Medal, Buckle or Pin with a cricket player? Not quite though.

[Bev]

Here is another mystery. A friend found it detecting with me and he was going to throw it out. It seems like a cricket player but the cricket cap seems wrong. It's copper and there are no words at all or stamps.
My next step is emailing the pic to one of these sports memorabilia sites.

[worldtalker]

Bev, Looks like a buckle to me! God Bless HH Chris

[Bev]

Just modified the title of the post, hopefully someone has something on it! Thanks Chris!

[Silver Searcher]

First of, it's not a Buckle , but a Belt Clasp The Cricket Theme was very popular during the 19th to early 20th century. There are quite a few on UKFD http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/sho...cat=178&page=1 If you go through the pages you will find the Cricket theme Clasps

SS

[worldtalker]

First of, it's not a Buckle , but a Belt Clasp The Cricket Theme was very popular during the 19th to early 20th century. There are quite a few on UKFD http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/sho...cat=178&page=1 If you go through the pages you will find the Cricket theme Clasps

SS

Colin,Thanks for the clarification mate.Still looks like a buckle to me!

[Silver Searcher]

First of, it's not a Buckle , but a Belt Clasp The Cricket Theme was very popular during the 19th to early 20th century. There are quite a few on UKFD http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/sho...cat=178&page=1 If you go through the pages you will find the Cricket theme Clasps

SS

Colin,Thanks for the clarification mate.Still looks like a buckle to me!

Yea I know you guys term them as Buckles but there is a slight difference

SS

[Bev]

Thank you so much- that database is awesome! I see a lot of those snake S clasps on that site as well! We should have some type of database like that on TreasureNet! That is really great!

I enjoyed looking through all those items and seeing the credit and location it was found- WOW

[Silver Searcher]

Thank you so much- that database is awesome! I see a lot of those snake S clasps on that site as well! We should have some type of database like that on TreasureNet! That is really great!

I enjoyed looking through all those items and seeing the credit and location it was found- WOW

That was actually suggested on Treasure Net, I think Marc was looking into it, not sure if it was to much work though

SS

[Bev]

Have to go to the source. Contact the webmaster of that site and see what level of headache it is. Imagine compiling all the What is It finds into a database like that? Whew...

[Bigcypresshunter]

I remember another cricket belt clasp or buckle found and posted here at TN but I cant remember if it was similar and I cant find it from search.

[Bigcypresshunter]

Heres a few others from TN. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,205390.0.html

[kuger]

as Colin stated very popular Motif,here is a thread on another forum concerning them
http://golddetecting.4umer.net/t6688...s-belt-buckles

[Bigcypresshunter]

Lacrosse http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,395670.0.html
Same back as Colin stated belt clasp sounds good.

[Montana Jim]

This is not an ID, but someone in this Australian Forum found the same clasp/buckle.

Scroll down a few pictures.

http://forum.kimbucktwo.com/index.php?topic=1486.0

[CRUSADER]

Nice condition, I have had a couple but the are all beat up by the plough, yours is a nice example. As SS has IDed it already, I will just narrow the date a little to circa 1890s

[Bev]

Amazing! Crusader- if it has any meaning to you, I'd be glad to send it your way. Otherwise I've printed a few threads and put it with my other research paperwork on the items found.

I'll be sure to use the correct term also when talking about buckles and belt clasps. It would help bring me closer to IDing other items like this!

Thanks to all!

[Monty]

As a famous detectorist once said, "One mans buckle is another mans clasp". But wait, I think I must have said that! LOL At any rate it is a nice find. Monty

[creskol]

May I confess my ignorance here and ask what the differences are between a clasp and a buckle?

[CRUSADER]

May I confess my ignorance here and ask what the differences are between a clasp and a buckle?

A clasp hooks on to a hasp (hook & loop arrangement), a buckle stands alone

[Silver Searcher]

Have to go to the source. Contact the webmaster of that site and see what level of headache it is. Imagine compiling all the What is It finds into a database like that? Whew...

I have actually spoken to the Webmaster of the site via email, I expressed Treasure nets interest in having a US based site like the UKFD. He said he was willing to help and would clone the UKFD for Treasure Net, as long as there was a dedicated team of people to ID finds.
I passed this imformation on to a Moderater, and have yet to recieve a reply

SS