A geat day for me. Can anyone ID this belt buckle?

[coinshooter]

First time in a long time got three silvers.
Found the big one in a park I hunt and the other two
in a spot where I have hunted before. Can't get it all!
In the park, I found this belt buckle.
The front appears to be covered in lead?
The back is copper plated.
I cleaned the copper up and it shows an image, but
I havent been able to see what it is besides what I
believe is a shovel and maybe just maybe a dog.

 

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[mikusek]

Nice silver.

The locket appears to be an engraving of a woman brushing her hair, if you turn it 90 degrees so the image is upright. Maybe it is intended to make prints. Looking at it again, I believe it is a printing block.

No idea on the buckle.

 

[lost hunter]

silver

 

[cwhunter_1]

That buckle is weird! If you rotate picture #5 so that the right hand side is at the top, this should be the correct view. go to photo editor and view it in negative. you can see a girl or woman with long hair, wearing a dress. See collar of dress, two buttons down the front, and waist band. Now for the weird part,as i see it, it appears that you see her esophigus, in the neck area, her heart?, in the chest area, the spine, and stomach. Maybe I'm just seeing things Try using it like an ink plot, or stamp, to view on paper. Maybe that might help. btw nice Silver.

 

[jewelerguy]

looks like part of a print block to me

 

[Woodland Detectors]

I agree on the print block..It's a woman. A great find!

 

[coinshooter]

Now I gotta flatten it out a bit and print with it.
I will post a pic of the print when I do one.
Thanks!

 

[Aussie]

Please..before you flatten it out maybe consider brushing it very lightly with cooking oil, lay it flay and build a clay wall around it, pour in some pottery plaster mix......I think what you may have there is a master mold for lost wax bronze casting....
You should see a really good result in the positive in the plaster when it has set