Pewter colonial shoe buckle...

[K1DDO1979]

I went back to the spot I found the barber quarter and dandy buttons last time and had some more luck. I found mostly the usual type of stuff like jack knives, penny’s and musket balls.The best finds of the bunch was a wwii royal canadian engineer dome button, a 1941 silver dime, a Snyder bullet and my favourite find of the day was over where I found the dandy buttons last time. It is a large pewter colonial shoe buckle. Usually pewter doesn’t hold up well underground but I found this one deep in super muddy swampy ground. The lack of oxygen must have helped preserve it so well. When I was first cleaning it up at home I thought I had a tarnished sterling silver one. Still a complete pewter one is still a rare find in my books and I’m happy to get it. The pics don’t do it justice at all. Thanks for looking! [emoji16][emoji106]

 

[K1DDO1979]

Good to know. Ill still take that close up of the nick to see what you think! [emoji16][emoji106]

That's a beautiful shoe buckle. Are you sure it's pewter and not a tombac material. Just looks too nice to be pewter.

Here’s some quick pics of the silver colour nick I accidentally put in it with my shovel if I helps at all identify the composition for sure...

 

[K1DDO1979]

That’s a top 5 buckle of 2018 here on TNet.
Congrats

Couple more quick pics! [emoji2]

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Thanks for the info. So far it seems good and stable. I may have been wrong doing it but I rubbed a little mineral oil on it just in case and then wiped most of it right off just to keep a thin layer. I did that to a pewter button before and it didn’t seem to harm it at all. I ’m thinking it’s for sure got to be pewter as well. I seen those makers initials on it as well. Maybe a dumb question and I’m half asleep but what do you mean by suspension case

Here's two views of a suspension case used for storing a Native American pewter pipe.





The enclosed artifacts is suspended between inert plastic membranes that keep the artifact safe and secure.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

WoW, man, you killed it!

 

[K1DDO1979]

Here's two views of a suspension case used for storing a Native American pewter pipe.

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The enclosed artifacts is suspended between inert plastic membranes that keep the artifact safe and secure.

That is awesome. I never seen one before. Now where would you get one of those? Amazon? Ebay?

 

[montcalm]

That's a really nice buckle Kiddo. I was wondering myself about those, pewter or tombac.I found a site two years ago with many.At first i was sure of pewter because this was common then. But tombac also. Some tombac have less arsenic and are'nt so shinny. The only thing i'm thinking now is to find a place and have it check.I could bring a part of a broken one and they would find out. Just wonder where they could do it cheap or free. Mine have such small detail, thinking just wearing it a couple of time it would broke.One was silver plated can you put silver on both metal .Mystery....

 

[K1DDO1979]

That's a really nice buckle Kiddo. I was wondering myself about those, pewter or tombac.I found a site two years ago with many.At first i was sure of pewter because this was common then. But tombac also. Some tombac have less arsenic and are'nt so shinny. The only thing i'm thinking now is to find a place and have it check.I could bring a part of a broken one and they would find out. Just wonder where they could do it cheap or free. Mine have such small detail, thinking just wearing it a couple of time it would broke.One was silver plated can you put silver on both metal .Mystery....

The only thing with mine is I cut into by accident and it was kind of soft and peeled shinny inside and a silver colour. I thought tombac is a harder material and would most likely crack instead of peel? Am I wrong or is pewter usually on the softer side of metals?

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

That is awesome. I never seen one before. Now where would you get one of those? Amazon? Ebay?

Here's a link to purchase suspension cases.

http://www.universityproducts.com/suspension-storage-boxes.html

 

[K1DDO1979]

Here's a link to purchase suspension cases.

http://www.universityproducts.com/suspension-storage-boxes.html

Thank you. Could come in handy for other things too! [emoji16]

 

[Hawks88]

Beautiful buckle save. Nice display idea for the pipe. Thanks for sharing the pics and the information. Congrats on the buckle save.

 

[Calabash Digger]

WOW!