One, Two, Buckle My.........What?

[Underwonder]

Hi all,

Recently I had the occasion to hunt an old farm house and did sort of a "hit or miss"/"check the place out" kind of hunt. I didn't get any old coins or buttons as hoped, but did find some "older" metal toys from the 1950s, and buckles that look similar but different sizes and were not found near each other. I know that aren't shoe buckles. I suspect they are belt or harness buckles for horses but I can't find any online. Can anyone shed some light on these buckle finds?
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Midgetoy History ~ Al & Earl Herdklotz ~ Die Cast Toys 1948 to 1968
Buddy dug the silver.
Thanks so much.
Kim

Here are the pictures...

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[tomhighland]

Congratulations on this finds. Couldn't see the attachments though. With toys from the fifties and your buddy getting silver it sounds like you have a promising site.

 

[vpnavy]

I pulled these from other TN threads...

Buckles Through The Ages by Chris Marshall
NOTE: Most of the pictures referenced on TN are found within Chris Marshall's WebSite



Old Buckle, Flat Buttons, and Civil War Bullets - Good Weekend (Aug 10, 2015)



Unknown find from 18th Century Homestead (Jun 08, 2008)



Buckle?.. (Sep 25, 2010)



CELLAR HOLE*SILVER COLONIAL KNEE BUCKLE*KG COPPER (Sep 28, 2011)
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[RVRoamer73]

Very nice hunt...the Buckles are really cool looking..the Silver is always a plus and the toys look awesome too.Congrats on your outting.

 

[Mzjavert]

Cool toys.

 

[pepperj]

Liking the two buckles, well done.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some very nice finds

 

[scruggs]

Nice silver, buckles and love the toy cars.

 

[Underwonder]

Thanks everyone, and thanks to vpnavy for all the reference link. I was hoping to find an exact match but apparently there are many versions of similar buckles. These are quite substantial in weight leading me to believe they were for horses.

 

[digger460]

Nice finds! A little history on the Midgetoy. Midgetoy History ~ Al & Earl Herdklotz ~ Die Cast Toys 1948 to 1968

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks everyone, and thanks to vpnavy for all the reference link. I was hoping to find an exact match but apparently there are many versions of similar buckles. These are quite substantial in weight leading me to believe they were for horses.

They are horse harness buckles.

 

[Underwonder]

They are horse harness buckles.

Thanks for confirming, CRUSADER. Any idea as to the time period?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the relics and silver!

The toys are very cool!

 

[basssmann]

Underwonder, great bunch of finds.... I don't know anything about buckles, I just save them all, hoping for someone to look at them some day.. lol Love the toys, the kind of stuff I played with as a kin, being born in 1951....

 

[sutphin]

NICE FINDS

 

[Kurios1]

Love the BIG brass horse harness buckles. Gotta' be at least late 1800's I'd reckon? Midget Toys are really nice Tootsie Toy knock offs. Manufactured in Rockford, Illinois about 45 minutes drive north of me. Nice scouting finds. Probably some more keeper coins among them.

 

[Underwonder]

Underwonder, great bunch of finds.... I don't know anything about buckles, I just save them all, hoping for someone to look at them some day.. lol Love the toys, the kind of stuff I played with as a kin, being born in 1951....

Thanks...forever young in Youngsville, basssmann...

 

[Underwonder]

Love the BIG brass horse harness buckles. Gotta' be at least late 1800's I'd reckon? Midget Toys are really nice Tootsie Toy knock offs. Manufactured in Rockford, Illinois about 45 minutes drive north of me. Nice scouting finds. Probably some more keeper coins among them.

Thanks...That would be my guess on date also. The toy finds were fun and my first. Guess I will be on the lookout for Tootsie Toys one day. I may get back there yet someday. Anything over half an hour is a day trip in RI [emoji6].

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks for confirming, CRUSADER. Any idea as to the time period?

I can't be 100% sure on the date unlike the function which I am sure about, however, if it follows similar examples circa 1850-1900.

 

[Underwonder]

I can't be 100% sure on the date unlike the function which I am sure about, however, if it follows similar examples circa 1850-1900.

Thank you! That makes perfect sense to
me given it's location!