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

 

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[AndyR1961]

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

Hi Jim thanks for the info, the point which looks like a logo is just dirt, I gave it a soapy water scrub this morning, I'm currently trying to find infomation about casting and hope to pop into the museum in Plymouth to see what they think, logically because of where it was found, the patina of the metal I can't see how this could be 'modern' certainly not within the last 50 years, although I am open to the fact this is nothing more than a fun item?? I'll pop it over to the what is it section for people's thoughts and idea's.
All the best
Andy

 

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[bergie]

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

Why rush to sell it. If a valuable shipwreck is found at that site (because people will pursue it now), then you have a priceless item tied to an historical find and that buckle would be the reason it is found. You could cost yourself a small fortune. Hold onto it.

 

[DugHoles]

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

WOW, now that is some buckle.

You need to stop that Ebay sale and do some research on that buckle. It's definately worth more than that 100 quid you have it up for.........

GL & HH,

DugHoles

 

[Chagy]

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

WOW, now that is some buckle.

You need to stop that Ebay sale and do some research on that buckle. It's definately worth more than that 100 quid you have it up for.........

GL & HH,

DugHoles

I totally agree.

Best,

Chagy......

 

[rvbvetter]

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

I suppose it could have been used around a monks frock.
But whether it was or not.

Beats the frock out of me.

Nice find!! WTG!!! HH

 

[AndyR1961]

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

Hi guys thought I would update you all, the buckle sold tonight on ebay for £410 ($770) I'm happy and hey if someone finds something cool, good luck to them, i'll take a beer.
All the best
Andy
ps will be able to do a detector upgrade I think

 

[buscadero]

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

That's Great, Andy! I was getting worried for awhile. Good Luck w/ your New Detector & Keep in touch on TN!!


Joe

 

[gldhntr]

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

post the coords on the shipwreck thread, maybe one of the masters their will have an idea about it.......g

 

[Salvager]

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

Fully awesome find then sale mate.
That amount of money will help you get a damn nice detector.

Cheers Jesse

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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

Looks like a treasure map, other than that, I'm not sure what to think. Nice find and HH, Mike

 

[Skrimpy]

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

Did the person that bought this buckle tell you more about it yet? I saw on Ebay they said that they would tell you more about it once they bought it...It's really tough to sell something that nobody knows what it is. If only one person at the auction knows what it is, you're inevitably going to get the shaft. I'd watch the media and see what happens. If the buckle does lead someone to a shipwreck/treasure make sure they know that YOU are the one that found the buckle so at least you might get some recognition.

 

[bryan9879]

AndyR1961 i have one too been in family ages really really exciting to see another one could you please share any info my belt is exactly the same please contact me [email protected]

 

[gigispop7]

nice find .one of the coolest belt buckles i have seen..

 

[Duke]

that points to pretty far out off any island in the sea why would they do that is the question of the day if there is a tiny island north of Scarborough not on the map I'd check it out

 

[ivan salis]

the phrase is latin and it means --year (anno) of the lord (domini) 1759 ---so missionary is a good bet as priest used latin mainly

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

AndyR1961 i have one too been in family ages really really exciting to see another one could you please share any info my belt is exactly the same please contact me [email protected]

Hate to tell you the bad news but sooner or later you will read that this Thread fizzled out in Sept 2006 .
Looks like your 9 years too late for Andyr1961 .

 

[sutphin]

ANDY ANDY OLE CHAP FROM ENGLAND, WHAT ARE YOUR STATS SO WE NO WHAT WERE READING. MAYBE A NAUTICAL BUCKLE THAT YOU HAVE FOUND, WAS IT LOST OR DUG FROM THE GROUND? WIDE AND TALL IS YOUR FIND, PLEASE TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT WHEN YOU GET MORE TIME......NICE FIND ,,,,...

 

[Doubter in MD]

AndyR1961 i have one too been in family ages really really exciting to see another one could you please share any info my belt is exactly the same please contact me [email protected]

You have this buckle? Can you post a picture? I know the thread is 9 years old but if there's more than one of these it detracts from the uniqueness.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

ANDY ANDY OLE CHAP FROM ENGLAND, WHAT ARE YOUR STATS SO WE NO WHAT WERE READING. MAYBE A NAUTICAL BUCKLE THAT YOU HAVE FOUND, WAS IT LOST OR DUG FROM THE GROUND? WIDE AND TALL IS YOUR FIND, PLEASE TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT WHEN YOU GET MORE TIME......NICE FIND ,,,,...

Andy has left the building in 2006 . Speaking of left OLE CHAP, whew that upper case is abuse of the caps lock feature, left side of your keyboard go up three keys to caps lock , tap the key and a light will go off in the upper right hand corner . Hit shift and the letter for capital letter for Beginning of sentence and proper nouns , people , places and things .No offense but TRY IT !

 

[Doubter in MD]

AndyR1961 i have one too been in family ages really really exciting to see another one could you please share any info my belt is exactly the same please contact me [email protected]

Never mind. I found others on eBay. Not sure of the significance of the location or the date, but the buckle isn't old. I feel sorry for whoever bought it back in 2006.

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/111121233804?cmd=VIDESC&gxo=true