Pewter Colonial Buckle

[arbuckle]

Finally dug one of these nice big buckle frames. It’s in great shape, looks like pewter. Based on the size and material, looks to be 1770-1790s. Looking forward to when I can return to the site and save some more!
Enjoy!

 

[Gare]

Interesting find Do you think it was for horse tack ?

 

[villagenut]

Looks like a nice shoe buckle frame

 

[pepperj]

Great looking frame.
The mushrooms are great looking also.

 

[arbuckle]

Great looking frame.
The mushrooms are great looking also.

Thanks! It took a lot of willpower to not harvest that Hen of the Woods, right into some butter.

 

[russau]

Now I'm getting hungry ! Scrambled eggs w/ ham ,shrooms ,and cheese!

 

[oldmxrat]

Very cool, and neat looking fungi too!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice one !

 

[Nathan W]

Very cool, that's one I hope to find eventually

 

[djackson7348]

Looks like that site is definitely worth hitting hard. Great find.

 

[Nathan W]

My buddy just got one among other great items

 

[djackson7348]

I've got to learn more about mushrooms. I think I am missing out on another treasure out there.

 

[arbuckle]

My buddy just got one among other great items

That pendant is fastastic

 

[arbuckle]

I've got to learn more about mushrooms. I think I am missing out on another treasure out there.

They’re EVERYWHERE. Fungi are some of my favorite things to find when out in the woods. They can either feed you or kill you.

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great buckle.

 

[ncsuwolf]

If that is in fact pewter…..your soil is 100x’s nicer to metal than where I dig.

 

[arbuckle]

If that is in fact pewter…..your soil is 100x’s nicer to metal than where I dig.

It was in a fairly wet boggy area between two small creeks, lots of skunk cabbage. I’ve wondered if that’s what helped preserve it a la bog bodies. Wasn’t terribly deep either.