Declaration of Independance find...?????

j.d. in the usa

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JakePhelps

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

:o So theres a 52.5% chance that a Signer of the Declaration of Independence wore your shoe buckle? thats pretty awesome!

Wow and great research and story!!
 

tsgman

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

Cool story ! What a piece of history. when our country was so young. Great job !
 

vic910

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

Amazing story and great research JD! Keep 'em coming!

vicki
 

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

Wow!! That is touching a peice of history! Great story and great research.Thanks for the time and effort. :) I really enjoyed it.
 

MalteseFalcon

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

HOLY SMOKE!!

Fantastic find and research as well!!!

As I write this, I am sitting here at work listening to the theme music from the movie National Treasure....

Needless to say, it is a fitting soundtrack to read that story by!

Great work! I am blown away!

I will wish you "Happy Hunting" though it is quite obvious you have already had some!

;D

The find is cool enough but the history behind it is just as amazing!
Thanks for posting this. Just as enjoyable for me to read as it was for you to find lol!
 

hollowpointred

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

are you the same guy i was reading about a few weeks ago in the whites catalog?that really is a fascinating couple of finds,and the story is awesome! thats some great research you did there! thanks for sharing it with us.
 

Kent in AL

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

Fantastic story J.D.! Have you submitted your story to Western & Eastern Treasures?

Kent
 

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j.d. in the usa

j.d. in the usa

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

thanks everyone I'm glad you enjoyed it.
 

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

Congratulations man thats one of the nicest items I've ever seen recovered.
 

Moonshadow

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

Wow.....what a great story! You really did an awsome job researching. Keep up the good work!

Happy Hunting,

Moon
 

DugHoles

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

Kent in AL said:
Fantastic story J.D.!? Have you submitted your story to Western & Eastern Treasures?

Kent

I was gonna suggest the same

DugHoles
 

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j.d. in the usa

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Re: Colonial Shoe Buckle and MINI Portrait....

thank you everyone, i appreciate all your emails support for my finds and story... jd
 

pgill

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What a study, what a history.... I would imagine these artifacts to be worth a fair amount of money. You have gone to great lengths to study this subject.... Well done :)

Look forward to hear more things like this from you.

God bless
Peter
 

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