Need help with a buckle, boy. And now Im told its spectacular!

[halfdime]

Need help with a buckle, boy. And now I'm told it's spectacular!

I was doing a little hunting around my aunt's house yesterday, not finding anything of significance, when I stumbled across this item. It looks like a buckle to me, but I'm not all that familiar with styles and whatnot. I'm not sure that the picture will show it, but there is some gilt remaining; there are no identifying marks that I can find. There is a foundation on the property that dates, supposedly, to the 1830's, but this was 200-300 feet from it. Any thoughts? I should add that the buckle's dimensions are about 2x3 inches.

 

[weasel606]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

thats a beautie halfdime ! looks like a buckle to me of some kind ! congrats

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

Very nice decorative buckle. Great find.
Congrats,
MM

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

Nice one,

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[cwdigger]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

Awsome Find love the way it looks

 

[tymcmurray]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

Most definitely part of a two piece buckle!!!
Can't hep on the date but would guess 1800ish.
Beautiful find!!!

 

[tymcmurray]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found you buckle, and you are not going to believe this!!!
Check out this site halfway down the page in the 1850s.

http://www.hanoverbrass.com/siteindex.htm

You found half of a G-2 Early Militia Two Piece
circa 1850 buckle!!!
That is a SPECTACULAR find.
Here is a photo of the whole buckle.

 

[civilman1]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

Nice Going Ty....Look's good to me!! Congrat's HD....Great find!!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

Man oh MAN! Find the other piece of that, and it IS a BANNER FIND.


-Buckleboy

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

Even without it fully intact, I would call it a banner find as well. Great job on that recovery, fellow PA hunter!

Kyle

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

Nice find...too bad it wasn't the other piece...get back out there...you never know!

 

[halfdime]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy.

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found you buckle, and you are not going to believe this!!!
Check out this site halfway down the page in the 1850s.

http://www.hanoverbrass.com/siteindex.htm

You found half of a G-2 Early Militia Two Piece
circa 1850 buckle!!!
That is a SPECTACULAR find.
Here is a photo of the whole buckle.

Couldn't this be a reproduction?

 

[watercolor]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy. And now I'm told it's spectacular!

Awesome buckle!! PLEASE find the other half

(It sure doesn't look like a repro)

 

[silverfreak]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy. And now I'm told it's spectacular!

Holy Cow. BANNER BANNER

 

[Merf]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy. And now I'm told it's spectacular!

Congrats on that great find HD

 

[TN-Joe]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy. And now I'm told it's spectacular!

TY,
Wonderful find. Just awesome.
Congrad's
Joe

 

[49r Relics]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy. And now I'm told it's spectacular!

I highly doubt yours is a repro as any CW buckle repros are fairly modern, yours appears to be authentic and extremely cool! A big congratulations . . I love when a guy finds something that they are not sure of, only to have their mind blown here on Tnet as some of our experts accuartely ID it.

HH, Mark

 

[Goldiver]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy. And now I'm told it's spectacular!

Wow, sweet score! Your chances of finding the other half are very high if no one else has hit the spot with a detector.

 

[halfdime]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy. And now I'm told it's spectacular!

Wow, sweet score! Your chances of finding the other half are very high if no one else has hit the spot with a detector.

This is my aunt's property and I have exclusive access to it.

 

[Kiros32]

Re: Need help with a buckle, boy. And now I'm told it's spectacular!

Wow, sweet score! Your chances of finding the other half are very high if no one else has hit the spot with a detector.

This is my aunt's property and I have exclusive access to it.

Sweet find man! Oh...and let me know if you need some assistance with this exclusive property