New England trip yields solid Silver spoon, early shoebuckle, buttons coin etc

[Coilcrazy2]

Hey everyone!
I spent last weekend in colonial Massachusetts visitting family and was able to do a few hours of detecting. I was hoping to get out a little more than I did but day 2 it rained all day and day 3 I woke up with poison ivy from head to toe. This being said, these finds came from a door knock 2 hour hunt on day one. The finds were: a beautiful mid 18th century shoebuckle, a solid coin silver spoon with a married couples initials engraved in it, a smooth colonial copper, some buttons and a strange little oval buckle/strap guide thing? (If you have any info about that piece, please let me know). Not quite as good as my last hunt here in PaBEST hunt to date!! 6 coppers, 2 seated quarters, a BUST HALF DOLLAR and more but...New England is always good to me! With the exception of the poison ivy ofcourse
Happy Hunting everyone!
Ben

 

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[gwdigger]

You got some killer finds there my friend.

 

[ironhorse]

I like the shoe buckle!!

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice shoe buckle frame!

 

[Patriot Relics]

That's quite a haul of colonial relics- love the buckles. Nice work

 

[The Rebel]

Awesome Saves!

 

[OWK]

Silversmith for the spoon is Newell Harding (Boston)

he worked from 1826 to 1851

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Silversmith for the spoon is Newell Harding (Boston)

he worked from 1826 to 1851

Awesome! Thanks so much for the info!

 

[Brian W]

That's one sweet buckle..Congrats

 

[CRUSADER]

Very cool, always find that type of buckle in lots of pieces!

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Thanks! In hind sight, I probably should have gone back and searched the hole in which I found the buckle for the rest of it's iron guts.

 

[bill from lachine]

Ben,

To my eye the shoe buckle is the find of the hunt....wtg.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[UnderMiner]

Sweet! Maybe some of those relics belonged to the Sons of Liberty!

 

[Ahab8]

That's an awesome shoe buckle frame bud. My favorite relic to find

 

[Scrappy]

Those are some great old finds. Wonderfully show buckle! Congrats

 

[Tom Bigbee]

Thanks! In hind sight, I probably should have gone back and searched the hole in which I found the buckle for the rest of it's iron guts.

From the looks of the buckle the shoe may be at the bottom of the hole! Very ornate piece.

 

[Isaac]

Awesome silver spoon and beautiful shoe buckle frame!

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Thanks everyone for the kind and helpful comments!