Shoe Buckle #10, an interesting button(date range help appreciated)

[Ahab8]

I went to a place that I pounded at the end of last summer. I hit this small colonial area in disc, all metal and from every direction several times. I almost didn't go because I figured there was zero chance of a find. But I wanted to see if the frost moved anything around and also if the nice moist ground would help. I was psyched when I dug a deep colonial button. Then I was really surprised when I dug a couple more. Then I got a super deep signal. Like 14" deep. Dug down to China andulled out a very nice shoe buckle. Thick and solid with a nice arch. Hard to see but all around the inside and outside has a reeder edge (for lack of a better term). I'm amazed that this is my 10th in less than 2 years. Some are complete and others had the guts in the hole but weren't attached. Others are just frames. I love shoe buckles and think they're such a cool and unique relic from the colonial period. I put them all together for a pic. Love to find a silver one some day. I also found what I thought was a blowhole button but no hole. Wondering if anybody knows a date range on these.

 

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[Ahab8]

Glad you could add another specimen to your ever-growing collection of colonial buckles Abe. Your newest one is obviously a nice heavy shoe buckle, and based on its size I have to say it dates to the mid-to-late 1700s time frame. Hope your next one is a killer 17th century example.

Thanks Bill. I'm glad I really love shoe buckles lol. Be pretty annoying if I didnt. I too am hoping that by the end of the week I have an early buckle to add....heck I'd settle for a measly Mass silver or a few cobs. I'm not greedy

 

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[Bubba65]

Abe real nice digs, got love those Buckles, I know I do. Keep on keeping on

 

[Patriot Relics]

Love those large artois buckles, so rare to find 18th century ones intact. For a pounder site, you killed it!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very nice Abe. The shoe buckle frame is sweet! GL&HH.

 

[park pirate]

Sweet finds Abe, like them buckles....

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice one Abster

Not a bad collection considering the amount of time..

~Blaze~

 

[sutphin]

Ahab you weren't by chance a cobbler in another time were you ,damn nice collection you have there,vanzutphen

 

[Vino]

Abe..
That collection it awsome. .
Boy i will kill to find a whole one..
Sorry i missed this post..

 

[Ahab8]

Ahab you weren't by chance a cobbler in another time were you ,damn nice collection you have there,vanzutphen

Funny you say that because one of my ancestors that landed in this area was a traveling cobbler. I always wonder if he worked on a pair of shoes that was attached to one of these buckles.

 

[Ahab8]

Abe..
That collection it awsome. .
Boy i will kill to find a whole one..
Sorry i missed this post..

Thanks buddy. Sorry I missed all of your good news. This sunburn caused me to fell asleep very early. That's why I've been up since 4 lol

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on your 10th shoe buckle frame Abe!

I love the brass lock plate escutcheon too.

Dave

 

[yotman1]

Love the buckles - looks like three Rev War Soldiers buckles there

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Great finds! Congrats! Looks like winter worked out for you!

Some guy in China is going to be very unhappy with you!

 

[Ahab8]

Thanks guys. Yes Ms Beep I had to contact the Chinese govt to get permission to recover that shoe buckle lol

 

[creade]

That's a great hunt, especially from a pounded site! Thats a nice assortment of buckles, I love finding them myself...

 

[Ahab8]

That's a great hunt, especially from a pounded site! Thats a nice assortment of buckles, I love finding them myself...

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That's a gorgeous complete buckle top center. Very nice bud

 

[creade]

That buckle is huge. If I wasn't out in the woods about 2 miles, I would have thought that was a buried can. I think because of the size, it went on the top of a boot

 

[metalev4]

That's a sweet buckle Abe, one of my favorite things to find. Keep hitting that site, coins are sure to follow.