Is This A Cufflink??

[Vldetecting]

I found this thin oval silver item today. It's definitely silver cause it rang up in the 70's (which is quite high for such a small item) and it's quite heavy for it's small size. I think that it may be a cufflink. It is 19 x 14 mm wide and roughly a quarter mm thick, it's very thin. Judging by the initials 'E.M.'s font it may be quite old, I would personally think it's atleast late 1800's, it may even date back to the early 1700's in my opinion. The back appears to have a mark that I believe a shank has been attached to and if so it must of been a cufflink. I don't really know for sure how old it is and if it even is a cuffllink for sure, so if you have any suggestion, idea, thought or if you know anything about it please let me know.



Thank you

 

[diggummup]

Looks like a Victorian cufflink to me. Nice find.

 

[grasshopper]

I would say so.

Not sure how one is able to date these though, especially with no back mark or anything to go off.

I found an engraved pair a few months back. May have gotten lucky in that the initials matched the name of someone who used to live at the house.

Did you do any research as to who may have been spending time in the area you found it? Might be able to help narrow the date down a little better.

 

[Vldetecting]

I would say so.

Not sure how one is able to date these though, especially with no back mark or anything to go off.

I found an engraved pair a few months back. May have gotten lucky in that the initials matched the name of someone who used to live at the house.

Did you do any research as to who may have been spending time in the area you found it? Might be able to help narrow the date down a little better.

It would almost be impossible for me to find the person that would've worn it. Because the area I was in is in the middle of the woods, I was detecting on a 1500 year old hill fort trying to find some really old artifacts and then I found this piece. So the closest house would probably be around 10 kilometers from that place.

 

[grasshopper]

Ah yeah. That would be tough.

I got lucky and was able to find a probable name that matched the initials hence narrowing down the date (it was at a well documented home site)

Best of luck with your research, and nice find!

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeap a cuff-link, circa 1800+-