wowzer there SCT, that IS a real beaut.
I thought I'd only see one of those in W&ET or one of them other slicks, now lucky me gets to see a prime specimen, right here where it's at, Thunting.com! Awesome! Maybe you should see if they'd be interested in a little blub about it and a few pics for their mag? Never know, you could become semi-famous or sumpin'?
For the folks wondering about the amazing values for these units, ponder this for a sec.
Very, very, few of these buckles were dropped. Ponder further, who would EVER give up his buckle, unless he was dead and his body wasn't ever recovered. Not everyone who fought in the Civil war, got to be properly buried back in their home plot, miles from where they fell, seperated from their chums and out of ammo or powder or whatever, never to be seen again. Still pondering?
Try this on for size then. Do you not think that there is a BIG connection between this beautiful belt buckle and those two old buttons that you found nearby? If that's not spookyish enough for you, I wouldn't have been surprised if you told us there was an old caliber bullet hidden around in the dirt there too. Sometimes they're imbedded in a tree right near where the buckle was uncovered.
That's all just my off the wallish kanuk way of lookin' at stuff thoughbudy. Who really knows just how that very, very sweet buckle came to be, right there, where you found it?
So as to value? You can bet the guys that are spending the big $ on those, know quite a bit about them and maybe they even have a short-list of a few men that were never found back in those days. Maybe even a long lost relative of theirs wore that buckle proudly till his brave last days. We'll never know.
Congrats on such a historical treasure! Money involved or not! Thumbs Up SCT !!
LarryB
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