Dug a US Plate in rough shape.

[hunting deer]

I tried a new field tonight. The 1874 atlas showed a house way in the middle so I set off to find it. An hour later and alot of walking and I started hearing iron. I found some keepers. I have no idea if this is "or was" a belt plate or a box plate. It made my day though. What I assumed was a large cent turned out to be a Canadian Half Penny. 1837 I believe. I worked on it with the andre pencils and a light copper wheel. A little too much copper wheel I think but it cleaned up nice instead of mystery coin. Two eagle buttons. One smashed. A couple flat buttons. A large brass item. No idea. Some lamp parts. A candle holder ring. Some type of hammer head. Looks like an older clip. London on one of the flat buttons. I found three double eyelet items. Does anyone know what they were used for? I don't. Had a good time! Thats my second ever US plate. Its been abused no doubt. Good Hunting!

 

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[BigWaveDave]

Nice digs! I’ve found on of those double eyelet things before… no clue what it is. I’ll follow this if someone can ID them.
Love the Canadian Half Penny

 

[hunting deer]

Nice digs! I’ve found on of those double eyelet things before… no clue what it is. I’ll follow this if someone can ID them.
Love the Canadian Half Penny

Thanks! I know! I seem to find them only on the older sites. And three tonight whatever they are. lol

 

[detectorcowboy]

I tried a new field tonight. The 1874 atlas showed a house way in the middle so I set off to find it. An hour later and alot of walking and I started hearing iron. I found some keepers. I have no idea if this is "or was" a belt plate or a box plate. It made my day though. What I assumed was a large cent turned out to be a Canadian Half Penny. 1837 I believe. I worked on it with the andre pencils and a light copper wheel. A little too much copper wheel I think but it cleaned up nice instead of mystery coin. Two eagle buttons. One smashed. A couple flat buttons. A large brass item. No idea. Some lamp parts. A candle holder ring. Some type of hammer head. Looks like an older clip. London on one of the flat buttons. I found three double eyelet items. Does anyone know what they were used for? I don't. Had a good time! Thats my second ever US plate. Its been abused no doubt. Good Hunting!

Never seen a box plate that messed-up. Nice score.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Some real history there - congrats !

 

[Blackfoot58]

I think they are splicing eyelets for single-strand barbed wire fencing. It would allow you to start a new roll of wire when the previous one runs out.
The recourse was to cut the wire back to the nearest post and waste wire.
I can’t swear that’s the intended purpose, but I have seen them in use that way. Possibly repurposed?

 

[fishstick]

That's the kind of hunting a like to do, wide open field and a hunch!!!!!! I'm having trouble remembering what those eyelit things are , it will come to me. Killer stuff bud Congratz!!!

 

[Bamasteve]

Great bunch of finds there, congrats!

 

[scruggs]

Congrats on a good hunt and recoveries!

 

[Gare]

FANTASTIC finds That Belt plate is amazing

 

[Digger RJ]

I tried a new field tonight. The 1874 atlas showed a house way in the middle so I set off to find it. An hour later and alot of walking and I started hearing iron. I found some keepers. I have no idea if this is "or was" a belt plate or a box plate. It made my day though. What I assumed was a large cent turned out to be a Canadian Half Penny. 1837 I believe. I worked on it with the andre pencils and a light copper wheel. A little too much copper wheel I think but it cleaned up nice instead of mystery coin. Two eagle buttons. One smashed. A couple flat buttons. A large brass item. No idea. Some lamp parts. A candle holder ring. Some type of hammer head. Looks like an older clip. London on one of the flat buttons. I found three double eyelet items. Does anyone know what they were used for? I don't. Had a good time! Thats my second ever US plate. Its been abused no doubt. Good Hunting!

Very Cool!!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[hunting deer]

I think they are splicing eyelets for single-strand barbed wire fencing. It would allow you to start a new roll of wire when the previous one runs out.
The recourse was to cut the wire back to the nearest post and waste wire.
I can’t swear that’s the intended purpose, but I have seen them in use that way. Possibly repurposed?

I like that theory! That would make sense. I've also found them in fields with nothing else around.

 

[creskol]

I think they are trip-links from an old check row corn planter.

 

[hunting deer]

That's the kind of hunting a like to do, wide open field and a hunch!!!!!! I'm having trouble remembering what those eyelit things are , it will come to me. Killer stuff bud Congratz!!!

Thanks! I know right! I almost didn't find it. I decided to check one more high point in the field and saw a crumbled brick fragment. Game on! lol

 

[hunting deer]

I think they are trip-links from an old check row corn planter.

Thanks, I'll check that out. I've been finding them for years. I always wondered what they were used for.

 

[oldmxrat]

Neat stuff, congrats and thanks for posting!

 

[lenmac65]

Great stuff! I would love to find an eagle button. Nice job on the coin. Congrats!

 

[Fredneck]

Looks like he met up with a pissed Rebel. Nice haul !!

 

[hunting deer]

Update: I just wanted to post a pic of the same plate after doing some "carefull" bending with five different types of pliers. Then I used my andre pencils to sharpen the details. No water, just a dry brush. I sealed the back with gorilla wood glue to help preserve it and hold it's shape. It was rolled up like a cigar when I found it! I was sure it was gonna split completely in the middle or elsewhere but I went micro slow with the bending. Just wanted a better display. Cheers!

 

[Fentonian]

The eyelet pieces are lead and they were used chained together thru a pipe to extract water from the ground, kind of like a well pump.