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UP572.
BEAUTIFUL U S BOX PLATE THAT WAS DUG HERE IN MURFREESBORO IN THE MID 1970'S, THE
FACE IS IN GREAT
CONDITION AND HAS A PLEASING CHOCOLATE BROWN PATINA, THE REVERSE HAS FULL, SLICK
LEAD AND
REMNANTS OF THE HOOKS, PLATES OF THIS QUALITY ARE NOT BEING DUG ANYMORE
$165.00
UP571.
UNION BREAST PLATE IN GOOD CONDITION
$95.00
UP570. U S WAIST
BELT PLATE, THE FACE HAS A DARK BROWN PATINA, HAS SOME RIM MISSING AND FREEZE
CRACKS, THE REVERSE HAS FULL LEAD AND ALL THREE HOOKS, ONE HOOK STILL HAS A
SMALL
PIECE OF LEATHER UNDERNEATH IT, NOT PRISTINE BUT ONE THAT LEAVES NO DOUBT THAT
IT WAS
THERE AND STILL DISPLAYS WELL
$95.00
UP569. A PAIR OF U S
PLATE SKINS, AN U S OVAL AND EAGLE SHOULDER BELT PLATE, BOTH HAVE HAD CARD-
BOARD PLACED IN THE BACKS TO HELP PROTECT THEM, BOTH ARE NEARLY 100% COMPLETE,
THE U S
OVAL WAS IN TWO BETWEEN THE LETTERS BUT FIT TOGETHER LIKE PUZZLE PIECES, THE U S
OVAL WAS
DUG AT PICKETS MILL, GA IN 1974 AND THE EAGLE PLATE WAS DUG AT TAYLORS CREEK, GA
IN 1975
$75.00
UP567. S N Y BUCKLE DUG WITH
A LARGE PIECE OF ITS ORIGINAL BELT, THE PLATE IS IN GOOD SHAPE BUT
HAS A LOT OF THE RIM MISSING, EARLY STYLE WITH PUPPY PAW HOOKS, FULL LEAD WITH A
"PEBBLY"
SURFACE, THIS IS FROM BEING IN VERY WET SOIL WHICH IS ALSO WHAT PRESERVED THE
3.5" SECTION
OF LEATHER BELT, OLD DIGGERS TAG READS THAT IT WAS FOUND 2/22/79 AT BRANDY
STATION
$495.00
UP565. BEAUTIFUL U S
BOX PLATE IN OUTSTANDING DUG CONDITION, THE FACE HAS A SMOOTH DARK
BROWN PATINA, HAS 6 SMALL INDENTIONS IN THE TOP RIM, LOOKS LIKE THIS WAS DONE
INTENTIONALLY, THE REVERSE HAS FULL LEAD WITH WITH JUST A FEW TINY FLAKES, BOTH
LOOPS
ARE PRESENT STANDING STRAIGHT AND STRONG, THIS PLATE WAS A VERY EARLY FIND AND
COMES
FROM THE COLLECTION OF ONE OF THE EARLY PIONEERS OF THE HOBBY WENDELL LANG
$185.00
UP564. U S
BUCKLE IN GREAT SHAPE WITH OUTSTANDING PROVENANCE, THIS CAME OUT OF THE MARK
SWANN COLLECTION AND ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO HIS FATHER HAL, MARK AND HIS DAD
WERE /
ARE LEGENDARY HUNTERS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE, THE BUCKLE WAS FOUND IN THE ATTIC OF
A
PERIOD HOME 1/2 MILE EAST OF BRENTWOOD, TN WHERE THE UNION TROOPS WERE CAMPED
AFTER
THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE, THE FACE IS GORGEOUS WITH A SLICK CHOCOLATE PATINA, THE
REVERSE
HAS ARROW HOOKS, THERE IS THE SLIGHTEST LEAD LOSS AROUND THE RIM, I SUSPECT THIS
WAS
A VERY EARLY PICK-UP, HOME OWNER'S NAME TO BUYER, WONDERFUL PLATE THAT WILL MAKE
A
NICE ADDITION TO AN COLLECTION
$235.00
UP563. MODEL 1851 DUG SWORD
BELT PLATE IN GOOD CONDITION, THE BELT LOOP IS BROKE POSSIBLY
WHY IT WAS LOST, APPLIED SILVER WREATH IS GONE, GOOD DETAIL ON THE EAGLE, THE
REVERSE
HAS THE EARLY NARROW TONGUE AND IS BENCHMARKED, NICE DUG BUCKLE
$190.00
UP557. FEDERAL
SHOULDER OR BREAST PLATE IN GREAT CONDITION, FACE HAS GREAT DETAIL TO THE
EAGLE AND NO NICKS OR DINGS, THE REVERSE HAS FULL LEAD AND REMNANTS OF THE
HOOKS,
THIS PLATE WAS DUG MANY YEARS AGO AND HASN'T HAD ANYTHING DONE TO IT BUT RINSING
THE DIRT OFF, BEAUTIFUL PLATE
$165.00
UP552. RECTANGULAR
STAMPED BRASS EAGLE WAIST BELT PLATE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, GREAT
DETAIL ON THE FACE, THE REVERSE RETAINS THE BELT LOOP AND THE TONGUE, THIS IS
IDENTICAL
TO PLATE 403 IN O'DONNELL'S AMERICAN MILITARY BELT PLATES
$295.00
UP550. NON-DUG U S WAIST
BELT PLATE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, FACE HAS A VERY PLEASING MELLOW
