Neat buckle of some sort. Possibly civil war era?

[DiggerRob]

So today I found a neat buckle possibly from the civil war era, maybe of a some sort of horse harness or belt it’s about three inches long and looks like a eagle talon.

 

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[DiggerRob]

Does anyone have any idea of what exactly this buckle is?

 

[63cagedfalcon]

Horse tack related?

 

[DiggerRob]

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking, maybe it’s a horse Harness hook buckle?

 

[smokeythecat]

Horse tack, but fancier then CW MILITARY, perhaps early 20th century.

 

[SlateBeltDigger]

Looks possibly older than you think, but I'll let some of the more experienced comment first. Outstanding dig right there.

 

[SlateBeltDigger]

And welcome by the way, you've come to the right place for info and comradery.

 

[DiggerRob]

Thanks guys I’ll try to post some more of my finds later today.

 

[ArfieBoy]

Very cool find! Let us know what you find out about it. Thanks for posting.

 

[smokeythecat]

Yes, lots of times we can get a better idea depending on what has been found with it.

 

[villagenut]

I had one similar to that in the 70s, but it was a belt buckle....jmho

 

[DiggerRob]

These are the rest of my finds today! Found a couple of shotgun head stamps, two buttons seems to be made of rubber and a strange copper ring maybe a civil war navy button not sure because the back shank was made of Iron, a hinge of of a dresser I suppose and a couple more buckles, marbles and modern change.

 

[Steve in PA]

Looks fairly modern to me, maybe 40 years old max. It doesn't look like it was in the ground very long either, virtually no corrosion on it.

 

[smokeythecat]

I concur but would put the items 1940-1960 or so. You can actually look up the headstamps to the shells, which a lot of times are newer than the rest of the items in the ground and get an accurate date on them. And if I got it right the Western Expert was made ca 1932-1964.

 

[DiggerRob]

It’s definitely older then that, I cleaned it when I got home to see if there was any marking on it didn’t find anything so from what I’ve researched it is possibly from mid 1800s to the early 1900s I’m about 98% percent sure it’s a horse harness hook buckle but still not sure exactly how old it is.

 

[DiggerRob]

I’ve also found lots and lots of old glass from the early 1900s but I didn’t keep any because it was broken.

 

[jewelerguy]

interesting buckle

 

[Wildcat1750]

Very unique buckle and quite a few keepers there!

 

[A2coins]

Pretty cool finds looks like some good relics keep em coming.

 

[A2coins]

Welcome to tnet also