Finds today,Nice 1660-1720 Buckle.

[timekiller]

Here's my finds for today.Two sites,1 early,the other 1800ish.The little scallop buckle was a cool find I thought.Early & one I've not yet found before today.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

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part2...

 

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part3...

 

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part4...

 

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part5...

 

[dirtlooter]

quite a variety

 

[arrowhead82]

Cool! I think I have that same bottle.

 

[Cross Potent]

Wow I do like that buckle!

 

[CRUSADER]

Do you think the scallop type is the late 17th C one? Because I'm pretty sure they had no steel pins at that date. Either way, its not one I've had & it is complete. I guess, without looking its more like late 18th C.

 

[pepperj]

Nice looking buckles, I found some very similar pottery in the UK this past spring, liked the look of the striping.

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice looking buckles, I found some very similar pottery in the UK this past spring, liked the look of the striping.

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Yeap, its 17th C Slipware & I pick it up as well. Reminds me of our bakewell puddings (UK reference!)

 

[timekiller]

Do you think the scallop type is the late 17th C one? Because I'm pretty sure they had no steel pins at that date. Either way, its not one I've had & it is complete. I guess, without looking its more like late 18th C.

There is no steel pins in this one,only thing I can think of your seeing is I've not completely cleaned it & there's a piece that leached on to the back.But being found in a salt water environment would not allow for something as small as a pin like that to even survive.

 

[timekiller]

the back...

 

[timekiller]

Nice looking buckles, I found some very similar pottery in the UK this past spring, liked the look of the striping.

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A good site for that Pepper- Staffordshire Slip
Diagnostic Artifacts in Maryland

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Glad to see you're getting out Pete, and making some nice finds to boot. I tried looking up that buckle in my Whitehead book, but all I could find was a garter/boot buckle dating from 1720-1790s (page 114). But the one in the book looks almost identical to the one in your Part 2 post just above the scalloped one. I think the other one looks heavier, and earlier. If I would have to guess I'd say late 1600s to early 1700s. I guess it doesn't have a maker's mark which could help with the dating. Nice find regardless.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice looking buckle.

 

[timekiller]

Glad to see you're getting out Pete, and making some nice finds to boot. I tried looking up that buckle in my Whitehead book, but all I could find was a garter/boot buckle dating from 1720-1790s (page 114). But the one in the book looks almost identical to the one in your Part 2 post just above the scalloped one. I think the other one looks heavier, and earlier. If I would have to guess I'd say late 1600s to early 1700s. I guess it doesn't have a maker's mark which could help with the dating. Nice find regardless.

No Bill no mark man,But I've dug enough buckles to know this one is early as you say.Heavy made with quality metal.It be like the one in the pic. below but with two prongs.

 

[timekiller]

I've dug older so don't know why it can't be what it appears to be to me.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

No Bill no mark man,But I've dug enough buckles to know this one is early as you say.Heavy made with quality metal.It be like the one in the pic. below but with two prongs.

Pete - in case you don't have this reference, here's a link to an online copy of "Buckles 1250-1800" by Whitehead. You can save it as a pdf for future reference. Hardcopies are difficult to come by and are expensive, but this should work just as well.

http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Whitehead.pdf

 

[timekiller]

Here's just one that's older I've dug only posting because during that time frame they seem to like putting the scallop protrusion on them as if you look this type up they made them with a scallop piece as well.Just like this one but with the scallop end.Only dug 4-5 dating to this time frame here though.
Single Loop Sub-Rectangular Buckle - UK Finds Database -