1775 Silver Dutch 2s, Georgian Shoe Buckle, Horse Shoes, 1960 Coke Bottle, Victorinox Knife

[Deleted member 140734]

My first Dutch Silver! A great match size and date-wise for my 1770 Spanish One Real I found three years ago. I also found a small silver disc that isn't a button. The Georgian buckle looks like it belonged to a youngster. I always find lots of horse shoes but usually leave them in the woods don't post. Here I post two I found today. Shows good contrast between a chunkier 1700's shoe and an early 1800's shoe. Today I also found four iron bridle rings (these don't excite me unless they are brass). The bottle has the 60 date code. Hate to refer to it as an antique as I born in the same year. I left the knife on a deer stand as a hunter must have lost it.

I just wrapped up a 4 days in a row (32 hours) metal detecting binge. I tromped through so much forest, flicked off loads of ticks, and am basically physically shot from scanning hills and digging. Plus I battled some bramble patches. I looked at so much iron and early paper shotgun shell brass bases. They usually ring up solid in the 30's and I have to dig them to be sure. I have to go back to work tomorrow, but finding the silver this morning almost makes me feel like going out dirt fishing for Easter Monday.

 

[vpnavy]

OUT·STAND·ING finds Eastender! Thanks for sharing...

 

[pepperj]

Happy Easter Eastender
Now that a great looking silver, lots of details.
Great looking buckle as well.

 

[BennyV]

Very cool

 

[Blackfoot58]

Great finds! You have to wonder about a paring knife lying about in its sleeve. Not a lot of people carry them.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A 1775 Dutch Silver Coin that's in great condition - what a FANTASTIC find !

 

[grasshopper]

Great assortment of early finds!!

 

[scruggs]

Congratulations on an excellent hunt with beautiful finds!

 

[Mackaydon]

Great saves !!
Mintage on your 2 Stuivers: 960,000.
.583 Silver !!
Don in SoCal.

 

[Digger RJ]

My first Dutch Silver! A great match size and date-wise for my 1770 Spanish One Real I found three years ago. I also found a small silver disc that isn't a button. The Georgian buckle looks like it belonged to a youngster. I always find lots of horse shoes but usually leave them in the woods don't post. Here I post two I found today. Shows good contrast between a chunkier 1700's shoe and an early 1800's shoe. Today I also found four iron bridle rings (these don't excite me unless they are brass). The bottle has the 60 date code. Hate to refer to it as an antique as I born in the same year. I left the knife on a deer stand as a hunter must have lost it.

I just wrapped up a 4 days in a row (32 hours) metal detecting binge. I tromped through so much forest, flicked off loads of ticks, and am basically physically shot from scanning hills and digging. Plus I battled some bramble patches. I looked at so much iron and early paper shotgun shell brass bases. They usually ring up solid in the 30's and I have to dig them to be sure. I have to go back to work tomorrow, but finding the silver this morning almost makes me feel like going out dirt fishing for Easter Monday.

Awesome!!! Congrats!!!

 

[oldmxrat]

Great finds, congrats!
Always like seeing new coins, especially silvers!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Your Dutch silver is ...wow...fantastic!
What a great collection. Kudos.

 

[Almy]

Nice finds. I have never seen a Dutch coin like that. Beautiful shape, too.
The little silver looks like a plated silver button on the side you show. What makes you conclude that it is not?
The buckle is curved like a shoe buckle and is pretty big, so it looks like one to me.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

Your chunky horseshoe is the same style I find in late 1800's, early 1900's logging areas.

 

[hampton detector]

My first Dutch Silver! A great match size and date-wise for my 1770 Spanish One Real I found three years ago. I also found a small silver disc that isn't a button. The Georgian buckle looks like it belonged to a youngster. I always find lots of horse shoes but usually leave them in the woods don't post. Here I post two I found today. Shows good contrast between a chunkier 1700's shoe and an early 1800's shoe. Today I also found four iron bridle rings (these don't excite me unless they are brass). The bottle has the 60 date code. Hate to refer to it as an antique as I born in the same year. I left the knife on a deer stand as a hunter must have lost it.

I just wrapped up a 4 days in a row (32 hours) metal detecting binge. I tromped through so much forest, flicked off loads of ticks, and am basically physically shot from scanning hills and digging. Plus I battled some bramble patches. I looked at so much iron and early paper shotgun shell brass bases. They usually ring up solid in the 30's and I have to dig them to be sure. I have to go back to work tomorrow, but finding the silver this morning almost makes me feel like going out dirt fishing for Easter Monday.

Gotta love the SILVER👍!!!

 

[ironhorse]

The Dutch striver is the winner!
Theres another one I cant say I've seen posted. Well done!

 

[ironhorse]

The Dutch striver is the winner!
Theres another one I cant say I've seen posted. Well done!

It was supposed to say stuiver..dang auto correct

 

[ArfieBoy]

Congratulations on the Dutch silver and the other finds you recovered. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Deleted member 140734]

Nice finds. I have never seen a Dutch coin like that. Beautiful shape, too.
The little silver looks like a plated silver button on the side you show. What makes you conclude that it is not?
The buckle is curved like a shoe buckle and is pretty big, so it looks like one to me.

The silver disc is solid not plated and is exactly the same on both sides without an attachment mechanism.

I'm thinking the shoe buckle is a child's because of its size and lack of wide arch top. Here it is in comparison to a mid-1700's men's pristine shoe buckle in my collection. I have a nice collection of buckles, chapes, and tines and am always very happy to see them. I have a complete c. 1750 knee buckle with matching shoe buckle that are favs. I like this reference book for help with identification.

 

[Deleted member 140734]

Your chunky horseshoe is the same style I find in late 1800's, early 1900's logging areas.

It's an interesting subject. Not only do the chunkier horseshoes correspond to my colonial sites, the animals seem to be smaller than the ones wearing the 1800's shoes. Some of these smaller shoes may actually be mule shoes.

I'm sure shoes match certain variables such as type of work, whether solo or team, terrain, and seasonality. Horses in my area were used on small farms with loamy soils and reasonable grades.

Check out this comparison of shoes dated from archaeological sites as found in "A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America" by Ivor Noel Hume (c. 1969 pg. 238).

The second shot is the largest shoe I have ever found (actually two in one area) with the additional traction bar spanning the back. The third shot is of a shoe I found at the site of a former horse farm started in 1863 who advertised in our local papers at the the time: "Fine horses for sale." I have found over 100 horseshoes in the past 3+ years.