weekend finds :cam:

[norton4]

I went camping with my scout troop this weekend to an old farm built in 1833. The owner didn't have a problem with me detecting but he did say many others have been there.
I went by the house and found this. I thought it was an odd shaped belt buckle until I rinsed it off and found out those were screws around it. Now i have no idea.

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Then I headed back halfway up the driveway back to the campsite and some of the younger scouts were trying to find stuff, and i gotta say, they did better than me except in pinpointing. so I ended up digging most of the items. The first decent thing was a 1939 nickle. A few canning lids later this came out of the ground. as soon as I saw it I thought of the NC confederate buckle relics4plus found. Let me know what you think. (I forgot to recheck the hole for the rest!) I hope I get to go back.

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[GRAY GHOST]

hi norton4, i do believe you have the wreath portion of a confederate two piece sword belt plate! it's a great find, and i hope you can soon [real soon] get back out there and find the other half, the tongue portion. that's not a piece commonly seen or recovered, and in itself is a rare find. congrats, and keep us posted. hh,

 

[echostar61]

Now Thats my kinda Find. I have a friend that has dug many tounges but no wreath.
Awesome Find !!!!!!!

Terri

 

[Magicman]

Maybe the tongues and wreaths get together to make a set.... (maybe that wasn't that funny)

I think I would be back checking as soon as I can... Time to have a camping trip again.

 

[norton4]

The owner of the land originally wanted all my finds to stay at the farm, but when he saw this he told me to take it home and find out what I can about it, then we'll talk. But I will go back to detect there again and hopefully find the tongue.