I fit that statement to a tee...... not many coppers around these parts.But man not found buckles like that either.Thought I was doing something with these old boys............But I've been schooled It's weird how things can be so different just a 100 or so miles away.Iron Patch said:Seeing those buckles the first thing that comes to mind is all the people who often state just how difficult it is to find a Colonial copper in their area... and I believe it's the truth because I hunt quite old sites and have never dug one of the early buckles in the first picture.
Don in SJ said:Wow Bill, perhaps the best collection of early colonial buckles found in US that I have seen, and yes that last buckle is a killer find!
Don
Bill D. (VA) said:The one in the last pic is my favorite - c1680.
STUNNING!Newfiehunter said:Here's my silver shoe buckle. It was made by Thomas Northcote probably in the 1780's. There is a British Hallmark of the Lion passant indicating that it is sterling silver and his initials TN. It is about the size of a postage stamp.
Any attempts at removing that encrustation?CASPER-2 said:colonial silver shoe buckle = found in R.I. in saltwater