New York Militia Waist Belt Plate

[G.A.P.metal]

I was out to a place that i have been before...first place i wanted to go had fresh liquid cow crap 2" deep.
I went to my second place just down the road ,different farmer no fresh crap in this field
Walk out with the Deus and 1 washer,1 Silver top to a round case .
This Plate looks to be Civil War has Excelsior,an Eagle holding 2 flags and poles in each talon, and a Cannon Barrel in each talon.
Hunt is 20 minutes long.
The End looks different but i`m not real good with this kind of find any help is cool.
The last picture i put some moisture to see it better.
OOO YA this find made me have get excited and i had to come home.
Gary

 

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[Peyton Manning]

Beautiful relic recovery!

ditto

 

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[G.A.P.metal]

Beautiful relic recovery!

Thanks Professor !
Gary

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Very nice, and complete with hook and bar. I grew up in Upstate NY so have a fondness for NY related military items.I found a 1/2 of one of those in North Hebron NY in the late 1980's. Never found the rest of it.

Steve

Thank you Steve
N.Y. Even upstate holds a lot of relics !
Gary

 

[rickb2202]

I'm going banner on this !. Was way cool !

 

[G.A.P.metal]

ditto

thanks jeff !

 

[Evolution]

That thing is awesome Gary. That's the kind of find we all have in the back of our mind when we're hunting. Big congrats to you!

Rob

 

[G.A.P.metal]

I'm going banner on this !. Was way cool !

Wow rickb i appreciate it Thanks !
Gary

 

[G.A.P.metal]

That thing is awesome Gary. That's the kind of find we all have in the back of our mind when we're hunting. Big congrats to you!

Rob

Thanks Rob
Funny i was just thinking yesterday, of a N.Y.Plate my old hunting partner found about 10 years ago,then scored this today !
Gary

 

[Evolution]

I bet there's something even better in the field that had 2 inches of liquid cow crap. Best of luck next time out. ..... and once again, major congrats on that puppy.

 

[Scrappy]

Gary Gary Gary! Whoa bud you nailed a good one. Some plates of that era are listed as having silvering applied, but the ones found seem to have lost it. Yours looks great buddy and still has a bit of luster! Outstanding

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Another post. Another plate. Another awesome find!!!

 

[Kurios1]

A dream come TRUE! Well done hooking and landing a real WALL HANGER! She's in beautiful condition. I wonder how it feels to recover such a historic find? Big time congratulations on the find of a lifetime mate!

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Gary Gary Gary! Whoa bud you nailed a good one. Some plates of that era are listed as having silvering applied, but the ones found seem to have lost it. Yours looks great buddy and still has a bit of luster! Outstanding

Thanks Scrappy
I love to get the good stuff out of the ground.
Gary

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Another post. Another plate. Another awesome find!!!

Thank Silver
Seems the be Plate Season !
Gary

 

[G.A.P.metal]

A dream come TRUE! Well done hooking and landing a real WALL HANGER! She's in beautiful condition. I wonder how it feels to recover such a historic find? Big time congratulations on the find of a lifetime mate!

Thanks Kurios1
Well it feels great to find my first plate !
Gary

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Good reason why you can go back.
I thought of you been a little tougher? 2"of cow sheut keeping you off the field?

Well pepperj that field smelled so bad i won`t go back there till spring

 

[pepperj]

Well pepperj that field smelled so bad i won`t go back there till spring

Sitting around the picnic table of a local burger joint with a couple farmers, when this strong whiff of a freshly sprayed field assaulted our noses. I said that's "Oh that's pretty ripe, farmer replied -"Oh the smell of money".

Post a pic up Gary once you have it straightened up-well that's if you do. Congrats again on the beauty.

 

[trapperart]

Great find congrats

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Thanks Art

 

[Relicific]

Very cool belt plate
Congrats