Intact colonial buckle & mystery coin

[Silvermonkey]

Spent a four hour chunk of time out hunting in my new favorite section of woods. The finds varied greatly: a 1978 Canadian quarter, 1899 IHP, 1935 Wheatie, some harness buckles ( maybe?), an intact colonial period shoe buckle, and a mystery coin. The buckle is lovely, and only the second one that I have found in one piece. The coin is a stumper. At first I thought it was a dandy button. But after closer examination, I think its a coin. You can see a faint profile of a man facing left in the picture. It looks like someone shot the coin, based on its warped shape, and the divot in the center. If anyone has some ideas about what the coin may be, please let me know. Thanks for taking a look.

 

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[qaela4]

Definite profile, it's an older copper. I'm color blind so that's all I can tell from the pics.

 

[Iron Patch]

George II Halfpenny 1740-1754. That's a damn nice buckle!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the shoe buckle very nice. The coin may be a KG2. Nice finds

 

[Scrappy]

That is a smoking hot shoe buckle! My goodness. It probably dates somewhere from the time of that coin to the 1790's.

They don't get better than that! Congrats

 

[Mr. Digger]

Awesome buckle!

 

[Ahab8]

Dude that shoe buckle is incredible. I'd love to see some more close ups. Hell yeah

 

[Evolution]

Love the shoe buckle. I found a frame like that once but it was missing the tongue and chape. I agree with the KGII ID on the coin.

 

[Subterranean]

Fantastic buckle, congrats! Sub

 

[DigIron2]

very very nice buckle, sweet digs!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the beautiful buckle!

 

[screwynewy]

That buckle is a work of art. Probably worn by someone of influence or wealth. You could soak that buckle overnight then run it in an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner and the detail would really show through. Congrats!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Man that buckle grabbed my attention instantly, it's a great find congrats

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

That is one great buckle !!
And the coin is a geo profile
That's what I see. Nice digs.
Hh gl

 

[46Wheat]

What a buckle

 

[against the wind]

I would invest some considerable amount of time on that site.
With coppers and a buckle like that one , yep that's where I would be.
Congrats

 

[Patriot Relics]

Killer buckles, especially with the guts intact. KGII is a nice score as well

 

[port ewen ace]

THAT'S NOT A SHOE BUCKLE_______________THAT IS THE KING OF ALL SHOE BUCKLES !!!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Thanks to everyone for your help in identifying the coin, and all of the kind words! Even though you can't see a date, it still ranks as my oldest dug coin. I've included some close-ups of the buckle for Ahab8.