Colonial Shoe Buckle?

[bookfisher]

Got this buckle from the woods yesterday. I'm assuming it's a colonial shoe buckle and possibly from a child's shoe since it's a bit small, measuring 1 3/8" x 1 5/8".

 

[tymcmurray]

I don't know, but i LIKE it!!!

 

[Montana Jim]

Maybe... but, it most certainly resembles a Victorian or CW era "forked tongue" buckle...

I agree it's a shoe buckle...

 

[Don in SJ]

Nice going Bookfisher, looks like a 1700's era shoe buckle to me. I like the markings on it, I have similar ones.
Added: with the small size indicated it could be knee breech buckle

Don

 

[Green1]

sweeeet find !! gotta enjoy finds like these...

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

White's strike again.

 

[bookfisher]

Nice going Bookfisher, looks like a 1700's era shoe buckle to me. I like the markings on it, I have similar ones.
Added: with the small size indicated it could be knee breech buckle

Don

Thanks Don for your opinion, always appreciated! By the way, the buckle was fairly close to the surface (if not on the surface) since I got an overload signal and at first thought it was another shotgun shell, but when I looked at the VDI and saw it reading in (if I recall correctly) the high 50s screwtop, I figured I better dig it. Glad I did.

 

[birdman]

Very nice . It is kinda hard to find one in one piece,congrats!!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice buckle! It is British Georgian dating around 1790. HH, Mike

 

[PBK]

Compare to buckle #2 in the first row at:

http://www.netmarshall.co.uk/bucklepage20.htm

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Another nice find! One thing I learned from a long career in sales..... "never pre judge". that is why I dig every signal!

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice buckle! It is British Georgian dating around 1790. HH, Mike

Yeap

 

[pgill]

wow fantastic buckle... I think it is about the best that I have seen so far in the way of shoe buckles etc. The detail is incredible, you can still see the pattern. A very big well done....

God bless
Peter