First Colonial Buckle

[strycker]

Was hitting a permission last night and got a decent high ping with no VDI on the AT Pro, but was intrigued to dig it anyway. Usually it's iron or a nail. This was about 4 inches deep and on edge. It's missing the tongue, but has the rest. Still pivots too. Anyone have any information on this? I figure it's a colonial shoe buckle. Any way to date it?

 

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[70monte68]

Wow, and a nice one! Great find!

 

[CRUSADER]

1720-1790s - Nice Shoe Buckle!

You may need to conserve the iron guts.

 

[romeo-1]

Nice one too...rare to find the iron intact!

 

[cti4sw]

Be careful flexing it. I thought mine was flexing, turns out I was torquing a rusted shaft and it broke.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Good find!!

 

[park pirate]

Very nice buckle..