colonial shoe buckle!

dfx willy · Dec 11, 2009

went woods hunting today ( is there anywere else) went to a cellarhole in the woods a friend took me too. i didnt find much at the hole some pewter unknown hardware. this place was hit pretty hard. still trying to find a virgin cellar hole wich is like hitting mega bucks. anyway i started walking in a straight line out from either the front or the back its hard to say and about 300 yards from the cellar hole i found the shoe buckle or should i say half. to bad it wasnt intact it would be a nice one. its a fancy one by colonial standards. thanx. willy

Iron Patch · Dec 11, 2009

It sucks only getting a piece. If I had the complete buckle for every piece I've found everyone's jaw would probably be on the floor. The couple pieces that stick out were solid silver with marks. I would have loved to get that one intact.

umrgolf · Dec 11, 2009

Nice find there willy.. Dang shame it wasn't whole cuz its a beaut

The Patriot · Dec 11, 2009

also found many incomplete buckles...sucks but nice when one good one comes along

johnnyi · Dec 11, 2009

Willy, that's a nice shoe buckle, even if it is half. The shuttle shape is more difficult to find then the rectangular, at least in my neck of the woods. :icon_thumleft:

{Sentinel} · Dec 11, 2009

Nice finds buddy. I found a couple pieces of some really nice colonial buckles a couple days ago as well.. .Got lucky and scored a 1749 Georgius and a 1773 Virginia Halfpenny on the same day as well....probably post on sunday. Good job and keep looking, the finds should be around there

Sniffy · Dec 11, 2009

I'll say it again! NICE SHOE BUCKLE FRAME! I have 2 frames and one complete, I"ve been very lucky. Still plenty of good sites left!

Don in SJ · Dec 11, 2009

The shoe buckle is a pretty piece, shame it got discarded for breaking in half. Since yours is an elaborate one, it got me thinking I should get together all my pieces I have someday and keep them together! I have the whole bukles on display, except for the several I have found so far this year but I think the smaller pieces are scattered in numerous places. $:-\$

If you don't mind here is the nicest Oval shaped one with design that I have and is probably from the same period of yours.

Don

dfx willy · Dec 12, 2009

very nice don! i mostly find harness buckles so when a shoe buckle comes along it kinda renews the whole day it sends me thinking about its time period and how the area probley looked radically different. (lackof trees) and how times were simpler. i never new it back in grade school but history definiteley intrestes me in a large way and if it wasnt for that i probley wouldnt metal detect. for me it isnt about the money i could care less about totlots and such. so i say bring on the history. also don what do you think on a general time frame on our buckles( i agree about the same time frame), willy

Don in SJ · Dec 12, 2009

Age of the buckles appear to be in the 1760-1790 range if I am interpeting the information correctly from this website.

http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/bucklepage20.htm (photos on this page, data about photo on previous (back) page)....

Don