GUEST: I brought in my third-great-grandfather's Civil War belt and the two pouches that were on it.

APPRAISER: And who did he serve with?

GUEST: He served with a Pennsylvania regiment.

APPRAISER: They armed a multimillion-man army with these.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: So there's a lot of them around. But on the back of this one, we have his initials, so we know it's his.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: And that's a wonderful touch, rather than just being an original belt buckle.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: What do you know about these pouches?

GUEST: I know that they go on the belt and that they do hold... Armaments, I guess?

APPRAISER: (chuckles)

GUEST: Minié balls, blasting caps, and some tinder, I think.

APPRAISER: Well, what's cool about these is that they held percussion caps.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Which you had to have if you were gonna fire your guns, whether it be a pistol, a carbine, or a musket, and... He served with the North, out of Pennsylvania.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: And that regiment, the 206th Pennsylvania, actually mustered in in Pittsburgh. And if we open up this flap, we've got the mark of Oliver and Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

GUEST: Ah!

APPRAISER: So it would have come...

GUEST: I didn't know that.

APPRAISER: Straight from the factory when he had it.

GUEST: (chuckles)

APPRAISER: And there's a few differences about these. This one is made out of standard bridle leather, and it has a little brass piece. And the brass piece is called a finial.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: And that's what the closure tab fits around to keep it closed.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Did you ever notice that this one's made a little differently, and that it's lead?

GUEST: No.

APPRAISER: And it's also made of pigskin.

GUEST: Oh, okay.

APPRAISER: That's a couple of traits of it being a Confederate-manufactured cap box.

GUEST: Oh!

APPRAISER: So, somewhere along the line, he decided he was gonna take him home a souvenir, and he got one from the other side.

GUEST: Excellent.

APPRAISER: So we have the very well-made one from Pittsburgh, and the one that's made in the South, the Confederate one.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: Because they're family, I'm sure they'd be priceless. But have you ever checked into a value?

GUEST: Never.

APPRAISER: For collector value, the belt, without the name on it, they usually sell in the $300 range.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: Because we have that name and association of your ancestor with it, it'll double that. It'll sell for about $600.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: As for the percussion cap box, the Union one, a lot of them out there.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Even with the name on it. And it's probably worth somewhere in the $150 range.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: The Confederate one is a lot rarer. And we do have the tab. It's separated, but you still have it.

GUEST: Mm-hmm. Yes.

APPRAISER: It's amazing that that didn't get lost over the years. One like this, in this condition, will sell for about $1,000.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: So, it's worth more than... (both laughing)

GUEST: All right. (giggles)

APPRAISER: So it's worth more than the belt and the other cap box put together.

GUEST: Amazing. Okay, great.