1700s Buckle?

[undertaker]

Have a buckle that appears to be colonial. Does anyone know if it could be a 1700s buckle. I looked in a revolutionary war artifact book and saw that some buckles seem to have the same inner prongs. Guessing its a knee buckle but fancier than pics I saw.

 

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[Jeff H]

Small enough to be a knee or breech buckle. I could be very wrong but it looks to be a modern repro to me though. Do you have any history on this piece?

 

[undertaker]

Thanks for the info. Found it on a lake shore while looking for arrowheads. Lake has a lot of history but they do reenactments in different areas up and down the lake.

 

[DownNDirty]

Small enough to be a knee or breech buckle. I could be very wrong but it looks to be a modern repro to me though. Do you have any history on this piece?

I was thinking the same thing-probably a repro used by the reenactors

 

[Glenn C]

Definitly early. Looks like simular buckles from a site from late 17 to early 1800s. Thats a win!. Very nice! French I believe... just a educated guess.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

The iron tongue and chape look too nice. Has to be modern day reproduction. No way would the iron guts be in the ground for 250 years and not develop significant rust.

 

[pearson]

Nice find

 

[sutphin]

DAMN NICE BUCKLE>>>.

 

[Dirtblazer]

That buckle appears to be a shoe buckle from colonial times.......could be a repro but could be original I believe it to be shoe buckle men's shoe.

 

[Dirtblazer]

Buckle could be German silver which could explain lack of rust. Not an expert but it is a shoe buckle.

 

[Dirtblazer]

Re: buckle....I should have said, "I believe it to be a shoe buckle." What are the dimensions?

 

[DownNDirty]

Based on the size and orientation of the pin that holds the inner workings it is a knee buckle. As stated earlier it is most likely a reproduction because (1) the "guts" are only slightly rusted and (2) it was a surface find.