Was this US Civil War buckle shot?*************** UPDATE************

[tsgman]

I dug this early in 06. I think it was shot. I found a photo of a shot breast plate in a relic id book and it looks very similar to my US plate. What do you guy's think. And how rare is it to find a shot US plate? How much in value can it increase. The strange thing is it appears the bullet struck it from the back side. It is easy to see the impact was from the back side. If the soldiers were using it for target practice wouldn't they shoot it from the front? If someone was wearing this when hit then they were shot in the back. I hate to think that happened. Of the 3 US plates I dug from this area, the back side of this one is darker, like it might be stained. I was watching the Natl Geographic Channel about the 5000 year old body they found in the mountains. They found a arrowhead that struck him along with blood cells still on his clothing. Maybe I have been watching to much CSI?

 

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[hollowpointred]

i think its entirely possible that a piece of shot or shrapnel could have passed through a mans body causing that damage. if so i think its more than likely that it was fatal. there was a high mortality rate for soldiers being shot in the gut back then due to the limited medical expertise of the day. whatever the case, shot or not, its a great find!

 

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