paleomaxx
Hero Member
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2016
- Messages
- 841
- Reaction score
- 6,888
- Golden Thread
- 6
- Location
- Upstate, NY
- 🥇 Banner finds
- 6
- Detector(s) used
- Deus XP
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I went back to the site I was at Friday and really canvassed the spots that are normally covered in brambles.
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/529510-buckle-i-need-some-help-1817-lc.html
The results were pretty solid. I found another fancy colonial buckle, but this time the hammered silver surface is intact! Although not the buckle itself.
Once again it's a variety I've never seen before. Thanks to the help of several members here on Tnet, the last one was identified as an Artois shoe buckle likely from around the 1770's. This one is very different though so any guidance in the right direction will be appreciated!
The LC is 1831 and in the best condition of any that I've found so far. I didn't do any field cleaning and only lightly rinsed before the peroxide bath. The results were excellent so I think that will be my method with all coppers from now on. I lost a little bit of patina on the raised parts even using just a qtip, but I think that's because the patina was so thin to begin with. The iron buckle is also extraordinarily well preserved. The iron tongue still moves freely!
This scythe is just enormous. I started digging at the tip and for a second I thought I had found a sword. I just kept digging further and further down the strip until I finally reached the hook at the end which was pinned under a couple of rocks. I can't imagine how anyone lost this back in the day
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/529510-buckle-i-need-some-help-1817-lc.html
The results were pretty solid. I found another fancy colonial buckle, but this time the hammered silver surface is intact! Although not the buckle itself.
Once again it's a variety I've never seen before. Thanks to the help of several members here on Tnet, the last one was identified as an Artois shoe buckle likely from around the 1770's. This one is very different though so any guidance in the right direction will be appreciated!
The LC is 1831 and in the best condition of any that I've found so far. I didn't do any field cleaning and only lightly rinsed before the peroxide bath. The results were excellent so I think that will be my method with all coppers from now on. I lost a little bit of patina on the raised parts even using just a qtip, but I think that's because the patina was so thin to begin with. The iron buckle is also extraordinarily well preserved. The iron tongue still moves freely!
This scythe is just enormous. I started digging at the tip and for a second I thought I had found a sword. I just kept digging further and further down the strip until I finally reached the hook at the end which was pinned under a couple of rocks. I can't imagine how anyone lost this back in the day
Upvote
11
