GA1dad
12-02-2014, 07:39 PM
I struggled deciding whether to title this " The breastplate that never was",,, or "What a fool believes"
I went out for a short hunt after work this afternoon. My goal really was to work through some language barrier issues between my detector and my brain. I think maybe my brain is catching up a little bit, as I didn't dig any PBR cans today. I did however stumble upon this kind of heavy, brass disk. With a little brushing I saw it had two letters and a clear defined rim around it. I won't lie,, my heart got to pumping with the thought that it might be my first breastplate. This would not have been a far stretch as I found a SC state seal button 200 feet away last year. Unfortunately it was getting dark and I was unable to clearly make out what it said in the field.
http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt298/GA1dad/PC0200871000x750_zpsd2171e7a.jpg (http://s621.photobucket.com/user/GA1dad/media/PC0200871000x750_zpsd2171e7a.jpg.html)
So I get home and start researching,,,, DB?? Nothing Civil War with those letters. What in the world. Measured it at 2.25 inches ( 57mm ) and that seems to be in the zone. This has to be a breastplate of some sort. A quick check of military schools,, nothing. I'm running all kinds of possibilities in my head,,,, Dick Butkus??,,, dingle berries??,,, and then it hits me,,,,,,,,,,,, "What a fool believes"
http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt298/GA1dad/PC0200891000x750_zps712236ac.jpg (http://s621.photobucket.com/user/GA1dad/media/PC0200891000x750_zps712236ac.jpg.html)
I went out for a short hunt after work this afternoon. My goal really was to work through some language barrier issues between my detector and my brain. I think maybe my brain is catching up a little bit, as I didn't dig any PBR cans today. I did however stumble upon this kind of heavy, brass disk. With a little brushing I saw it had two letters and a clear defined rim around it. I won't lie,, my heart got to pumping with the thought that it might be my first breastplate. This would not have been a far stretch as I found a SC state seal button 200 feet away last year. Unfortunately it was getting dark and I was unable to clearly make out what it said in the field.
http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt298/GA1dad/PC0200871000x750_zpsd2171e7a.jpg (http://s621.photobucket.com/user/GA1dad/media/PC0200871000x750_zpsd2171e7a.jpg.html)
So I get home and start researching,,,, DB?? Nothing Civil War with those letters. What in the world. Measured it at 2.25 inches ( 57mm ) and that seems to be in the zone. This has to be a breastplate of some sort. A quick check of military schools,, nothing. I'm running all kinds of possibilities in my head,,,, Dick Butkus??,,, dingle berries??,,, and then it hits me,,,,,,,,,,,, "What a fool believes"
http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt298/GA1dad/PC0200891000x750_zps712236ac.jpg (http://s621.photobucket.com/user/GA1dad/media/PC0200891000x750_zps712236ac.jpg.html)