Field hunt...Buttons, lead and whatsits

[dirtdigger1581]

Here's the take from todays 3 hour hunt. Found 4.5 discs of lead about penny/nickel size and 1/4" thick. Not sure what they are. Found a nice religious pendant, a big tag, 3 flat buttons(3 different sizes too) and a strange octagonal buckle. Not sure what the lead discs or octagonal buckle things are, so if you know please help me out. Anyway...Just wanted to share today's results.

Happy Hunting!

-Nate

 

[jamesbibb]

The lead discs are called bale seals. They were used to mark packages and as a show of no tampering such as a seal would do today. They are a common find in agricultural zones. The big tag came from ole bessie. The buckle is a buckle lol sorry no help there

 

[Getty]

Cool finds! I believe you have some lead seals there, bail seals or shipping seals.

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

yo D

From the land of the Bluenose.....always nice to find religious stuff. Looks as if youu were hunting along the salt water by the corrosion.

 

[MKnTenn]

Nice finds! We call that little buckle a sash buckle but that might be wrong, the big tag might be a cow tag, and everyone identified the lead seals, I'd go hunt that site more. HH