Paid my dues today and I was rewarded. Colonial shoe buckle frame!

[FreeBirdTim]

It was a punishing 25 degrees out today with two inches of snow on the ground. Went back to the spot where I found my Rev War era stirrup. Spent almost two hours searching the general area and had ONE good signal, which rang up in the low 70's. I pulled out a colonial shoe buckle frame about 5 inches down. No tongue or chape, but at least the buckle's in nice shape.

The buckle has a thin frame and measures 1 1/2" by 2 3/8". Plain looking buckle, but still a great find in the middle of winter!

 

[Scrappy]

Nice. I’m well south of you and frozen solid. I’m glad you got to dig a nice keeper.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice relic find!

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Digging here is hit or miss. Some spots are only frozen an inch, while others are 3 or 4 inches. Only doing woods hunts right now. I imagine that all open fields are hard as a rock.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

That’s hardcore Tim, how much dynamite did you use on the hole?

 

[Relicific]

Finding buckles always make my day.
Nice hunt

 

[MadTom]

Real nice. I would of probably bent it digging it up

 

[smokeythecat]

Very nice. I went 150 miles south of here with another TNetter and hit a Civil War camp. Got a few things, but most importantly the ground was not frozen. I LOVE your buckle.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Points for you for getting out there today. Pretty brutal conditions... but that shoe buckle frame is a very nice reward. Well done!

 

[sutphin]

FBT NICE ONE>

 

[FreeBirdTim]

That’s hardcore Tim, how much dynamite did you use on the hole?

I beat the heck out of my Lesche Sampson shovel digging that one out! It held up great, though. Definitely one tough shovel!

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Points for you for getting out there today. Pretty brutal conditions... but that shoe buckle frame is a very nice reward. Well done!

Thanks! The worst part was the trail leading to the area was glare ice and I took a couple of headers along the way. So glad there wasn't anyone else around to witness them!

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Here's a couple of pics of the buckle cleaned up with a light coat of Renaissance Wax applied. Not bad at all!

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Tim, is it brass? Looks to be in fine shape

 

[pepperj]

Pretty nice frame for a spring dig, great frame for a winter outing. Congrats on getting out.

 

[Rookster]

Super find.

 

[Rookster]

You got real close to honorable mention time.

 

[dts52]

Great recovery, sir! You really did pay your dues.
HH
dts

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Tim, is it brass? Looks to be in fine shape

I do believe it's brass. Most of the colonial buckles I find have a greenish patina and are probably bronze. This one has more of a light brown color, so I'm going with brass.

 

[TWray]

Nice! It’s good to see you rewarded for your efforts. Congrats.