1865 Shoe Buckle.

[Garabaldi]

Found this shoe buckle today. It has the date Oct. 31, 1865 EUREKA. PBK helped to ID it. It intacked and the hinge still works. First shoe buckle Iv'e found that is complete.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=dz4...age&q=&f=false
Thanks for looking.

[cntrydncr1]

that is just gorgeous!! congrats on the recovery

[WhiteHunter]

Thats a pretty smart buckle

[Garabaldi]

Thanks you.

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Thats really cool ,very nice

[allen]

wtg on a cool buckle !!!

[vayank54]

Very cool. I've never seen one like that before.

[Cal_Cobra]

That's really cool, is that Eureka California ?

[Garabaldi]

That's really cool, is that Eureka California ?

I don't think so. If you check out the link I posted you will see that it was pattented in Boston Mass Suffolk county.
Thanks for all the comments. My first shoe buckle.

[ModernMiner]

WOW!!! Now THAT is a beautiful buckle! Complete with date too. Congrats.
That PBK really knows his stuff.
-MM-

[rjw4law]

very unusual

[Brian in MA]

That is a very cool buckle. So rare to find them complete like that.

Definitely a great find. You are on a nice roll lately. Keep it up !!

Brian in MA

[Garabaldi]

WOW!!! Now THAT is a beautiful buckle! Complete with date too. Congrats.
That PBK really knows his stuff.
-MM-

You can say that again, PBK is the man.

That is a very cool buckle. So rare to find them complete like that.
Definitely a great find. You are on a nice roll lately. Keep it up !!
Brian in MA

Thank you Brian.

[jgas]

That is one sharp find. Congrats.. jgas

[Garabaldi]

That is one sharp find. Congrats.. jgas

Thank you jgas.

[romeo-1]

That is a real "neato" find!!!

[pepperj]

Nice buckle

[Garabaldi]

Thank you Romeo and Pepperj.

[prolab69]

wow, dated no less, thats a great score right there,
awesome!!
Pro-