Buckle id help

[jcell318]

Found a while ago. No markings . Just wondering what everyone thinks. Thanks for ur help







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[recondigger]

Great find I'll see what I can find out. Dig until your arm falls off

 

[duggap]

From what I can find in my plate books, I would say you have a Mississippi sword belt plate with the bars broke off. Now if I can just figure out a way to beat you out of it. Super find. (Note, I make no judgement as to it being original.)

 

[recondigger]

From what I can find in my plate books, I would say you have a Mississippi sword belt plate with the bars broke off. Now if I can just figure out a way to beat you out of it. Super find. (Note, I make no judgement as to it being original.)

I agree

Dig until your arm falls off

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Duggap and Recondigger are correct, it is a Mississippi State Militia swordbelt buckle, made prior to the civil war by a Northern buckle-manufacturer in the 1840s/50s... or a modern-made Reproduction of one. Because the rectangular loop on its end and the attachment hook on its back are both missing, authenticating it with certainty is extra-difficult.

 

[jcell318]

Thanks everyone. Little more background, I dug it in a corn field in North Louisiana at an old house sight, the owner of the farm could not remember there ever being a house in the location. Also he is in his 80s and grew up near the place. Who knows maybe I got lucky!

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[smokeythecat]

Beautiful buckle. If you dug it yourself, it is unlikely a reencator lost it. They do lost stuff, I'd bet original.

 

[tennessee]

Great find. Congratulations. Thanks for sharing.