General Washington shoe buckle

[Dug Life Metal Detecting]

I was told to post this here so it would get more looks....

 

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[johnnyblaze]

Definitely a shoe buckle Blaze. I have seen the backside on Facebook.

Cool I would like to see the back also.. Hey Steve notice how you never ever hear of hat buckles when lots of these buckles found just might be!

~Blaze~

 

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[smokeythecat]

Yes, they put buckles on everything. About the time of the War of 1812 the styles had changed, and the buckles started to lose popularity. Now we have velcro!

 

[Aureus]

Astounding find! Definitely a banner worthy. I did find a ''General Washington'' cufflink with his portrait bun never herd of buckles. Those are way rarer than anything ''Inaugural GW'' and should predate them, probably being from Rev War or right after. Huge congratulations!

 

[washingtonian]

Neat find! I’m excited to see if anyone can dig anything up on this. Good digging!!

 

[ColonialDude]

Yowzers! What an incredible find! I'd give my left tatertot to find one of those!

 

[powrsurg]

Washington did have a button maker from what I understand. I think his name was William Rollins from Boston. He could had commissioned a buckle but he was way too modest to put his name on it. Also, I don’t believe Washington ever made it to Kentucky during the war. I’m betting it’s a tribute piece.

 

[CRUSADER]

Washington did have a button maker from what I understand. I think his name was William Rollins from Boston. He could had commissioned a buckle but he was way too modest to put his name on it. Also, I don’t believe Washington ever made it to Kentucky during the war. I’m betting it’s a tribute piece.

Yeap, I hope no-one is suggesting it was his, that's too far fetched.
Made for the commercial market like the cuff-links for people who supported him or his ideology (like you say a tribute to the man & his achievements).

It's a very cool piece, & might be the only known survivor at the moment, but doesn't mean another won't turn up some day.

CONGRATS to the OP!.

 

[Dug Life Metal Detecting]

Its the same .....

 

[Dug Life Metal Detecting]

Your pictures show two broken buckles. Were they found in the same place? I highly encourage you to provide some details on the hunt to provide some credibility and provenance to the finds.

aj

Both pics are of the same buckle.....and I truly hope your not trying to discredit my find......

 

[Rookster]

Very nice.

 

[Dug Life Metal Detecting]

Yeap, I hope no-one is suggesting it was his, that's too far fetched.
Made for the commercial market like the cuff-links for people who supported him or his ideology (like you say a tribute to the man & his achievements).

It's a very cool piece, & might be the only known survivor at the moment, but doesn't mean another won't turn up some day.

CONGRATS to the OP!.

Actually....when you start doing the research its not as far fetched as it seems... The area the buckle was found was inhabited bya number of early American politics... The Meriwether Lewis family... The Johnson Family (vice pres Richard Johnson) LaFayette was here.... The Taylors where here.... GWs personal powder flask was willed to a Lewis descendant that was less than 15 miles from the spot. The Washingtons where god parents to the Lewis children. All the families intermarried...
We know that Pattison was a tinsmith from Berlin Conn.
Which was frequented by Washington regularly. He was also commisioned to produce articles for Washingtons military... It may not have been a piece that belonged to GW himself...... then again.. it very well could have

 

[Whitey9457]

 

[Dug Life Metal Detecting]

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It is in a Museum... Dug Life Metal Detecting Museum of colonial finds in Georgetown Kentucky

 

[Toecutter]

It is in a Museum... Dug Life Metal Detecting Museum of colonial finds in Georgetown Kentucky

sweet when can we stop by

 

[Worm-Slicer]

Like I said on the other post, this, in my opinion, is the best single thing dug and posted on the forums I've seen this year. Even broken, it's an amazing piece. I would dig every single signal in that area. With it being broke, it's probably from plow damage and the other piece is still there. That is unless the site has been searched by previous relic hunters, but I would still dig all I possibly could.

 

[Hawks88]

Interesting find for sure. Nice save. Congrats

 

[Trezurehunter]

What a great find. Congrats.

 

[Valley Ranger]

That is an epic find - congratulations!

 

[CRUSADER]

Actually....when you start doing the research its not as far fetched as it seems... The area the buckle was found was inhabited bya number of early American politics... The Meriwether Lewis family... The Johnson Family (vice pres Richard Johnson) LaFayette was here.... The Taylors where here.... GWs personal powder flask was willed to a Lewis descendant that was less than 15 miles from the spot. The Washingtons where god parents to the Lewis children. All the families intermarried...
We know that Pattison was a tinsmith from Berlin Conn.
Which was frequented by Washington regularly. He was also commisioned to produce articles for Washingtons military... It may not have been a piece that belonged to GW himself...... then again.. it very well could have

Doesn't prove anything other than many more candidates. But, anyone can believe anything, that's fine.
Keep looking for the other pieces.

 

[Dug Life Metal Detecting]

Doesn't prove anything other than many more candidates. But, anyone can believe anything, that's fine.
Keep looking for the other pieces.

I never said it did prove any thing...... I said it could be a possibility. I have an idea....prove it wasnt.