BRASS PATINA WITH EXPECTED SMALL DINGS FROM ACTUAL USE, REVERSE HAS FULL SLICK
LEAD
WITH ARROW HOOKS
$295.00
UP547. EAGLE
PANEL PLATE IN GOOD CONDITION, IS IDENTICAL TO PLATE 403 IN AMERICAN
MILITARY
BELT PLATES, EAGLE SURROUNDED BY 13 STARS WITH A SHIELD AT BOTTOM CENTER,
THIS PLATE
WAS DUG SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT A CONFEDERATE CAMP NEAR SHELBYVILLE, TN, HAD A
SLIGHT
BEND WHEN DUG THAT THE DIGGER STRAIGHTENED, HAS A SLIGHT WAVE BUT OTHERWISE IN
VERY
GOOD CONDITION
$335.00
UP544. SUPERB U S BOX PLATE,
THIS WAS A VERY EARLY FIND OUT OF AN OLD TIME COLLECTION AND
IS IN AS CLOSE TO PERFECT DUG CONDITION AS YOU WILL FIND, THE FACE HAS A
BEAUTIFUL
SMOOTH CHOCOLATE PATINA ( A COUPLE OF SHADES DARKER THAN THE PIC ) WITHOUT ANY
MAJOR FLAWS, THE REVERSE HAS FULL SMOOTH LEAD WITH BOTH LOOPS STANDING STRAIGHT
AND TALL, ONES OF THIS QUALITY DON'T COME ALONG VERY OFTEN ANYMORE
$225.00
UP542. U S BOX PLATE IN VERY
GOOD CONDITION, THE FACE HAS A LIGHT BROWN PATINA AND NO
DAMAGE, THE REVERSE HAS FULL LEAD WITH A PEBBLY SURFACE, IT HAS ONE HOOK
REMAINING
WHICH IS BENT DOWN FLAT, WAS DUG MANY YEARS AGO IN KENTUCKY BY KENNY COPELAND
$145.00
UP537. EAGLE BREAST PLATE IN VERY
GOOD CONDITION, THE FACE DOESN'T HAVE ANY NICKS OR DINGS
HAS A MEDIUM BROWN PATINA WITH A COUPLE OF SPOTS OF GREEN, THE REVERSE HAS FULL
LEAD AND REMNANTS OF THE HOOKS, WAS DUG AT FORT BOYLE IN KENTUCKY
$135.00
UP536. BEAUTIFUL
U S WAIST BELT PLATE IN ABOUT AS GOOD OF DUG CONDITION AS YOU WILL EVER
FIND, THE FACE HAS A WONDERFUL SMOOTH CHOCOLATE PATINA WITH JUST ENOUGH SMALL
DINGS TO LET YOU KNOW IT WAS THERE, THE REVERSE HAS APPROX 95 + % LEAD AND ARROW
HOOKS, THIS PLATE WAS DUG BACK IN 1972, DIGGER'S NAME AND LOCATION OF FIND WILL
BE
GIVEN TO PURCHASER, PLATES OF THIS QUALITY JUST AREN'T FOUND ANYMORE
$265.00
UP531. U S WAIST
BELT PLATE IN GOOD SHAPE, THE FACE HAS A PLEASING MEDIUM BROWN PATINA,
HAS A SLIGHT CRINKLE AT THE BOTTOM, REVERSE HAS FULL SLICK LEAD AND IS MAKER
MARKED W.H. SMITH / BROOKLYN, THERE IS SOME ROUGHNESS TO THE LEAD ON THE MARK
BUT IT IS STILL EASY TO MAKE OUT, HAS THE EARLY STYLE PUPPY PAW HOOKS, THE
TONGUE
HOOK IS BROKE OFF, DISPLAYS GREAT
$180.00
UP526.
EAGLE BREAST PLATE RECENTLY FOUND IN MURFREESBORO ALONG SIDE THE STONES RIVER,
PLATE HAS ONLY BEEN RINSED OFF WITH WATER AND STILL SHOWS THE TENNESSEE DIRT ON
THE FACE, GOOD DETAIL TO THE EAGLE AND ONLY A COUPLE OF NICKS IN THE RIM,
REVERSE
HAS ABOUT 90% LEAD AND REMNANTS OF THE ATTACHING WIRES
$110.00
UP521.
FEDERAL SHOULDER BELT PLATE OR BREAST PLATE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE FACE HAS
A MEDIUM BROWN PATINA AND GOOD DETAIL, THE REVERSE HAS FULL LEAD, WAS MARKED BY
THE DIGGER POTOMAC CR. VA / 7 JAN 79 / #37, REMNANTS OF THE HOOKS REMAIN
$165.00
UP495. SCARCE "BABY" U
S WAIST BELT PLATE, FACE HAS GOOD STRONG LETTERS BUT HAS RIM DAMAGE
MOST OF THE RIM IS THERE BUT IS CUPPED UPWARDS, THE REVERSE HAS GOOD LEAD EXCEPT
FOR
AROUND THE EDGE WHERE MOST IS MISSING, HAS BOTH BELT HOOKS REMAINING, ONE IS
USUALLY ALWAYS MISSING ON THESE, A LITTLE ROUGH BUT PRICED ACCORDINGLY
$195.00
UP488. FEDERAL EAGLE BREAST PLATE
IN GREAT SHAPE, THE FACE HAS A PLEASING CHOCOLATE
BROWN PATINA AND IS FREE OF ANY BLEMISHES EXCEPT FOR A SCRATCH AT 7:00, THE
REVERSE
HAS APPROX. 95%+ LEAD WITH ONLY VERY SLIGHT LOSS AROUND THE RIM, BEAUTIFUL PLATE
$165.00
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