Great Shoe Buckle!

[Keith123]

Found this shoe buckle which I believe is a copper alloy with silver gilt or plating on it (not sure what the difference is between the two). Haven't had it tested but I'm thinking it is a thin layer of silver based on how it came out of the ground and cleaned up. The size is 64mm x 47mm. Iron shank still intact but no chape or tongue. Very interesting design on it and by far my best shoe buckle found. Would like to learn more about it so any buckle resources are appreciated. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!

 

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[Ahab8]

Damn that's nice man. The Whitehead shoe buckle reference is a good one. I have a PDF I could email you if you want to pm me. Live that shoe buckle

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Damn that's nice man. The Whitehead shoe buckle reference is a good one. I have a PDF I could email you if you want to pm me. Live that shoe buckle

Here's the link to the pdf that Abe was referring to. And BTW - awesome shoe buckle!!

http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Whitehead.pdf

 

[gunsil]

Sweet buckle!! Thanks for the link Bill D!!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a great buckle

 

[Isaac]

Awesome shoe buckle. Guilding refers to gold and platinf refers to silver. Looks like the platinf held up very well too. Beautiful!!!

 

[JM1184]

Very nice buckle !

 

[Scrappy]

Wowsers. That must have been a shocker when you saw it bub!

I've found many shoe buckles but not even a little piece of a silver one. Big congrats!!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Wow...you weren't kidding...that is a GREAT shoe buckle. Super find!!!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great looking buckle, Congratualtions!

 

[CRUSADER]

Its silver plated copper-alloy & a nice one, 'silver gilt' means gold plated silver.

 

[vpnavy]

Very very nice buckle! Thanks for sharing...

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Fancy and elegant , must have been a city dweller colonist .

 

[Tradertom]

Great shoe buckle! Had to be a city slicker. You wouldn't plow fields or hunt deer while wearing them!

 

[metalev4]

Really nice buckle!

 

[Mr. Digger]

Complete shoe buckles are the best. Awesome!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Great buckle and nice cleanup!

 

[HCW]

That looks solid silver to me.
The cross bar was iron and caused erosion at the buckle .
Thats my humble opinion.
Beautiful.