***My First Civil War Yankee Belt Buckle***
Hello fellow diggers-
I'm knew to this forum, but wanted to post a recent recovery and my best relic find ever that I recenlty recovered last month. My two digging buddies Dave, Mark and I have been digging a known civil war battlefiled/encampment area (on private property with Landowners permission) in a civil war area in the western part of Virginia where we live.
We have been digging the typical .58, enfiled, Gardner, and Richmond Sharps bullets, plus quite a few flat and general service eagel buttons.
I got a good signal on my F-75 and noticed a piece of wire sticking out of the ground. So I removed the wire and put it in my trash bucket and rescanned the small hole I dug and realized there still was a good target in the hole, which I expected to be another drop .58, since I had just previously dug a .58 drop. After pinpointing, I soon realized the target was a good 5 inches in the ground. After a shovel full of dirt, I saw an oval disk the clearly discernable letters "U S" on the front. I think it took me about 5-10 seconds for my brain to engage to what I had actully just dug.
Albeit a few small cracks on the face, the buckle is beautiful intact, complete with hooks (puppy paws) on the back with a bit of leather still attached. I never would ever had imagined I would dig my first US Yankee belt buckle, but I did am thankful and blessed to have dug this piece of CW history from a field long forgotten about the lives of these brave soldiers.
Always, always rescan your hole after digging trash, as you never know what treasures still lie beneath your seach coil, waiting to see the light of day. The plates and belt buckles are still out there, but you have to dig every signal.....
Happy Hunting....
Best-
Wayne
www.personal-goal-setting.com/relic-hunter.html
That is a awesome find , I got my first one a few months back along with two mississippi buttons which this has been my year for alot of first's ive been wanting ... but awesome job on the recovery !!!!
Hi Jim- Don't know why the pics won't post. You can however view from my website:www.personal-goal-setting.com/relic-hunter.html
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I was anxious to view the pictures......apparently they did not register. I get a
"page not found" message. Thanks for the story though....Jim
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Lucky-Thanks, yes the buckles and plates are out there, but you have to take your time, dig every signal and always rescan your dig holes. None of the guys I've been digging with have ever found a buckle, so I am indeed extremely blessed to have recovered such a coveted piece of civil war history.Yes my next goals are to recover a CS plate and a confederate button, (VA, SC, or NC) woulde be nice. HHBest- Wayne www.personal-goal-setting.com/relic-hunter.html
I know it took a little talent and tons of hard work. It is a great find, and a perfect example and in that way you are very lucky. I wouldn't worry about the crack, I believe that I would be a little cracked if I had been buried for 150 years. It just gives the find a lot of character. Keep hunting I'm sure that you will soon come up with the buckel that has a big CS on it.
click on the small pictures on your post and they will enlarge.