Buckle found near Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia

[arbuckle]

Seeking assistance identifying or dating it.
Copper alloy
Roughly 39mm x 50mm
Strap band broke while cleaning so I removed the rest of the rust, it came off cleanly and left no damage on the buckle itself.

 

[Silvermonkey]

There is nothing I love to find more than a big beautiful buckle. I'm guessing your piece would date to the early 1700's, based on a quick look through Ross Whitehead's reference book titled, " Buckles 1250-1800". Congrats on digging a fantastic bit of colonial era history!

 

[villagenut]

Looks like horse tack with a raised bar....maybe a bit younger....1800s would be my estimate

 

[arbuckle]

There is nothing I love to find more than a big beautiful buckle. I'm guessing your piece would date to the early 1700's, based on a quick look through Ross Whitehead's reference book titled, " Buckles 1250-1800". Congrats on digging a fantastic bit of colonial era history!

I did look through that book but didn’t see anything exactly like it. I’ll comb through it again. It would be fantastic to be that old.

 

[oldmxrat]

Very sweet find, congrats!

 

[ticndig]

looks much like a crown center bar express tug, this ones from 1907.

 

[arbuckle]

looks much like a crown center bar express tug, this ones from 1907.

It does look close to that, but the corners are different

 

[arbuckle]

looks much like a crown center bar express tug, this ones from 1907.

Here’s one of those found by another member.

It looks much bigger than mine as well

 

[wainzoid]

looks much like a crown center bar express tug, this ones from 1907.

It can't be any of these. They aren't metric.