Excellent Authentic Civil War Excavated Relic U.S. Cartridge Box Plate With Old Tag Recovered at Fort Mickel on the Petersburg Battlefield  in  Virginia. A great dug plate For the collector who wants an authentic battlefield ground dug relic. A very nice chocolate brown and green  patina, the way we like them.  A solid   plate from a very historical battlefield. This is an older recovered U.S. box plate. A very historic recovery location and a very nice looking plate. This has the diggers tag on the back. Recovered Pre-National Park and is 100% Legal and 100% authentic.  Both  hooks are broken but it  looks great, in excellent condition. Battlefield recovered plates with real digger history are getting very hard to find. 100% guaranteed to be authentic Gettysburg Museum certified, museum COA provided.  Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers.

Authentic Civil War Excavated Relic U.S. Cartridge Box Plate With  Recovered  on the Petersburg Battlefield  in  Virginia. A great dug plate For the collector who wants an authentic battlefield ground dug relic. A very nice chocolate brown/brass  patina.  A solid plate from a very historical battlefield. This is an older recovered U.S. box plate. A very historic recovery location and a very nice looking plate.  Recovered Pre-National Park and is 100% Legal and 100% authentic.  Both hooks  are gone but  it looks great, in excellent relic condition. Battlefield recovered plates with recovery history are getting very hard to find. 100% guaranteed to be authentic Gettysburg Museum certified, museum COA provided.  Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers.

Original Civil War Shoulder Scales Early Pickup From The Belle Plains Area Certified By The Gettysburg Museum Of History. Shoulder scales were used mostly by Cavalry, Artillery, and Heavy Artillery. In excellent "early pickup condition. One of the two uniform mounts are still intact. Recovered from the Belle Plains, Virginia (sometimes spelled as Belle Plain) area was a steamboat landing and unincorporated settlement on the south bank of Potomac Creek off the Potomac River, in Stafford County, Virginia. In the early 19th-century, Belle Plains served as landing for steamboats to Washington, D.C. The landing and its hotel were in turn was serviced by stagecoaches running to and from nearby Fredericksburg, Virginia where passengers would connect with the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad.  Bell Plains and Potomac Creek fell by the wayside when the railroad bypassed them, reaching Aquia Landing on Aquia Creek as its terminus wharf in 1842.Belle Plains again rose to prominence during the American Civil War, where it was used as an alternate supply point to Aquia Landing by the Union Army of the Potomac. It became a lead supply point during the Overland Campaign of 1864.  A fantastic early pick-up Civil War shoulder scale from a very historical location. Recovered Pre-National Park and is 100% Legal and 100% authentic. 100% guaranteed to be authentic Gettysburg Museum certified, museum COA provided.  Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers.

Magnificent Confederate Belt Buckle With Old Ink Tag Recovered By Legendary Relic Hunter And Author Bill Gavin. Found by the man who literally wrote the book on belt buckles. An earlier recovered Confederate roller belt buckle in relic condition, the tongue still moves! This buckle was found at Spotslyvania Court House at General Ewell's line. It has a great old ink tag written by Bill Gavin. Gavin started hunting with early metal detectors in the 1940's. He is considered the founding father of Civil War relic hunting with metal detectors. Gavin wrote the first Civil War Belt buckle guide book in the early 1960's (see photos). Many Confederates wore roller buckles (see the period photos of Confederates wearing the is type of buckle. Collectors appreciate old ink tags and this makes this relic very desirable. A rare opportunity to own an authentic Confederate belt buckle with provenance from the original finder. Gettysburg Museum Certified (COA) provided.