Only 1keeper today, but it's a good one

[kpmoose]

Up & out of the house at 5am this morning for a few hours hunt before the family even woke up. Researched the site of a cellar hole 20 minutes from my house. This site seemed to be hunted pretty good prior, but as I've heard others say, "a pounded site is never completely hunted out". I had no keepers for the first 2 hours, then I had a solid 80 VDI repeatable reading at 4" depth, right against a stone wall. After digging the plug, the target was deeper than the 4", indicating a larger target. Unfortunately, I ended up knicking the target a bit with my lesche digging tool (I thought it was a rock- rookie mistake):shocked04:. Got the target out & to my surprise, it was a Civil War eagle breast plate. :smitten:I've been dying to find anything old with an eagle on it. Mission accomplished.

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[Lodge Scent]

Only 1keeper today, but it's a good one

MAJOR understatement. That is one heck of a find ! :congrats:

[buck57]

Excellent find moose. Big congrats to ya :thumbsup02:

[Skamaniac]

Very nice indeed.

[del]

:shocked03::loveit: what a great relic Kevin :clapping::clapping: its a beautiful relic and certainly center piece in any ones display case. mega-congrats sir:notworthy:

[Isaac]

That's a beauty!!! I'd kill to find one of those! :shocked04: You can't even see the scratch!

[del]

there are many variants of this 1826 designed type of shoulder belt plate but yours looks to be the enlisted man's 1856-1863 one . it should measure to 63mm across and is known as the "short arrows" version. again great piece of military history.:perfect10:

[OxShoeDrew]

Very impressive! Congrats!

[freemindstuck]

Really cool! :congrats: Wish we had relics like that in my area of the country.

[Thiltzy]

A lot of people would have gotten the hell out of there after 2 hours of no keepers but persistence is the key. You put in the time and earned that one Kevin.:clapping: Super find and as Dan said, great center piece to display

[Bell-Two]

A great reward for you persistence we'll earned a wonderful find!

[Digger Don]

Great Job. Great Find. Very cool piece of history

[kpmoose]

there are many variants of this 1826 designed type of shoulder belt plate but yours looks to be the enlisted man's 1856-1863 one . it should measure to 63mm across and is known as the "short arrows" version. again great piece of military history.:perfect10:

Thanks for that information Dan. Yup, measures about 63mm. Now I have something good to bring to the next YTC meeting. :happydance01:

[kpmoose]

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the props.

I told the wife that she has to sleep on the couch tonight. She asked why? I said the eagle breast plate will be beside me tonight honey. :lol:

[MangoAve]

Congrats on the find. I wish I found something more than I did this weekend. I found a ric amount of clad in maybe a 20x30 area, but I think I need to research the spot more. There is supposed to be a field where the military drilled in the late 1600's. I found two plaques but I was unsure which of the 4 fields near the area are the true field. But Im intending to head back. And there are quite old houses near the area to do some door knocking..

[The Rebel]

That's an AWESOME find! if you know the name of the family that lived there, take a look into the CT CW Archives to see if you can find the persons war record.

http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Connecticut_Civil_War_Infantry_Union_Units

[Trooper Bri]

Fantastic moose! Congrats!
Amazing what's still under your feet, so close to home. Even more reason to attend the next meeting. :grin:

[kpmoose]

That's an AWESOME find! if you know the name of the family that lived there, take a look into the CT CW Archives to see if you can find the persons war record.

http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Connecticut_Civil_War_Infantry_Union_Units

Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. :groovy:



Fantastic moose! Congrats!
Amazing what's still under your feet, so close to home. Even more reason to attend the next meeting.


So true. Not what I was expecting to find. You never know.

[giant056]

Awesome find for sure :thumbsup02:

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

gorgeous plate kev! you deserve that one!Congrats!

[Timewarpdigger]

Awesome find and I think a number 1 find on everyone's bucket list. Congrats foaming at the mouth. Safe & HH

[coinnut]

Beautiful piece. :shocked04: :clapping:Cleaned up real nice too. That is going to be a hard one to beat next time....unless you find a second one :lol:

[foundation hunter]

That 2 hours of swinging paid off.
Nice Find Gary

[Ill Digger]

:shocked04: Whoa!!! That IS a super find!!! Waaaaay better than "good".:yes: :lol:
I'd give up my.... :confused: I don't know what I'd give up to find one. :dontknow: But know I sure would like to find one! :yes: :lol:
Great find and like the others have said, it'd make a great center piece for your display. :thumbsup01:
Congrats! :grin:

[del]

Kevin , I really had to comment on this piece again especially after seeing it in person last night at the Y.T.C. meeting. It was truly a beautiful relic and you did a superb job on cleaning and preserving it .:perfect10:

[kpmoose]

Kevin , I really had to comment on this piece again especially after seeing it in person last night at the Y.T.C. meeting. It was truly a beautiful relic and you did a superb job on cleaning and preserving it .:perfect10:

Thanks Dan, I appreciate the kind words. I enjoyed checking out your recent finds. Especially the 1st Regimental Light Artillery button. Congrats on your YTC find of the month award for that one. Hope to be able to get out on a hunt together sometime so you can show me how it's done. :thumbsup02:

Here's a pic of the finished product in it's Ryker case. I like how it came out.

[Trooper Bri]

Nice to meet you last night Kev. Pics don't do that shoulder plate justice! She looks real good in that case.