Thanks for the info. I kind of thought that is what it was. Where can I get more info on this? The truly sad part of the whole thing is that I found a complete one of these at the same property several years ago when we were building an addition to the house. We had finished digging the perimeter for the foundation and I was swinging my machine in the trenches about three feet down and one popped out of the side wall of the foundation trench. This one was about 1/3 bigger and complete. It had the claws/hooks on the back, clipped corners but no markings at all. My familys property sits high on a bluff over looking a harbor in SC. The town is celebrating it's 300th year annaversary this year so there is plenty of potential here. Oh yea the buckle.....lol I was new to detecting at the time and not very prudent with my research so I thought that it was just a piece of scrap metal and I set it aside. It was moved around a couple of times as we went vertical on the construction project and I forgot about it. It might be under the house. In a bucket in the basement? In the dumpster? LandfillDman said:
? I asked my family if they remembered moving or seeing it? NO LUCK!!! Perhaps I'll find it...Perhaps not... I did eyeball a Tombac button sitting face up in the crawspace last weekend while looking for it so there is still plenty to be found(beautiful w/shank still intact) LONG STORY SHORT I lost the darn thing. I now have a scrap bucket where everything sits and nothing NOTHING gets thrown away until I completely check it out. Lesson Learned!
Arty, I am still searching for the other one as mentioned in my last post there. I am sick to my stomach with the thought that it could have been tossed in a trash can during cleanup. I looked very similar to this one but about 1/3 rd larger and totally complete. I am getting ready to post an old post card pic of the house along with 4 cw era buttons. Three cuff size(1 NY Staff and 1 that was silvered) that were found while digging a foundation. Read that post and I'll put a little history to the property. What can you share about those clipped corner plates?artyfacts said:
