Beautiful intact shoe buckle, last find of the year!

[boondocker]

Got together with Garibaldi today and hit a farm we got permission to hunt. visions of tree coins danced in our heads as we headed into the field for our last hunt of the season. Got the detector up and running, found a good signal, went to dig, BAM!!! the ground was frozen solid . Had a short meeting to decide what to do, lets head into the woods the ground should be soft in there. Not 2 minutes in I got a solid signal for penny,dime at about 1/2" deep, I figured shot gun shell and out pops this beautiful buckle boy was I surprised. All the parts still move freely, a complete buckle has been on my wish list for a while. Spent the rest of the day digging shot gun shells, TON'S of them. Gary found a musket ball or 2. The metal detecting Gods were with me today, will head back to this spot in the spring it looks promising. Thanks for looking and have a wonderful Christmas everybody. Dean

 

[mainer]

Nice one. Whole one's are few and far between.

 

[Kirk PA]

The woods of New England produce another complete shoe buckle. Amazing! You ended the year on a super high note. Spring will bring you two even more Colonial goodies.

I have found some beautiful ornate frame pieces, but have not found a complete one. I find it hard to believe that I will dig one in a field though. I still have my Colonial hopes high though. Iron Patch dug a beautiful 1720-1750 complete pewter shoe buckle in a plowed field.

Kirk

 

[romeo-1]

Nice one!

 

[Sniffy]

A huge rush to see a complete buckle coming out! Nice goin man!

 

[cntrydncr1]

really nice buckle! congrats

 

[Garabaldi]

I have never seen a fully intact buckle like this one. I was there when he dug it and you should have seen the look on is face. Great job boondocker. Boondocker found the farm and we found the owner and asked if we would be able to detect. He said a guy has been detecting the field for 5 years. We figured there must be something that keeps him coming back. Our first tarket we realized the ground we frozen and we were picking like miners, what a site to see. Thanks god the ground was frozen because the woods gave up the sweet buckle. Also I don't think the guys who has detected the site for 5 years has been in the woods. Everythings happens for a reason I guess. Congrats Boondocker. Happy holidays all.

 

[Skelly607]

Wow nice buckle!,,,,,,ummm what is a tree coin?

 

[Tennessee Treasure Hunter]

Beautiful buckle!!

 

[foundation hunter]

I guess we both did good today with complete shoe buckles.
Nice Finds Gary

 

[Kyle PA]

Very nice shoe buckle! I hope to dig a fully intact one as well.

 

[boondocker]

Thanks everybody for the great comments. Skelly607, a tree coin is a Pine Tree Shilling, the first coinage minted in the U.S. they come in Oak tree, Pine tree and Willow tree 3 pence 6 pence and Shillings, they were minted in Boston in 1652 very rare and valuable, the holy grail of coinage around these parts. Dean

 

[teleman 2525]

nice find

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Nice way to finish out the year!

 

[spitfire55]

 

[dfx willy]

love seeing buckles like that coming out of mass! i got a couple complete ones. one is very old. as far as tree coins none. i cant say that for my buddies though. pine tree and oaks and willows. hpes are high for next year though. keep up the good job guys. deep woods iguess it is. willy

 

[birdman]

Beautiful piece of history.

 

[Iron Patch]

A good one to find on your journey to Mass silver! They all add up, and the day you hit the big one you really know you have both done it, as well as earned it.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice buckle and congrats! HH, Mike

 

[pepperj]

Very nice.