Civil War Brass Eagle

[EC.Mason]

Found this detecting this weekend. I posted this on the Civil War and the What Is It forums, and found out it is either a Civil War sword plate, or a pre-Civil War Breast Plate.

 

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[peanut]

Nice NCO belt plate!

 

[Hendrix]

Very cool stuff, brother! I wish we had more Civil War stuff in our area!

 

[John Boy]

Very nice plate.it's in great shape to.congrats

 

[smokeythecat]

Nice. I dug one of those back 20 years ago, but not since.

 

[JmCraz8]

Amazing find, congrats!!!

 

[EC.Mason]

Thanks. Here are some buttons I dug at the same site. One says "Big 3 Cincinnati," one says "AJ Town Co. Boston," which I found were made between the 1870s and around 1946. I have no idea on the other. I cant figure out what the BIG 3 Cincinnati button is. I seen online that there was one for sale on ebay, and they thought it was sports related, but didnt have anything to back that up. So dont know.

 

[flyinryan2]

Wow that sweet!!! Looks like a breast plate to me.

 

[birdman]

Congrats on the breast plate ! Very sought after, I found my first one a few weeks ago.

 

[jewelerguy]

beautiful!

 

[EC.Mason]

Thanks everyone, I'm very happy with it. Shen I found it I was covered in dirt and I thought it might be another jar lid then I wiped away the dirt and realized how heavy it wa. I then seen the eagle and started getting excited. I hollered at my buddy and hvsaid that he had seen one on a show andvtha twas Civi War. I thought it was too good to be true until I looked iy p and then everyone on here confirmed it for me.