My first complete shoe buckle

[DownNDirty]

Lately I've been learning my new CTX and it has been a struggle-switching from the AT Pro is like learning a new language. I revisited a site that was a town from the 1760s through the 1830s, and a subdivision was built on top of it in the 1960s. It's a low income rental home neighborhood so the yards are loaded with trash but I have located a couple of home sites from the original town.

Finds with the CTX have been few and far between but I did manage to find a complete brass shoe buckle and a shingle hatchet head; I guess the signals were so good I couldn't miss them



I have found plenty of shoe buckle frame pieces and one whole frame with the mechanism rusted out before but this was my first complete shoe buckle. When I cleaned it I discovered that is has a really nice dark green patina





I think the hatchet head is period, but I'm not sure-any thoughts on that?

Well hopefully as I get more hours on the CTX I'll find more relics. I wish there was a Rosetta Stone CD for learning that language

 

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[SultansOfSwing]

wow that looks museum quailty. nice finds

 

[Mzjavert]

Super nice finds.

 

[Aureus]

Awesome buckle! Congrats!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful finds and preservation!

 

[Scrappy]

Holy smokes that's a beautiful complete buckle Glenn. I have maybe 5 or 6 and none of them look as nearly as nice as that one! And it's ornate! Home run buddy!!!! Wow

PS the CTX speaks slowly, and means almost every word it says. That'll make more sense the longer you use it. Good luck

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on that pretty buckle

 

[HighVDI]

That is awesome! Congratulations

 

[scruggs]

They don’t get any better than that...Congratulations on a spectacular buckle!

 

[against the wind]

That is one sweet buckle.
Great job cleaning it up.
Congrats

 

[toasted]

Nice find. Still looking for one like that myself

 

[Kurios1]

That's a dandy old buckle there mate. Must have felt great to finally get one intact. Well done. Nice hatchet head too.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Eu_citzen]

Buckles are one of my favourite finds! Nice one!

 

[treblehunter]

Nice find, I have only found bits and pieces.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Well done DND! That is on my wish list. Yours is really sweet.

Hunt the hood, find the good. Great story.

 

[pepperj]

Great looking buckle and axe both are showcase material.