I drove to Oklahoma for this !!

[Trezurehunter]

And it was worth the 11 hour drive. Took a vacation to visit our son, & he had an old farmhouse lined up for me to metal detect. Only found a few items in 3 hours of hunting but this Eagle Belt Plate was one of them. No old coins or tokens were found today. This is the first belt plate I have ever found. If anyone has any other info or history on the belt plate I would appreciate the help. It is missing the tongue & loop on the back, but you can see where they were attached at one time. I always seem to do well in Oklahoma. Good hunting to all. Ron

 

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[jdsarasin8194]

Great find

 

[DMN]

Well worth the drive.

 

[Mr Tuff]

nice relic MR TUFF

 

[mlayers]

sweet buckel

 

[rockyredbaron]

Where in Oklahoma did ya go ?

WTG ..thats outstanding


Rockyredbaron

HH to all

 

[Dirtfan]

where at, that is the question. what county? I been hunting it for 40 years, not nuch here CW wise.

 

[vayank54]

A cool find.
The buckle dates 1880s to very early 1900's or so. Most civil war sword belt plates were cast brass. The ones that were thin stamped brass were lead filled. Sometime in the 1870's or 80's they stated making stamped brass plates with the hooks soldered on the back. I think they used this type of plate up to about 1940 or so. Still a nice find and I would be happy with it.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Dirtfan & Rockyredbaron, I live in Illinois about 45 min. South of Chicago. My son lives in Midwest City, Oklahoma but has coworkers who live in Pottawatomie County. That's where the Belt plate was found yesterday. Ron

 

[Iron Patch]

Any plate with a bit of age is a good plate!

 

[TommNJ]

Your trip definitely paid off, congrats on the buckle, NICE !!

TommNJ

 

[Dixiedigger]

Great find, well worht the trip.

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Thats a sweet find either way

 

[Golden1]

And well worth the trip

G1

 

[{Sentinel}]

Very cool plate. I agree with VaYank

 

[Rickiowa2009]

Thats a sweet buckle!

 

[Lt1stone]

Sweet find!