Ed-NH
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I actually got to go out for a couple hours today. I hit one of my favorite spots in the woods very close to home. I've hunted it to death but you just never know 
So my yellow lab Molly and I went for a walk in the woods to the tiny cellar hole. I hunted for a couple hours and pulled up a beautiful colonial flat button with the flat type shank. I believe these pre-date the 1800's. One bullet in an old fallen dead tree, some tiny round shot, and a piece of a beautiful Georgian brass shoe buckle. Found one tiny tomback button and a rather unusual find.
This buckle is either iron or cut steel. It gave a mixed iron/button signal but my crosshair target kept staying up in the non-ferrous area so I had to dig. It was about 6" deep. It appears to be a Georgian Artios style shoe buckle dating around 1770's to 1790's. This fits perfect with the past relics that I have found at this site. I posted pictures of it before cleaning and after cleaning. No electrolisys on this one as it is too thin. I just dry cleaned it with a soft toothbrush and coated it with vasoline. Here is a small write-up on it from one of my books:
Georgian Artois 1770's-1790's
These large rectangular and highly curved buckles date from the 1770's-1790's. They are named after the Comte d'Artois who as French Ambassador to England introduced them into this country. They can be plain , decorated, or more commonly openwork.
So my yellow lab Molly and I went for a walk in the woods to the tiny cellar hole. I hunted for a couple hours and pulled up a beautiful colonial flat button with the flat type shank. I believe these pre-date the 1800's. One bullet in an old fallen dead tree, some tiny round shot, and a piece of a beautiful Georgian brass shoe buckle. Found one tiny tomback button and a rather unusual find. This buckle is either iron or cut steel. It gave a mixed iron/button signal but my crosshair target kept staying up in the non-ferrous area so I had to dig. It was about 6" deep. It appears to be a Georgian Artios style shoe buckle dating around 1770's to 1790's. This fits perfect with the past relics that I have found at this site. I posted pictures of it before cleaning and after cleaning. No electrolisys on this one as it is too thin. I just dry cleaned it with a soft toothbrush and coated it with vasoline. Here is a small write-up on it from one of my books:
Georgian Artois 1770's-1790's
These large rectangular and highly curved buckles date from the 1770's-1790's. They are named after the Comte d'Artois who as French Ambassador to England introduced them into this country. They can be plain , decorated, or more commonly openwork.
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