My Second Rosa Americana and a Homemade Pewter Button?

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Braved the heat and went back to a great colonial site that has produced in the past. It didn't disappoint this time either. Found three coppers and a spectacle buckle

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One of the coppers was slick but there was a KGII with some decent detail still on it and my second Rosa Americana. This site produced a fantastic 2 pence, this time a half pence and the condition wasn't nearly as good but a very exciting find.
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The spectacle buckle has a sandy crust, it may be fire damage. I may have to try a cleaner because it looks like there may be some detail underneath the crust.
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I also found an interesting button. It appears to be a home made pewter button. There appears to be some initials, maybe RM.
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Great group of colonial relics and coins!
 

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Awesome Saves!! Congrats
 

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I have a buckle with a rough surface like it came out of the sand mold. I didn't know until I cleaned it that there was a silver plating on the roughness. From a little distance it looks nice. I wonder whether the plating of the rough surface was to be decorative or whether someone was e
 

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Nice!!!!! Congrats!!!!!
 

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Nice bunch of finds there mbcuse! Love the Rosa. That is their typical condition. Your earlier two pence was in outstanding condition!
 

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Outstanding collection of finds! That would keep me dancing for a month or more. Well done!!!
 

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I was thinking the buckle was fire damaged but I hadn't considered that it might be sand casted. The surface does look like Almy's buckle. In this case a European spectacle buckle might have been pressed into some clay, on site, to make a mold so that a matching buckle could be poured. If it is sand casted, the back probably would not have the sand texture.

What does the back look like?
 

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I was thinking the buckle was fire damaged but I hadn't considered that it might be sand casted. The surface does look like Almy's buckle. In this case a European spectacle buckle might have been pressed into some clay, on site, to make a mold so that a matching buckle could be poured. If it is sand casted, the back probably would not have the sand texture.

What does the back look like?
Agreed, the buckle is corrosion, not an indication of it's manufacture.
 

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Nice finds. I'd consider that a great day of digging.:occasion14: Congrats!
 

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