✅ SOLVED Detecting Home of Humphrey Hunter. Need ID

[Critik]

First let’s look at who Humphrey was.

Biography of Rev. Humphrey Hunter – Access Genealogy

Rev. Humphrey Hunter, born in Ireland in 1775, emigrated to America with his mother after losing his father. He grew up in North Carolina, inspired by revolutionary ideals and participated in the American Revolution, becoming a prisoner at the Battle of Camden. After the war, he studied theology...

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Now I am still working out the exact spot of the homestead with the owner but I managed to come across these 2 objects. I would like a ID more information on it if you can. So I can make sure I am in the right area. Notice the clover design also Humphrey being from Ireland you think it has a connection?

 

[creskol]

the one on the right is half of a horse bit.
the other looks like a scarf slide

 

[Critik]

the one on the right is half of a horse bit.
the other looks like a scarf slide

I thought the buckle piece to be too small to be a slide it’s the size of a penny. And has iron piece through the middle. I feel like scarf slides might have been more fancy and not made from iron.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

It could be a shoe buckle or a purse buckle.

 

[CRUSADER]

Its an 18th C knee buckle

 

[creskol]

Its an 18th C knee buckle

Hey Cruse .. Were knee buckles that tiny? I have always thought they were bigger for some reason. Thanks.

 

[Critik]

Yes it is quite small I need to get back out there. I was surprised I didn’t find anything else. It was never hunted the soil is dark black very soft and rich

 

[CRUSADER]

Hey Cruse .. Were knee buckles that tiny? I have always thought they were bigger for some reason. Thanks.

Yes, they vary in size & this is in the right range, but some 18th C Hat buckles are pretty similar.

 

[creskol]

Yes, they vary in size & this is in the right range, but some 18th C Hat buckles are pretty similar.

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