Some great relics yesterday!

[PaDirtDigger]

So, I got back to a house I was at many years ago. There is a lot of garbage in the yard, and I figured I should give the AT Pro a shot here.
Got a bunch of clad coins, and some iron fake outs... Even found 2 Quoits (like horseshoes, but these are metal donuts basically...) then I found a small tombac button, and that made me slow down a little. A ton of melted aluminum balls here and there, ash all in the soil everywhere, what a nightmare.
But then I popped out a musket ball!!


Pure white... Awesome.


Some more junk, and then an item that I had no clue what it really was, and I guess I just didn't think about it hard enough, but it's part of a belt buckle, I'm just missing the inside part that might have a person, animal, or words even... Definitely thinking it is military and civil war aged at least...

And lastly, I found one of my favorite things... An 1845 Large Cent!!

This was a tough hunt, but worth it. I almost drove past the house too, literally in the last second I decided turn into the driveway... Let me know what you all think about the belt buckle... Does anyone know exactly what the other side would have had on it??

 

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[PaDirtDigger]

Well, this is the first i have posted completely from my phone... The rain here gave me the time to figure it out!! But, thats not exactly how i was planning the pictures to be placed...

Enjoy anyway!

 

[cudamark]

That's a nice looking large cent! Congrats!

 

[OWK]

Not sure where in PA you dug that buckle, but it is a military wreath buckle.

The vast majority of them were confederate civil war buckles.

 

[PaDirtDigger]

It was just at a friends house actually. It is older than i thought, she said the house was built in 1810, i guessed 1840's or even 1850's... Northeast Pa

Thanks for a little insight on the piece... Very interesting

 

[airscapes]

What part of the state are you in?

 

[PaDirtDigger]

Northeast... Poconos

 

[Captain Caveman]

I love large cents and that one is awesome! Congratz!

 

[PaDirtDigger]

Thanks... Not too bad for 170 years old. :-) definitely the nicest I've found in the dirt...

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very nice LC... with full "Liberty". Someone dropped that when it was brand new. Very nice find.

If I were you, I would hit that place again, and attempt to find the tongue part of that buckle... it very well could say "CSA" on it.

Best of luck to you!

 

[PaDirtDigger]

How cool would that be Tom!! I have full permission for the place and can go whenever I please, also, there is an old farm field literally right next to the house that I will detect when the beans are done... :-) exciting times for a change...