Buckle

[gmanlight]

I think we know what it is .
Want to guess its age . Found in a older field The latch is flat stock.

 

[timekiller]

Nice old Two-Piece Sub-Rectangular/Trapezoidal Buckle buckle you got there. (Circa 1660 - 1720)
Take Care,
Pete,
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=32841&cat=177

 

[kuger]

Are you sure Pete??I see the pics(great reference by the way!)but I have found these in late 1800-mid 1900 sites.I have zero 1600-1700 history in my sites??

 

[timekiller]

Are you sure Pete??I see the pics(great reference by the way!)but I have found these in late 1800-mid 1900 sites.I have zero 1600-1700 history in my sites??

On here now & days i'm never sure. But I'm sure ones I've dug just like it date to that age & are.As nothing 1800's at all came from them sites.Some I think are spur buckles some they consider shoe buckles.
http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/B/buckles.htm
Some I've found
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,390586.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,309207.0.html
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[kuger]

Are you sure Pete??I see the pics(great reference by the way!)but I have found these in late 1800-mid 1900 sites.I have zero 1600-1700 history in my sites??

On here now & days i'm never sure. But I'm sure ones I've dug just like it date to that age & are.As nothing 1800's at all came from them sites.Some I think are spur buckles some they consider shoe buckles.
http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/B/buckles.htm
Some I've found
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,390586.0.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,309207.0.html
Take Care,
Pete,

LOL!!Your right...just when ya think ya know something!!Thanks bud!

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm not so sure its that old, the form is right but just doesn't have the right look/patina/metal type. It also has very crisp casting/edges. Seems to have kept too well in the ground.

Can we have more pictures & info about where/depth & soil conditions etc...


(I just need convincing)

 

[Silver Searcher]

I'm not so sure its that old, the form is right but just doesn't have the right look/patina/metal type. It also has very crisp casting/edges. Seems to have kept too well in the ground.

Can we have more pictures & info about where/depth & soil conditions etc...


(I just need convincing)

The metal contruction would determin the age, looks like stamped brass..1900s, the earlier one's would have been copper alloy(bronze)

SS

 

[kuger]

I'm not so sure its that old, the form is right but just doesn't have the right look/patina/metal type. It also has very crisp casting/edges. Seems to have kept too well in the ground.

Can we have more pictures & info about where/depth & soil conditions etc...


(I just need convincing)

The metal contruction would determin the age, looks like stamped brass..1900s, the earlier one's would have been copper alloy(bronze)

SS

This is what mine are made of....stamped

 

[gmanlight]

Hi all take your best shot , i can take it .
Pic num 2 has the same leaf , both sides as mine .
Its all good
I thought it was mid 1800s

 

[timekiller]

Hi all take your best shot , i can take it .
Pic num 2 has the same leaf , both sides as mine .
Its all good
I thought it was mid 1800s

Pop that baby in some hot peroxide & give it a boil.To me it just looks like caked on field dirt covering what we need to see.I did not know they made that type in the 1800's news to me. But if you found it were your avatar suggest it would not be no surprise to be that old up that way.All I know to tell ya to do.
Can I see the type made like these from the 1800's somewhere? Not doubting no one just want to see one so I know how they look.
Thanks!

 

[kuger]

Hi all take your best shot , i can take it .
Pic num 2 has the same leaf , both sides as mine .
Its all good
I thought it was mid 1800s

Pop that baby in some hot peroxide & give it a boil.To me it just looks like caked on field dirt covering what we need to see.I did not know they made that type in the 1800's news to me. But if you found it were your avatar suggest it would not be no surprise to be that old up that way.All I know to tell ya to do.
Can I see the type made like these from the 1800's somewhere? Not doubting no one just want to see one so I know how they look.
Thanks!

Pete...give me 24 hrs,I think I know where mine are,but wont be able to get pics up till tomorrow

 

[timekiller]

Hi all take your best shot , i can take it .
Pic num 2 has the same leaf , both sides as mine .
Its all good
I thought it was mid 1800s

Pop that baby in some hot peroxide & give it a boil.To me it just looks like caked on field dirt covering what we need to see.I did not know they made that type in the 1800's news to me. But if you found it were your avatar suggest it would not be no surprise to be that old up that way.All I know to tell ya to do.
Can I see the type made like these from the 1800's somewhere? Not doubting no one just want to see one so I know how they look.
Thanks!

Pete...give me 24 hrs,I think I know where mine are,but wont be able to get pics up till tomorrow

Thanks man!

 

[CC Hunter]

The buckle is 100% dead on early Colonial period. I have dug the exact same style on sites that were pre-Rev War.

This style of cast buckle would usually be consistent with sites that were of the era before flat one-piece buttons, and pre-milled silver coinage. Finds like that often indicate the possibility of cob style coinage nearby. In your area, I would be thinking "Tree" coins!

CC Hunter

 

[gmanlight]

Thanks all for the input.
I hear you CC Hunter. This park small and hard hit.
Its nick name [The training field ] for the militia that trained there back in the day.

I think Buckle #2 for Petes picture is a dead ringer Thanks Pete