Just found my first sword belt buckle and sabre guard today!! Amazing that neither one had any damage in a plowed field! Last 2 photos are combined finds from today and yesterday..








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Sons of Confederate Veterans
Camp #1549 N.C.G. 

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Lieutenant Daniel Lafayette Rogers GGG Grandfather  6th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry  Co. A - 1st Georgia Partisan Rangers  Co. G - 1st Smith's Legion, Georgia Partisan Rangers "Smith's Georgia Legion" Co. A - A.N.V. and A.T.  "I have never witnessed greater gallantry than was displayed by Colonel Crews and the officers and men of the First, Second, Third, and Sixth Georgia Cavalry." (Report of Major General William T. Martin, C. S. Army, commanding Longstreet's cavalry during Battle of Chickamauga) "In this affair (Battle of Knoxville) the First and Sixth Georgia and Third Alabama Regiments were conspicuous for gallantry."  Surrendered with Gen. Johnston on April 26, 1865
Sgt. Milton P. Rogers  GGGUncle  Hampton's Legion, Army of Northern Virginia  Wounded at First Manassas, honored at Chickamauga and fought in all the major campaigns of the Army of N. VA and surrendered with Lee at Appomattox
Thaddeus Greshua Williams  GGGUncle  Captain, Co. E  59th Regiment, 6th Virginia Infantry   A.N.V.  Enlisted in 1860 and served until he was killed at Wilcox Farm,  Petersburg, VA  June 22, 1864

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TonyMusser proud of my ancestors Corp Michael J Musser,Pvt William J musser,Pvt Thomas J Musser 63rd Regiment Virginia Vols CSA Army of Tennesse,,pvt David crockett cole 1st reg Va calvary,pvt thomas v cole 1st reg Va calvary,pvt Jackson Haga 51st Va Inf,ggggrandfather elbert t haga co i 51st Va Inf

I found about a 4" piece at the last DIV. Thanks to your find I now know where mine belonged on there. Mine was the end piece with the notch. Your finds were just awesome. Congrats on some great recoveries.

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Proud member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans for all of my Virginia ancestors who served, fought, became POW's and died for a cause they believed in. You are my heroes.

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Missouri Relic Recovery Club
Civil War Relic Hunters

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treasure depot = Banned for Life & PROUD of it

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Molṑn lab --- Great Grandfather Hiram Hill Painter - Co. K - 22nd Virginia Infantry -
The "Fayetteville Rifles" - "when that [money] runs out, we will eat roots and drink water and fight on for our liberty unto death!"

Congratulations!!! The officers buckle is a wonderful find! I'm still waiting for one of those to find its way under my coil. Those are more scarce these days then you think, especially in areas that have been hit hard for the last 40 years.

If you look real closely on the cleaned group photo it is visible but I didn't notice it until this morning... I guess its an initial? Anyway, looks like possibly another letter just to the left of the A? Thanks for the comments, I love relics like these more than anything else I find.. I stared at the buckle for a couple hours last night lol!

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Eric Champigny

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Lennox H. Counts - Company A, 22nd Virginia Cavalry (Bowen's Reg't Va. Mounted Riflemen)
William Wallace West - Co. "C" 18th Texas Calvary, 4th Brigade, Walker's Texas Division - Discharged June 14, 1865,
Charles H. West - Died on September 3, 1862. Buried at the mouth of the Osage River on the Arkansas side,
Isaiah B. West - Battery "H", 2nd Regiment Missouri Light Artillery - Died September 27, 1864. Shot in the head Battle of Pilot Knob',
Oliver T. Butler - Lieutenant, Shaw's Battalion (Hamilton's Battalion.) Tennessee Cavalry (Confederate)
James B. Butler - Co. D 89th Illinois Inf. - deserted Jan 1863 from the hospital in Louisville, KY
James. H. Butler - deserted on May 3, 1864
William H. Butler - Co. D 89th Illinois Inf. -
William Sargent Butler - Co. D 89th Illinois Inf. - Captured New Hope Church May 27, 1864, Ga. - Died Andersonville, Georgia October 5, 1864,
Newton C. Butler - Co. D 89th Illinois Inf. - Captured New Hope Church May 27, 1864, Ga. - Died Andersonville, Georgia October 10, 1864
Duncan R. Butler - Co. E, 60th Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteer's
Welcome M. Butler - Co. K, 13 Illinois Calvary Regiment
Jasper Butler - Battery "C", 2nd Regiment Missouri Light Artillery
Robert M. Carter - Co. F, 46th Illinois Infantry Regiment, 30 Dec 1861-29 Dec 1864
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“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” Thomas Jefferson

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Proud of my Great, Great Granduncle who took a stand against Tyranny - Private Durham P. Bunnell, Company H, 46th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops! Wounded at the Wilderness - captured at Hatcher's Run! May I measure up to his example!

I found this piece just about 5 feet from the belt buckle and initially wrote it off as turn of the century? It has me curious now.. you can see where another character was tore off by the plow just above the 2600.. just curious if its some type of trunk plate or something similar?

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I don't have any of the relic books, can someone tell me what this 507 is for?

Its a benchmark number. The plate is numbered as well as the keeper(which is hopefully still at the same spot you found the plate). If you find a keeper with "507", you will have found the mate to your sword belt plate. Not all sword belt plates have numbers stamped into them, that goes for keepers as well.



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there is a decent chance the keeper is there waiting for you! Only one way to find out

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Nice saves Jeff!!! Is it really dry up your way? It's hard as concrete down here by Springfield......

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Research Boys, RESEARCH!!!!!!

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James A. Farley

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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Relics from a bygone era..