Beautiful intact shoe buckle, last find of the year!

boondocker · Dec 11, 2010

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

Steve in PA · Dec 12, 2010

Great buckle! Hard to find them intact with moving parts.

Elad · Dec 12, 2010

That thing is sweet! I am still waiting to find one myself... (or parts of one)

boondocker · Dec 12, 2010

Keep looking they're out there. Thanks for all the great comments. Dean

SC Keith · Dec 18, 2010

Congrats on the shoe buckle! Thats a great find and a good way to wrap up the year!

Woodland Detectors · Dec 18, 2010

That's a beautiful buckle!

Napa Steve · Dec 18, 2010

Awesome old buckle, you live in a great state for the oldies :thumbsup:

TommNJ · Dec 18, 2010

Just noticed your complete Buckle, Congrats ! :icon_thumright:

Yes, a very nice find this late in the season !

TommNJ

phantomfinder · Dec 18, 2010

Thats a sweet looking buckle , WTG :icon_thumleft:

boondocker · Dec 19, 2010

Thanks everybody, I got a lot of nice compliments on it at our club meeting Friday nite, not many found complete like this one, now just debating wether to treat it with blue ribbon or leave as is. Dean