Colonial silver knee buckle. Officer's 18th century artillery button. Some coins.

[Aureus]

The heat is absolutely unbearable this year. Managed to hunt only twice this week, each time not longer than 2-3 hours. But I still managed to find some interesting relics and coins.

My favorite find was on my bucket list for a few years.
An early silver knee buckle.



My best guess would be 18th Century.


The buckle has a maker's mark which seems to be T.W I haven't seen any city marks or a year letter


I'm not sure who's the maker or if it was made in England or the New World. The English maker's mark that ressembles the one found on the buckle is that of Thomas Wallice from the late 1700's If someone has an idea on why it's missing the other marks and who's the silversmith, your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

An other interesting find was British officer's artillery button from 1780's I believe it's my 4th one this season.


A very pleasant surprise was awaiting for me at one of my new spots. Not one but two Trade and Navigation Halfpenny tokens from 1813
If only all of my coppers came out of the ground in that condition.


An other surprise was George IV 1825 farthing. They are very uncommon where I'm at.


A few early coppers some of which are gone beyond recognition.


Thanks for the comments.

 

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[toasted]

Nice work. I would love to add a silver buckle to my collection and I love early military buttons though I cant find any myself older than 1830s or so

 

[Hawks88]

Nice finds. Congrats

 

[Iron Patch]

Great results for the Summer... great for any time really.

 

[Iron Patch]

Was just talking about this with Aureus, and I have never found a silver buckle either. The closest I've got is a piece of what would have been an amazing marked solid silver shoe buckle.... and my other close but doesn't count, a nice early French tombac buckle. Silver buckles is a tough one to cross off the list.

Nice work. I would love to add a silver buckle to my collection and I love early military buttons though I cant find any myself older than 1830s or so

 

[TomW244]

Amazing finds, and you also did an amazing job cleaning and restoring them! Excellent work!

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, some nice finds you found. Congrats

 

[Rookster]

Congrats, nice buckle and coins.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Those are all superb finds! I know you colonial diggers all dream of finding a silver buckle, so congratulations! That’s just awesome!

 

[Kurios1]

You have done quite well for yourself. A Silver buckle is a dandy find. The British Officer's button, 1/2 Penny Tokens, and George iV Farthing is a hoot. You even got some what is it's. All tolled a fine hunt. Kudos.

 

[Ahab8]

Cmon man!!!! I can deal with the killer early military buttons and ridiculous old silvers. But damn you and your silver buckle! That’s something I really care about finding.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice relics and old coin shooting!

 

[Relicific]

Like everyone has mentioned,A Silver is on many a relic hunters bucket list,including mine.
The button and amazing tokens is icing on the cake.
Amazing hunts

 

[Whyme]

Wow those are some awesome finds. Those tokens look like they were dropped yesterday! Very cool finds!

 

[Aureus]

Nice work. I would love to add a silver buckle to my collection and I love early military buttons though I cant find any myself older than 1830s or so

Thanks toasted. Well you can't really complain with the finds you've been posting lately.

 

[Aureus]

Nice finds. Congrats

Thanks Hawks.

 

[Aureus]

Great results for the Summer... great for any time really.

Wasn't expecting to pull early silver in that heat yesterday. Just spoke to you maybe an hour before that, complaining of a early silver coins drought. Funny how things are sometimes as I'm happier with that buckle than I would be with a half Real.

 

[washingtonian]

Nice work Aureus. Love those old coppers especially. Such rich history.

 

[Aureus]

Amazing finds, and you also did an amazing job cleaning and restoring them! Excellent work!

Thanks Tom

 

[Calabash Digger]

very nice!