Easter Weekend Digs - Rare Cricket Buckle!

[Steve in PA]

I was able to hit a couple spots over the Easter weekend and dug a few coins and relics. I guess the most exciting thing, as I came to find out, was this:

Turns out it is the center piece to a circa 1860-1865 cricket buckle. It has three bats, two balls, a wicket, a tent with a flag, and a tree on it. There is even a book on cricket buckles and this one is on pages 85 and 86. What it was doing in rural Somerset County PA, basically the middle of nowhere, is anybody’s guess. Apparently the guy was so attached to this buckle, that he drilled four mounting holes in it so he could keep using it after the keeper broke off.

Here is a link to the cricket buckle book:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwENP4lMSuvCM2tFQ0RHVWJ1N1U/view

Here is the cellar hole where the cricket buckle was found


Other notable finds were a gunpowder flask top and a nice gold gilded sash buckle.


Coins included several Indian head pennies and two silver dimes found a couple feet from each other.


Here are the rest of the finds that I brought home with me.


Thanks for looking and happy hunting to all.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the VERY productive hunt!

 

[washingtonian]

I like how the silver and Indians are an after thought. I guess that's the sign of a successful hunt!

 

[Steve in PA]

Congratulations on the VERY productive hunt!

Thanks. I would rather be digging Colonial sites, but I'll take what I can get as long as I'm digging

I like how the silver and Indians are an after thought. I guess that's the sign of a successful hunt!

Thanks, although the Indians and silver are nice, and fun to dig, I've dug lots of them in the past. The cricket buckle and the powder flask top were firsts for me.

 

[lairmo]

Nice Steve!!!

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Nice hunt, the British were everywhere eh?

I bet you have the same reaction when digging up a silver rosie as I do when I'm at a 1800's or older site eh?

HH,
Cal

 

[dirtlooter]

all very cool but the buckle and powder flask top are the best, pretty darn awesome

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Steve nice finds
That cricket buckle is an odd find way out in the stix !
Seems to be a bit of a Sticky Wicket... heard that on TV.
i like the Sash buckle very ornate cool place to hunt.
Gary

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice Steve!!!

Thanks for commenting!

Nice hunt, the British were everywhere eh?

I bet you have the same reaction when digging up a silver rosie as I do when I'm at a 1800's or older site eh?

HH,
Cal

Yep, you see that glint of silver and you get all excited, only to be let down when it is fully revealed. Normally a Barber dime or quarter is a nice find, but I have experienced the letdown when you dig one on a colonial or early 19th century site.

all very cool but the buckle and powder flask top are the best, pretty darn awesome

Thanks. I like those two relics even if they aren't 18th century.

Steve nice finds
That cricket buckle is an odd find way out in the stix !
Seems to be a bit of a Sticky Wicket... heard that on TV.
i like the Sash buckle very ornate cool place to hunt.
Gary

Thanks Gary, definitely an odd find way out in the sticks in a county that was predominately settled Germans. Apparently these cricket buckles are highly coveted finds in Australia.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

I love the IHP's and 4 in one hunt is great. Good to see you are on the board with some silvers. My favorite is the ornate sash buckle. Congrats!

 

[CRUSADER]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...r-pond-roman-site-day-2-2-horse-paddocks.html
Not sure your saw my recent buckle, but it was published in that link on page 455. Sadly it tells me nothing more than I can guess as its dateless.

Congrats on your finds.

 

[Steve in PA]

I love the IHP's and 4 in one hunt is great. Good to see you are on the board with some silvers. My favorite is the ornate sash buckle. Congrats!

Thanks Thad. Actually I found two IHPs on Saturday and two on Sunday. The area where I dug the two rosies has given up seated, barber, mercs, and rosies.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...r-pond-roman-site-day-2-2-horse-paddocks.html
Not sure your saw my recent buckle, but it was published in that link on page 455. Sadly it tells me nothing more than I can guess as its dateless.

Congrats on your finds.

Thanks Cru, that is nice one you dug. I was surprised how many different variants of these cricket buckles were made. Have you found many others? I found another one on a Civil War site, but it was just fragments.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on a nice buckle, and the rest of your finds.

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks Thad. Actually I found two IHPs on Saturday and two on Sunday. The area where I dug the two rosies has given up seated, barber, mercs, and rosies.


Thanks Cru, that is nice one you dug. I was surprised how many different variants of these cricket buckles were made. Have you found many others? I found another one on a Civil War site, but it was just fragments.

Yes, far more types than I expected as well. Without looking I have at least 2 other types.

 

[pepperj]

Good assortment of finds and the information on the cricket buckle. Congrats on the recoveries
Dug one last summer and never gave it much thought until I saw this post up.

 

[Steve in PA]

Good assortment of finds and the information on the cricket buckle. Congrats on the recoveries
Dug one last summer and never gave it much thought until I saw this post up.

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Nice find Pepper. I posted mine on the Facebook "ID Me" forum and got several responses from Aussies, including from the author of the Cricket Buckle Book. I never realized this collecting genre existed.

 

[thrifty76now]

Congrats on that awesome hunt.You found a bunch of great stuff there.

 

[sutphin]

NICE DANG FINDS

 

[Relicific]

Very interesting buckle
Nice hunt

 

[DetectingGodlikeOnOlympus]

I hope that the jolly ol' limey who wore that was able to find someone to play cricket with him here in the New World. Nobody has given a damn a bout cricket around here for a very long time.