Complete French Colonial Shoe Buckle!

[romeo-1]

I got back out to the site I've been hunting this past few weeks to hit another area. Still haven't found the "site" but did find a little pocket of musket balls and a very nice French shoe (breech) buckle! This is the first French buckle of this type that I've found in this condition. This is as it is out of the dirt. I'll do a little cleaning before it gets into the display case.

 

[romeo-1]

I'd be hoping for non French, much better chance of something killer. French sites almost seem to have a cap, not that the finds can't be great, but they just seem to top out at a French silver or Spanish cob. Maybe one day you'll take it to the next level.

Louis d'or?

 

[Iron Patch]

Louis d'or?

That's probably the most likely step up. Anything else I would say would be something that's not on the radar at all... unless it was a group of something and the amount is what made it special. Anyway, that sounds like a good goal... to find something French to impress me!

 

[johnnyblaze]

That is a killer Colonial buckle


My type of find...


Blaze

 

[david583]

That buckle is sweet !

 

[romeo-1]

That's probably the most likely step up. Anything else I would say would be something that's not on the radar at all... unless it was a group of something and the amount is what made it special. Anyway, that sounds like a good goal... to find something French to impress me!

I'll take that challenge...stay tuned!

 

[Iron Patch]

I'll take that challenge...stay tuned!

Yeah, just beating the best I've seen so far would be doing good. Hans' marked silver knee buckle and a coin or two, your coin, and my cannon ball and maybe my stamped Douzain. I can't think of anything that was better than those. If you dig something on the next level that's not a gold coin I'll be clueless to guess it.

 

[Hill Billy]

Sweet buckle romeo, good to see you posting.