One keeper from the hay field. Colonial buckle?

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

I squeezed a short hunt in this morning in the hay field. I could not seem to pick up anything even worth posting
About half way home I hit a nice repeating signal and out came this buckle. I am not really sure what kind of buckle it is. Age? I put the Half Dollar in for size comparison. I am hoping for it to be some kind of colonial era shoe buckle.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for more copper.


VPR

 

[Rusted_Iron]

That is a nice buckle. Sometimes hunts don't yield anything... at least you got a nice keeper.

HH,
Rusted

 

[johnnyi]

VermontPackrat, it looks to me as though you have found a colonial buckle. This one would be called a "sub-rectangular Knee buckle", and it's a nice one with that design. It should measure somewhere around 47mm in length?

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

VermontPackrat, it looks to me as though you have found a colonial buckle. This one would be called a "sub-rectangular Knee buckle", and it's a nice one with that design. It should measure somewhere around 47mm in length?

Is there any online reference for this sort of thing? I am not really sure what I have......

Thank you for the help, VPR

 

[johnnyi]

Vermont, I don't know if there is or not. I checked a hard copy article by Ross Whitehead to be sure about your's.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Vermont, I don't know if there is or not. I checked a hard copy article by Ross Whitehead to be sure about your's.

47 mm Exactly !! The buckle is well made and kind of heavy for its size.

VPR

 

[johnnyi]

Great! According to Whitehead, your buckles dates sometime between 1720 and 1790.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Great! According to Whitehead, your buckles dates sometime between 1720 and 1790.

Thank You for the info !! I guess that I will have to stock up on a few books this winter.
Any suggestions on some books concerning colonial type relics, buttons etc.?


VPR