Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any ideas please????

[AndyR1961]

Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Hi folks here is a belt buckle found recently, it is marked as follows:
Lat de 11.9 N
Long de 60.42 W
Anno domini 1759
it is a brass contruction belt buckle it is 5 - 6 inches tall.
Any idea's or thoughts??
The Long/Lat seem to refer to a point just off the tobago coast.
All the best
Andy

 

[staceysallaboutu]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Very cool buckle...Nice Job

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Interesting buckle. I'll leave the dating and other stuff to the experts.

Also very nice engraving.

Badger

 

[buscadero]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Andy...Andy...Andy! The Details, Man, the Details! When? Where? How?

I trust the Belt wasn't attached when found? Looks Authentic to me, but what do I know?



Waiting w/o Patience, Joe

 

[DPBOB]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Get there before I do It's a buried Treasure Chest of gold..

Wow that area is around Barbados.. I'm off to find the treasure....11.9 N / 60.42 W

 

[AndyR1961]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Thanks for the comments guys, it was found nr where I live here in Cornwall England, no the leather was added later, it certainly appears authentic to me, the colouring etc etc and the style of engraving but then I'm no expert.
Laters Guys
Andy
ps Although I'm not wanting to sell it it would be interesting to know what people thought it might be worth?

 

[99Brown]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Very nat find. I would follow the cordinates and it will lead you to treasure!!

99Brown

 

[Trond]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Hmm- nice buckle. Maybe some old captain lost his ship on that spot. (Lat de 11.9 N-Long de 60.42 W)

 

[davesx]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

nice find andy.
could it have been dropped by a smuggler?
any ideas?
HH dave

 

[AndyR1961]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Hi HH Dave very true our coastline here is full of old smugglers hidaways and stuff, will do some more searching with MD when the tourists all leave.
All the best
Andy

 

[hollowpointred]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

if you punch in those coordinates in google earth it brings you to a spot just northeast of Trinidad. maybe a shipwreck?

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Anno Domini is latin for "In the year of our Lord" hence = A.D. 1759. your coordinates represent possibly something noteworthy that may have happened at that particular location. maybe a battle or a marriage or the location of a ship that sunk and the holder of this buckle commemorated his survival with its coordinates..... which would indicate that he may have been one of the more educated people on the boat..... just a guess though. good luck anyway......providing that the coords are accurate within a few degrees it is certainly possible you have a lead of some sort....

 

[AndyR1961]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Thanks guys will let you know if I find out any info, some good thoughts Will.Dig, if nothing else its an interesting nautical relic.
All the best
Andy

 

[Cubfan64]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Unique "one of a kind" that's for sure!! You may never find any specifics, but it sure would be neat to do some searching to try to figure out what the coordinates relate to and possibly who the buckle may have belonged to.

Very very neat find!!

 

[goldencoin]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

a very nice what-ever-it-is

HH
-GC

 

[buscadero]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Andy: If you ever do intend to sell it, All you have to do is insinuate what the Buckle COULD be.

Their imagination's will take over & the PRICE will go up!!!!!!!


Beautiful Piece!!


Joe

 

[Shiphunter]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Super Cool!

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

What an awesome relic!

 

[AndyR1961]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Many thanks for all the useful info and sugestions, I don't think we'll be selling this for a while its a cool find and one.
I'll try and dig out some photo's of some other finds later.
All the best
Andy

 

[Calico Jack]

Re: Belt Buckle - Pirate? Missionary?? Any idea's please?

Fuel for the imagination.
In 1759, the British captured the French colony of Guadeloupe during the Seven Years' War. Naval engagements everywhere. With British, French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies all over the Carribbean, I am sure a good number of ships went down in the area. Privateers, pirates...Arr.