This years first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart, New Pics!

[MonkeyBoy]

This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart, New Pics!

hello all,

I went back to the same spot from my last couple of postings.. the best I had done so far was a nice scabbard tip, bullets, a few buttons and a broken gold ring.. well.. not more then 15 minutes after getting there I pulled an eagle plate.. pretty much on edge at about 6" or so!! Pretty happy.. my first plate so far this year.. after a lot of shotgun shells.. I finally got a good high 70s VDI.. bouncing around a little but shallow and that I thought it would be a three ringer.. I was within 20 feet or so of where I dug some the other night.. well.. pulled the plug and there was most of a silver coin in the bottom.. I swear I thought it was a SLQ by the way it looked at first.. so I plucked it out and like an idiot.. lightly brush the dirt off.. only to realize it was a reale... ;-) turns out to be a 1780 2 reale!! so two first for the year!! I also dug a huge pocket knife at about 12" in the ground that still had the wood on the handle!! It started to fall apart as soon as I pulled it out, the back side dropping off back into the hole. Also found the metal tag or ad for the soap?? No idea on that one.. and one fired Garner. My DFX popped low bat on me the last 20 minutes or so... so I decided to call it a day..

MB

PS: For the record.. my new laptop is a Asus Eee PC and the freaking keyboard is tooooo small!!! Typos galore!!


PSS: Updated title to be clear it was a standard round eagle plate.. not a buckle or sword plate!!

New Pics at bottom of posts.. just some I had on my cell phone.. had to send that almost live update from the field to my digging buddies.. ;-)

 

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[coltdavis]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

Congrats on the first for the year!! awesome finds!

 

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[kdismuke1]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

GREAT FINDS,CONGRATES.

 

[KirkTN]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

All Great Finds. The Breast Plate appears to be in super shape. Love the Reale too. Both in a day 20 min. apart would be almost too much on me LOL WTG

 

[dirt diggler]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

Thats a really great bunch of finds and you must be in some great soil for that plate to look so beautiful . Make sure you take your rain gear so we can see your most excellent finds tomorrow !!

 

[baspinall]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

Don't get much better than that. Very Nice.

Brian

 

[cwdigger]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

That is one BEAUTIFUL breast plate, nice brown patina on it to, congrats bud

Cw

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

You made two really nice finds. The breastplate is gorgeous, and a quarter sized 18th century Spanish silver coin is hard to beat.

I am disheartened to inform you however that there are some filths in this world which not even Octagon soap can wash away............

Thanks..

You sir.. are a poet..

In slightly "different language" a very well traveled DI on Parris Island taught me that one.. many years ago. ;-)

MB

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Re: This year's first CW Eagle Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

read your heading an was hoping for a belt plate for ya an seen the breast plate not as good as a belt plate still a dang good find..congrats!!!!!!!!!

Me too!!! Every time I dig an eagle plate I always do that "slowly turning it over" hoping for some arrows!!! I don't remember seeing one posted on t-net?? Has there been and I missed it?? This got me thinking.. I did a quick count of the types of plates I have dug... running a 3 to 1 ration on Eagle/Breast Plates to US buckles..US Buckles and cartridge plates about even.. and a 11 to one ratio between Breast Plates and others... sword, 4 piece enlisted, SNYs... etc... not counting any other.. ah.. different plate or associated brass.. i.e. sling buckles.. rosettes.. frames.. clip corners etc... purely based on the statistics.. i am "due" for either a US Buckle or Cartridge based on the last two years of digging... out of nine plate only one was a buckle. Ok.. that's all just the laws of averages i know... but man.. hoping it works out that way!! Hmm... maybe i should not have had that Starbucks on the way home!!! ;-)



MB

LOL, those are some Fantastic finds!

Seems like my ratio the past couple years has been heavy on the Sword Belt Plate side (3 to 1 of anything else). But I think that's because I hunt areas where lots of cavalry enlisted.

Great stuff! Even though it's one of those same old eagles again it is a REALLY NICE one!



Best Wishes,



Buckles

Hmm.. I like ur ratio much better!!! ;-) I have 2.. just found the keeper to one end of 2007.. that plate sat in there for years waiting!!! I think there are so many breast plates because I hunt a lot of the camps along a march route.. since the plate served no functional purpose.. I think they were the first frisbees..


MB

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

Congrats on finding some goodies!! Love the plate!!

Thanks!!

Semper Fi!!

MB

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

Isn't that the place you were supposed to bring me to Mark Beautiful dig's Buddy

HA!! You know.. I was going to say that to Ty! ;-) If you saw this place.. you would never believe anything would come out of there.. this all was because of a sidenote reference I found in the War Report.. was not very accurate.. but close enough.

MB

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

That's what I like to see Monkeyboy. way to go on the breast plate and the 2 reales.
Chris

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

More nice finds MB. You are sure finding some nice relics this year. More to come

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

More nice finds MB. You are sure finding some nice relics this year. More to come

thanks!! I think it has been a good mix of relics so far this year.. pretty happy with it!!

MB

 

[DugHoles]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

Congrats on those finds

Happy Hunting,

Dugholes

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart!!!!

I forgot I had some pics on my cell phone.. the actually recovery.. had to send some pics to my digging buddies.. since we had been "plateless" so far this year..

MB

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart, New Pics!

Very nice plate. I'll take a silver like that, still looking

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart, New Pics!

Very nice plate. I'll take a silver like that, still looking

Hmmm.. I'll take some of that silver you guys dig over there!!! I have a couple of groats i picked up here and there.. but nothing like what you guys find!!!

MB

 

[Elvis]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart, New Pics!

Sweet Breast Plate. I'm still waiting to find one. Congrats

 

[John (Ma)]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart, New Pics!

Nice looking finds.

 

[Deno]

Re: This year's first CW Breast Plate AND 2 Reale 20 minutes apart, New Pics!

That is one fantastic plate, the Spanish silver ain't bad either. What a hunt. This is the best hobby in the world.
Just think of all of the relics that would be lost forever without us. Congratulations.