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[CoilyGirl]

It's a little too early for champagne buuuuttt ...

Please join me in my excitement this morning as yesterday I dug a perfectly beautiful rare CSA Atlanta Arsenal style belt buckle! It was my first target of the afternoon and while I'm amazed at my find, I just happened to be at the right place at the right time. The first CSA buckle like this I had ever seen was a few months ago at the Middle Tennessee Metal Detecting Club meeting and our very own DMan Doug was the proud owner. This is the Atlanta Arsenal style CSA rectangle and was probably issued in Dalton, Georgia in 1863. My buckle even had a little bit of black leather still attached under the two main hooks because copper sulfite was used to cast the plate and it inhibited decay and infestation of insects. I still can't believe my incredible luck this morning. It was laying face up and as soon as I saw the "A" it registered in my mind what I had unearthed and I just had to sit there in reverence a minute before I could get up and go show it to my husband who was equally as shocked and happy.

 

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[mangum]

Congrats on that amazing plate & making banner!

 

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[Gaspipe]

Perfectly amazing!

 

[redcobra8u]

Sweet!!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I'm delighted to see this news. It's proof that good things do happen to good people. Mega-congratulations!

 

[leviathanrick]

Awesome find. Way to go girl!

 

[Dman]

That is one beautiful plate. Congrats on a wonderful and rare find.
Dman

 

[plugcutter84]

Beautiful plate! Congrats, hope you can get get back to that site and see what else might be there!

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Coilygirl , Wow !!!! Fantastic buckle !!! Congrats on it and the Banner ! waiting to see your next find.

 

[StormSurge]

CoilyGirl, ".... I just had to sit there in reverence" Indeed ! And a moment of reverence every time you look at it.

Definitely break out the bourbon

 

[theviking]

WOW! Killer find, congrats on a well deserved banner. Thanks for the view!

 

[Ahab8]

Great job on the banner find CG! It's always fun for me to see the positive, nice people who always have a kind word find something awesome. So congrats and enjoy that amazing piece of history

 

[46Wheat]

Thank you for sharing your hunt and those pictures

 

[jdsly]

Really cool find! Hope to get into some civil war stuff soon. Congrats

 

[MichiganMan]

Congratulations on a superb find.

 

[SusanMN]

Outstanding!

 

[Gary1963]

Congratulations !! Welcome to the Banner Family !!! Where there's always room for one more!

 

[austin]

Makes all the other stuff worth it, don't it. You go girl...

 

[treblehunter]

I was soaking in the lake and miss all the fun, CONGRATS! I'm very happy for you and glad you found that cool buckle!

 

[Mike from MI]

Yeeee Haaaa! That is a find of a lifetime! Congrats, and "You go Girl"

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congratulations on your CSA Buckle find Coilygirl and for making the BANNER so quickly!
Couldn't have happened to a nicer person!

Dave