Horse Buckle? How old would this be?

[GioTheGreek]

I found this cool looking buckle today. Was this attached to a stagecoach or saddle? Or, was it worn?

How old would it be?

Thanks!

Horse thingy

 

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[gforce1972]

What you have there is a bridle rosette. I'm not sure of the age but would guess mid to later 1800s.

Gary

 

[gforce1972]

Looking at it more, maybe early 1900s. Anyone else?

 

[GioTheGreek]

Ah, okay, I gotcha. I found a smaller bridle rosette with glass a few weeks ago. I knew I recognized the back of it.

Thanks for the ID, gforce!

 

[Evolution]

Thats a nice one. I've never found one that interesting before. Found a few plain ones and a few with a little decoration but nothing like that. Nice find.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

I also think it would be hard to date it.

But boy that is a nice one. I'd take that (because it's different than most) over a few crusty coppers.

I got two of the glass domed ones this year. I think IH got a glass one with a picture inside, I'd take one of those too.

Very good find in my books.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

That's agreat looking rosette there GTG, I have found several but none as nice as that one. WTG.
ZDD

 

[GioTheGreek]

Thanks, guys. I'm not sure how we missed it over the last couple of weeks. It wasn't very deep.

Mad skills...

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Thanks, guys. I'm not sure how we missed it over the last couple of weeks. It wasn't very deep.

Mad skills...

You / we always miss stuff, that's why you / we go back to good spots. If you missed that big honkin target, what else ?

Where I found the french coin, I was there before (twice) and only found lead ?

Your having a great year too, that silver token you got awhile back was a pretty rare find.

 

[GioTheGreek]

Haha, you know it, Rick. It's so hard to overlap everywhere on these large fields. I even had the little coil on...

I want French now!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Haha, you know it, Rick. It's so hard to overlap everywhere on these large fields. I even had the little coil on...

I want French now!

What's little by ML standards ?
I even prefer the 5 X 8 on my ATP (rainy weather machine), and thinking bout tryin 10" on F75 LTD. Bigger does cover more ground, and a bit more depth, but at what cost. Prime example: I took AT Pro to a spot that was trashy for sure with it's stock coil, I found 1 coin, went back with my Omega stock 10" coil, found 10 coins, and 10 buttons, not a lot of difference in coil size, or depth performance in air tests, but a bit smaller coil was soooo much better at target separation, I found 20 times the targets.

EDIT;
PS yeah it gets hard to do a good grid when targets are sparse on 10 or so acres, I have to wonder at some point, and sometimes that pays off too. All fun.

Good Luck out there.

 

[Erik in NJ]

Gio - That's definitely a bridle rosette that was worn on the sides of the horses head. My guess is 1880-1920 on that one. It's a great find! I love finding bridle rosettes and bridle bosses...

 

[GioTheGreek]

Thanks for the date, Erik!

 

[The Patriot]

Sweet find there...found many over the years but that's one of the nicest one that I've seen in quite some time...

 

[pepperj]

Great looking rosette, a very nice keeper indeed.

 

[GioTheGreek]

What's little by ML standards ?

I was using the Sunray X-5, Rick (5.5" coil, I think). It's tiny but I get decent depth for a small coil, when I crank it.

 

[Bubba65]

Awesome Rosette you found, I have yet to find one in all these years of hunting