$20,000.00 CONFEDERATE BUCKLE FOUND IN TENNESSEE

[archaphilius]

Hello there!!! I found this jewel Thursday, Nov. 17th here in Central Tennessee at a Confederate site. It is undoubtedly my best find ever!!!! I had been told the usual...that the site has been long since "hunted out". I started detecting and immediately began to find dropped William's cleaners, blank buttons, etc. Then I happened upon a hexagonal Whitworth round. I most definitely decided to concentrate my efforts in that one area of the field. After a pocketful of bullets I got a large signal with my White's XL Pro that landed the needle up around 75 on the meter. I had almost decided not to dig it because it was so loud and sounded close to the surface like some big chunks of aluminum I had been coming across in the area. But, this was a Civil War site and I knew that belt plates, especially, produced a large signal. So, I dug up a clod of soil and there it was!!! It came up with the hooks showing and I kinda stood there for a moment until it dawned on me that I was looking at a belt buckle. I turned it over and saw the CS surrounded by stars and the rest is a blur. I cannot tell you the elation I felt and I think that I walked in circles around the hole for several minutes making phone calls with my cellular before actually picking the relic up! It is a day that I will never forget. The buckle is valued in excess of $20,000.00!!!!?

 

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[beetle662]

Truly awesome!

I'm the same way... after having been told that a place has been cleaned out, I've managed to pull some goodies out as well! Nothing even close to this caliber, but the point is the same! NO PLACE IS REALLY EVER HUNTED OUT!

Congrats on a beauty my friend!

 

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[Nana40]

WoW!

Congratulations to you!!!

And how long did it take you to leave that place?


Nana

 

[GaCracker]

What a great find. I'm proud for you! If you plan on selling it-don't clean it.

 

[rasrandy]

What a great and valuable find!
HHs

 

[j.d. in the usa]

that is awsome congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!! beautiful

 

[Max]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[treasures4me2find]

Wow what a find......You can't beat that. Congrats.

Ken

 

[IrishCharlieM]

Just incrediable.I sure would like to find one...........Who knows I am in Virginia...

WTG.............

 

[DetectoDude]

Oh My God! You have really found something great!!!!!!!!!!! Good for you, congrats to you, I can imagine you are still not sleeping. You should put it in for the best finds of the year and write a story. I also think you should go back there and detect some more!

 

[rabajohn]

Dang! I've been throwing those in the trash along with those pesky Large Copper cents! Congrats on the awesome buckle! Maybe during a skirmish some excited soldier carrying a full case of those buckles, stumbled and dropped the box and left it. It could happen! If I'm right, would you send me one of them?

 

[Southcacalaky]

Excellent Find, HH Art...

 

[BPhillips]

Outstanding! Way to go. Congratulations.

BPhillips

 

[agbonanza]

Absolutely amazing!!! ?Fantastic find!! ?Keep on hunting the area, perhaps more will follow...HH

 

[rvbvetter]

? ? ? ?WOW!!!!!? ? ?Fantastic Find!!!!? ? ?If you sell it through one of the well known auction houses like? Sothby's.? ?I would be surprised if you didn't get considerably more than that.? ?Congratulations!!!!? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? HH

 

[Crutch]

From one Tennessean to another, congratulations. If there was one there, well, you just never know. The next one would probably be the 1000 dollar version but I'm sure you would get over it. I hope can keep it in a safe place for a very long time.

 

[Jaxster]

Woweee!!! That is soooo cool!! Congrats!!

 

[whites6000inPa]

Kind of makes you want to go show it to everybody who told you it was "hunted out"...don't it?

Super find.....May we all be so fortunate. Congratulations!

Wyatt

 

[WV_Detecting]

congrats, THAT is what keeps us all going.

 

[nevrdundetecting]

Wow, that is amazing....congrats!!! There is a civil war campsite about an hour from me that I don't think anybody knows about, that just makes me want to go hit it even more. It was the site of a winter skirmish, the Confederates (numbering about 150) were wintering in this hollow and were attacked by a superior Union force of about 275 men. The Confederates scattered and 5-10 were killed, around 42 were captured. Someone once told me that 3 of the Confederate graves were still visible on a point overlooking the hollow........man I can't wait to get out there!!! Great Find!!

HH

 

[Crutch]

I don't want to highjack this post but anyway

Wintering sights are a great place to hunt. When they camp for the winter they very often got re-supplied. With that came new equipment. They would just throw the old belts and everything else over in the weeds or trash pit and put the new stuff on. Got to remember that a heavy ole brass buckle wasn't worth much back then expecially if the leather was wearing out. So they dumped them in the bushes.

HH