BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
Today was a killer day for me. Got out in the early morning with Shanegalang and decided to make do with some turn rows and the edges of good fields that now have 12 foot tall cane in them. We dug for a good while, picking up a couple flat buttons and odds and ends. Then all of a sudden I dug this big piece of lead. No big deal. We find lots of melted lead in the fields here. BUT then I wiped it off with my glove and saw...an ATTACHMENT HOOK!!! I KNEW it was a plate, and couldn't see what was on the front, but seeing the arrow I was convinced it was Yankee. Here is the video:
And the photo after I cleaned it off in the field:
Doesn't look too bad for being in a plowed field for 150 years. I was VERY lucky to get BOTH letters on the plate! After finding so many taco shaped half reales and other coins, I'm surprised this plate fared as well as it has. I think I will send it to be restored. It's actually my first US plate. I've dug a boxplate, and sword belt plates, breastplates, and militia plates... But finally got one. And in Louisiana to boot.
I ended up with a couple more goodies, including a beat-to-death 1807 half real. This is Spanish Silver #21 for the year for us, and #40 in 20 months. It also puts us up to 72 silvers dug, spanning the 1740s through the 1950s. Nice to see that Reales account for more than half of the total.
Hopefully we can keep that record as we push on toward harvest time.
Also got a Knights Templar button. M.C. Lilley & Co. Manufactured between 1865 and 1882.
And a group shot. Not sure what the pewter piece is at the upper right.
Best Wishes and HH,
Buckles
Today was a killer day for me. Got out in the early morning with Shanegalang and decided to make do with some turn rows and the edges of good fields that now have 12 foot tall cane in them. We dug for a good while, picking up a couple flat buttons and odds and ends. Then all of a sudden I dug this big piece of lead. No big deal. We find lots of melted lead in the fields here. BUT then I wiped it off with my glove and saw...an ATTACHMENT HOOK!!! I KNEW it was a plate, and couldn't see what was on the front, but seeing the arrow I was convinced it was Yankee. Here is the video:
And the photo after I cleaned it off in the field:
Doesn't look too bad for being in a plowed field for 150 years. I was VERY lucky to get BOTH letters on the plate! After finding so many taco shaped half reales and other coins, I'm surprised this plate fared as well as it has. I think I will send it to be restored. It's actually my first US plate. I've dug a boxplate, and sword belt plates, breastplates, and militia plates... But finally got one. And in Louisiana to boot.
I ended up with a couple more goodies, including a beat-to-death 1807 half real. This is Spanish Silver #21 for the year for us, and #40 in 20 months. It also puts us up to 72 silvers dug, spanning the 1740s through the 1950s. Nice to see that Reales account for more than half of the total.
Hopefully we can keep that record as we push on toward harvest time.Also got a Knights Templar button. M.C. Lilley & Co. Manufactured between 1865 and 1882.
And a group shot. Not sure what the pewter piece is at the upper right.
Best Wishes and HH,
Buckles
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Still looking for my first plate.
Love the plate! I enjoyed the video and especially your 'rain song' at the end. 
