Found 9 more Isaac & Campbell Buckles today!

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Yesterday I went back to the site where last month I found two of my three British Martingales and 3 - Isaac & Campbell buckles. I detected for 3 hours in the field behind the house and almost immediately found another buckle! I photographed the first two I found, but after the third buckle showed up, I figured you’d get the idea! The total Isaac & Campbell buckles found today was 8.5 and a partial horse rosette. I have applied beeswax to the bottom row of buckles, but I’ve left the top row as is. The iron that was coming up was also old and interesting. I did some online research and learned that soldiers were given land grants by the King of England following the War of 1812 and settled this town in 1820.

This site really puzzles me… how did so many of these buckles end up in a 50’ x 200’ area? My total Isaac & Campbell buckle count so far is 11.5, so I feel there has to be more here!

I’ve included a couple of pics of how this buckle was used on a CSA knapsack.

Thanks for looking,
Dave


The Isaac and Campbell Knapsack

The original knapsacks were manufactured by the Isaac and Campbell Company in London and brought into the U. S. by the Confederacy.
The knapsacks were hand sewn with cloth herringbone twill tape ties that were used to close the fold pocket on the knapsack. The russet
leather harness was made of top grade leather with 1 1/4 inch roller buckles. Bridle leather corner guards protected the corners of the cloth bag.
The leather harness was colored with a black dye giving it the rich russet color.

 

[HomeGuardDan]

killer stuff man. Those are nice finds in CS sites...I have found the hook but never the latch...excellent stuff bud.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Awesome buckles! And lots of them!
Great job restoring them. It must be a gathering place or something.

Thanks for your post and for your thoughts on the site MsBB!
I'm heading back there again this morning to widen my search grid, I'll post anything of interest.

Keep warm in MA, cause it's darn cold here!
Dave

killer stuff man. Those are nice finds in CS sites...I have found the hook but never the latch...excellent stuff bud.

Thanks very much Dan!
I expect I'll find more of these buckles this morning too.
It will certainly make them a lot less rare here in Canada.

Best of luck to you,
Dave

 

[pepperj]

Good luck on the hunt Dave, but really what's with this white stuff on the ground?

 

[nova treasure]

Dave that is Amazing, i'm not sure why there is so many in quantity, but I am sure glad your finding them. Your efforts may possibly find that one relic that will give us the answer To this historical event. Happy hunting and Thanks for Sharing, Bill

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Good luck on the hunt Dave, but really what's with this white stuff on the ground?

Thanks very much Jim,
I hunted for 2.5hrs this morning with frozen hands & feet and it was snowing the whole time I was there!
If you get a chance, check out my finds from this morning when I post them in about an hour... you're not going to believe what I found!
Dave

Dave that is Amazing, i'm not sure why there is so many in quantity, but I am sure glad your finding them. Your efforts may possibly find that one relic that will give us the answer To this historical event. Happy hunting and Thanks for Sharing, Bill

Thanks very much for your post Bill!
This is a mystery that I too would love to solve.
One of the members on another site suggested there might have been a saddlery on-site, the leather was reused but the buckles were dis-guarded?
Love your state Bill, I get to spend a week in Louisville every October working a trade show at the Kentucky International Convention Center.
Dave

 

[dogteam]

Hey Dave, do you mind mentioning the town you're digging near?
Just curious...my many times great grandfather was one of those soldiers who was given land after the war of 1812. He was only a Quartermaster with the 113th Regiment of Foot, but badgered the Earl of Bathurst until he got 500 acres deeded to him around Dundas. His son later bought Hatt's Falls and re-named it Webster's Falls, you may be familiar with it.

 

[pepperj]

Thanks very much Jim,
I hunted for 2.5hrs this morning with frozen hands & feet and it was snowing the whole time I was there!
If you get a chance, check out my finds from this morning when I post them in about an hour... you're not going to believe what I found!
Dave

I think I see it in the hand!Wow

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I think I see it in the hand!Wow

Thanks Jim!
I'm going to post this mornings hunt right now!
Dave