Colonial Buckle Frame Amidst the Shell Casings...

Wildcat1750 · Oct 12, 2020

I had to dig a lot of brass shell casings before I found something good... but it paid off with a very nice Colonial (Shoe?) Buckle Frame. :thumbsup:

Not sure why there is such a high concentration of shell casings in one field. I usually hit 2 or 3 times this many in this area.
Picked up a couple of live rounds too.
Nick

Professor of Engineering · Oct 13, 2020

Well done! :occasion14:

JeffInMass · Oct 13, 2020

Awesome frame, Congrats! :icon_thumleft:

toasted · Oct 13, 2020

Buckle is late 18th century. Possibly post colonial

Wildcat1750 · Oct 13, 2020

toasted said:
Buckle is late 18th century. Possibly post colonial

Thanks for the feedback, toasted. I'm always happy to learn new things here! :thumbsup:

Wildcat1750 · Oct 13, 2020

Professor of Engineering said:
Well done!

Thank you, Professor of Engineering. I especially like finding buckle frames!

JeffInMass said:
Awesome frame, Congrats!

Thank you, JeffInMass. The only thing that would make it better would be to have the rest of it, and for it to have been not so bent by some sort of machinery!

ANTIQUARIAN · Oct 14, 2020

That buckle is a real beauty Nick! :occasion14:

It almost looks too big to be a knee buckle though, I've found a few of these in my area, but they were considerably smaller.
But I don't find enough buckles from this period to be an expert, maybe consider posting it in the 'What is It' forum for some other theories. :dontknow:

Here's one I found a few years ago,
Dave

Silvermonkey · Oct 14, 2020

Buckles are one of my most favorite items to find when detecting. Congrtas to you!

dts52 · Oct 14, 2020

Great finds! I hunt a spot that the National Guard used on occasion for field training. Tons of shell cases but I have to assume they were blank rounds. Since you found a live round, I’d guess someone was sighting in their rifle or doing lots of deer hunting there. Shotgun shells are everywhere around here but the old ones are still interesting.

That buckle is a beauty!
dts

Wildcat1750 · Oct 14, 2020

ANTIQUARIAN said:
That buckle is a real beauty Nick!

It almost looks too big to be a knee buckle though, I've found a few of these in my area, but they were considerably smaller.
But I don't find enough buckles from this period to be an expert, maybe consider posting it in the 'What is It' forum for some other theories.

Here's one I found a few years ago,
Dave

Hey thanks, Dave! I agree with you that it is more likely a shoe buckle. Here's a couple of photos of it right out of the dirt.
Nick

Wildcat1750 · Oct 14, 2020

Silvermonkey said:
Buckles are one of my most favorite items to find when detecting. Congrtas to you!

Thanks, Silvermonkey - I agree, and they usually clean up very well!

dts52 said:
Great finds! I hunt a spot that the National Guard used on occasion for field training. Tons of shell cases but I have to assume they were blank rounds. Since you found a live round, I’d guess someone was sighting in their rifle or doing lots of deer hunting there. Shotgun shells are everywhere around here but the old ones are still interesting.

That buckle is a beauty!
dts

Thanks, dts52! This field is literally littered with shell casings, and it's an open field close to the road. The woods beyond were commonly hunted when the area was more rural. A couple of years ago I found an ornate oval knee buckle frame in the same spot.

dts52 · Oct 17, 2020

Beautiful oval buckle, Wildcat. I’ve only found a few buckles and I consider them some of my “best” finds (which isn’t saying much). I imagine someday in the distant future MD’rs will proudly hold up a pull tab and shout “Holy cow, look what I just found!” That is if I don’t dig them all first. I’m working on it. :BangHead:

dts

A2coins · Oct 18, 2020

Thats a sweet find many good finds take alot of work you earned that one..Great job

Wildcat1750 · Oct 18, 2020

dts52 said:
Beautiful oval buckle, Wildcat. I’ve only found a few buckles and I consider them some of my “best” finds (which isn’t saying much). I imagine someday in the distant future MD’rs will proudly hold up a pull tab and shout “Holy cow, look what I just found!” That is if I don’t dig them all first. I’m working on it.
dts

Just wait 100 years, dts52 and I'll vote BANNER if you post a hoard of pull tabs... :laughing7:

A2coins said:
Thats a sweet find many good finds take alot of work you earned that one..Great job

Thank you, A2coins! There are tons more shell casings (and the guts of an old TV set) out in that field, and hopefully another buckle frame or 2...