A gorgeous Colonial shoe buckle, seated half, and more

[Scrappy]

I had a great hunt today with some great fellas. My bro Charlie was kind enough to take me to a spot on a Staten Island. A site that had history of British Encampments and a couple 1800's homes. It required a bunch of bushwacking but we had a good time.



First was a banging hit...


Then the seated....


Beautiful...a seated half-dime with arrows.

Overall it was a great day with great company.

The lock was cool. Patent date 1884.

Enjoy everyone and happy Thanksgiving

Steve

 

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[cjon455]

Wow, steve that freakin buckle is great!, awesome signal I bet, good job man!

 

[Tony in Virginia]

That is one sweet buckle.Great hunt and good job.

 

[Showtime2385]

Very nice, great coin and killer buckle!

 

[Reiska]

Nice buckle from 1700's. Never found one.

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Have to agree with the above comments, that's one sweet buckle. Congrats.

 

[Brian W]

That is one sweet buckle...I love finding those...whole ones are a bonus...Congrats

 

[Gridwalker306]

Great looking buckle and seated!

 

[bonepicker]

Looks like a good hunt. Nice buckle, half dime, and cool old lock. Is that the wire from a Hutchinson bottle cork?

 

[Iron Patch]

Well worth the effort for that! Still on my to find list.

 

[parsonwalker]

Well SOMEBODY had a darn good hunt today! Congrats!

 

[Diggin Dude]

Nice hunt scrappy! Great buckle and seated. You even found a Hutchison stopper, cool. Congrats and HH

 

[against the wind]

Excellent hunt Scrappy,, Staten Island is my backyard.
Love the half dime and buckle

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Steve it was nice to hunt with you. I hope we can have another before the season ends. And I invite all of you on t-net to come to fla in jan and hunt until April. You can all stay with me !! HH gl. Thanks for a great day. ( even though my headphones stopped working ). Argh. Hate equipment malfunctions I'll repair it today. See you soon.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Awesome shoe buckle Steve! I think those things are some of the coolest relics we dig. I had been wanting to find a complete one for a long time. After digging a few complete frames, chapes, tongues, and LOTS of broken frame pieces, I finally pulled a complete one a couple months ago.... I sat there looking at it for 5 minutes with a big grin on my face. ha Great job and those complete ones sure are hard to find.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Was expecting a bigger silver, but not disappointed, I like the buckle better anyway. I got a few big silvers, but not a complete shoe buckle yet. Still on my top ten list after 8-9 years. BTW I'd prefer one over a cob to add to my case.

Nice hunt.

 

[Isaac]

KILLER shoe buckle Scrappy!

 

[Old Dude]

That buckle could be used in a text book as an example! Great condition.

 

[Scrappy]

Wow, steve that freakin buckle is great!, awesome signal I bet, good job man!

Thanks Chris. I gave a loud "Whoop!" when I unearthed it. I dig my fair share of buckles but very few come up complete and perfect like this one. It made my hunt!

 

[ironhorse]

Intact shoe buckles are one those finds that almost every detectors knows that they just don't show up like that all too often, you pulled a piece of history that doesn't happen to very many of us
Continued success to you!