Pair of SPANISH/1600s Buckles - 1812 Rifleman & Colonial Hoard

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Hey guys,

Got out on two group hunts last week- the first on the colonial tear out in the lowcountry with Stef and Matt, then a second back upstate on the Nova site with DownNDirty. Back to the colonial tear out, a bit more dirt spreading has led to another nice new pile of colonial targets, although between the 3 of us the targets are getting a bit more scarce. That being said, these kinds of relic concentration don't come along often.

Last month my favorite dig from the site was a early 1500-1650 strap buckle. Very ornate and unlike any I'd dug in the past...what are the chances they were lost as a set back in the 1600s? Got a nice deep target on the DEUS and out pops this buckle

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A bit of cleaning revealed a similar motif- a matching set of 1600 era buckles.

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Here's a look at the pair reunited after 300 years

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Not far from the buckle, a dozer was scraping and leveling the pad. After Matt had finished sweeping the area, I worked in behind just before a few feet of fill got dumped on top. Got a nice 12-92 on the XP and quickly recovered the plug before getting flattened by the truck :laughing7: 1797 1 Real

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This site had given up a pair of nice 82nd Regiment of Foot buttons along with some confederate varieties, so it was nice to dig the remaining War of 1812 era button. This rifleman variety dates from 1811-1813.

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As usual a nice pile of civilian flats

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Also scored a nice batwing buckle...given the post positioning I believe this one is 18th century. Found the horse tac nearby as well

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One lonely general service coat

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Still trying to pin this partial plate- given the style and construction(stamped brass) suspect its part of an early 19th century British naval buckle.

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Perhaps something similar to this one

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Various bosses and tacs

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Furniture hardware

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1888 IHP

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A few Victorian era finds include a nice turn of the century picture button

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Copper wedding band

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Looking for help with this one- cast copper alloy...

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Here's the group shot from the first dig

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Onward to site 2- this one was a more of a scouting trip in the upstate. The first plot was a massive 700 acre section of fields. While the area seems promising, very few indication of any old homesites. Working our way back to another 18th century field I did manage a few nice keepers.

My first target was another screamer...not sure how Glenn's trusty CTX missed it :laughing7: 1816 large cent

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This one was definitely the shocker- fresh out of the upstate red dirt

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Second spanish silver in a week and 3rd on the year! 1781 1 Real

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Few other flat buttons and a partial buckle rounded out the hunt

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All in all, not bad for a scouting hunt- here's the group shot. As always thanks for looking

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Shakakka

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Damn nice finds! Most interesting to me is the copper wedding band. Think about the story it could tell. Two people, married, probably had kids - lived an entire lifetime together, with that little piece of copper wrapped around someone's warm, living finger.

And then it's lost. Discarded. Crushed beneath the Earth, by centuries of pressure and darkness. The people who once loved it so dearly are gone. Their kids are gone. Their kids' kids... everyone just gone. Not one person on the planet remembers them. Not even a photograph...

And here it is, 2018. You dig it up. This thing hasn't seen the light of day in over three *centuries.* It looks like absolute hell. But it still tells a story...

Man, I love that ****.
 

DownNDirty

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Damn nice finds! Most interesting to me is the copper wedding band. Think about the story it could tell. Two people, married, probably had kids - lived an entire lifetime together, with that little piece of copper wrapped around someone's warm, living finger.

And then it's lost. Discarded. Crushed beneath the Earth, by centuries of pressure and darkness. The people who once loved it so dearly are gone. Their kids are gone. Their kids' kids... everyone just gone. Not one person on the planet remembers them. Not even a photograph...

And here it is, 2018. You dig it up. This thing hasn't seen the light of day in over three *centuries.* It looks like absolute hell. But it still tells a story...

Man, I love that ****.

Damn you're depressing me man :angel7:
 

Stef45

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Great finds! As usual, I dig the buttons and you dig the coins. Hopefully it will flip for a day like our last great site. Congrats bud, can't wait to get back out there.
 

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''Also scored a nice batwing buckle...given the post positioning I believe this one is 18th century. Found the horse tac nearby as well''

Sorry disagree. The horse harness buckle beside it is of the same 19th C period. I now have a book that has these 'batwing' buckles in & IDs them, as I always thought, as 19th C Harness Buckles. It quotes the source of its conclusion as 19th C Horse harness hardware Catalogues that still exist.

My thoughts exactly, yet more eloquently British, about the dating. Jk

I meant to look it up, then forgot. What also caught my eye was the buckle was not solid cast but “cupped” in the 19th century style of saving material.
 

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Damn nice finds! Most interesting to me is the copper wedding band. Think about the story it could tell. Two people, married, probably had kids - lived an entire lifetime together, with that little piece of copper wrapped around someone's warm, living finger.

And then it's lost. Discarded. Crushed beneath the Earth, by centuries of pressure and darkness. The people who once loved it so dearly are gone. Their kids are gone. Their kids' kids... everyone just gone. Not one person on the planet remembers them. Not even a photograph...

And here it is, 2018. You dig it up. This thing hasn't seen the light of day in over three *centuries.* It looks like absolute hell. But it still tells a story...

Man, I love that ****.

I'm with you, I always find myself imagining the life behind the stuff we recover
 

DirtStalker

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Man Jon 2 Spanish coins in a week. Man that 1781 real and the Large Cent is a very nice find. Good detail on Both.
 

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