Found cool makers mark on colonial buckle

[Bill D. (VA)]

I was searching the web trying to find out more info on one of the early buckles I dug last weekend, and came across one that looked familiar. It had the maker's mark of "Samuel Martin" on the chape, and I knew I had dug one of those before. Sure enough, I was able to locate it in one of my displays. Again, this buckle was older than I had earlier thought. I'm posting a pic of my buckle along with what I found on the web. Pretty interesting stuff!

 

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[Bubba65]

That is real cool Bill, and it is great when you can get more information about any find, CONGRATS

 

[Blueblood]

Super nice information. I like to the history behind the artifact more than the item sometimes.

 

[Bushido Dude]

Spokane Daily Chronicle - Google News Archive Search

not sure if its the same company....but its something to look into...

 

[HomeGuardDan]

Very cool Bill - now get to work on finding my spoon mark HA!

Cool buckle man

 

[BobinSouthVA]

Great detective work Bill

 

[Valley Ranger]

Now that's good work! Very nice piece of history there Bill.

 

[Steve in PA]

That's pretty cool Bill.

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Very nice find!

 

[Papa Bear]

Whats the website that you found the information on?

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Whats the website that you found the information on?

Here ya go ......

Diagnostic Artifacts - Small Finds - Spurs

Actually, if you go back further and start out here you can view other artifacts. The buckle info I posted was in the "Small Finds" section.

http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/SmallFinds/index-SmallFinds.html

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

It's rewarding to find out such info. on finds like that. It's as though you are discovering the find all over again.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Those are some nice buckles you have there Bill, I have a little catching up to do to match those finds.
It's always nice when you can discover someting more about a past find, it makes MDing all that more interesting. I found out something cool about one of my finds when I was cleaning it today. I will try and get a post up tomorrow about it.
Dave

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Those are some nice buckles you have there Bill, I have a little catching up to do to match those finds.
It's always nice when you can discover someting more about a past find, it makes MDing all that more interesting. I found out something cool about one of my finds when I was cleaning it today. I will try and get a post up tomorrow about it.
Dave

You've got me curious now Dave. Hurry up and make that post.