DM

Sorry, I couldn't do that. Had a friend wear an authentic (and rare) Confederate button. One day it popped off and in another hundred years will get refound!

You can get every kind of reproduction at a relic store near you. I have about seven or eight plates that go along with [a couple of] real finds.

My favorite [repro] is my 1812 with 13 stars overhead acting as "clouds by day".
Vermont, March 4, 1791 -- 14th state, oops!

Gary

 

[SkyPirate]

Congratulations!

 

[relic lover]

Great snag! congrats on the banner. I was just noticing that mine is not the same as yours or the other one posted look at my eagles neck feathers and eye brow area and other differences...strange aye?

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

It looks like there are many differences ! I wonder if there are different varieties? Does anyone know? Your belt looks like a keeper too


Thanks for posting yours. Now you have me wondering....


VPR