Silver belt buckle

sjvalleyhunter · Jan 4, 2015

I've been eyeing a downtown vacant lot for a while and was finally able to hit it. I was pleased to find a sterling Hickok belt buckle. There is some corrosion on the back that I can't remove but I'm still happy with it.

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dirtlooter · Jan 4, 2015

nice looking buckle

Argentium · Jan 4, 2015

That's a classy find amigo ! We don't see too many silver buckles posted here .

sjvalleyhunter · Jan 5, 2015

Argentium said:
That's a classy find amigo ! We don't see too many silver buckles posted here .

Thanks. Does anyone have any idea how old it may be?

vpnavy · Jan 5, 2015

Nice find! Thanks for sharing...

pepperj · Jan 5, 2015

Nice buckle, I think it later than Art Deco, something out of the 40's is possible. Looked on line and couldn't come up with an exact match to yours.

park pirate · Jan 5, 2015

Nice chunk of silver...

Texas Kid · Jan 5, 2015

Wow !! Great find! I found a ladies Hickok Buckle last year and people on this site helped me date it to the 1920's. It was Art Deco but it was only plated silver. Good luck to you happy hunting and Happy New Year!! :icon_thumright:

I found mine in the ruins of a dust bowl era farm house in the Texas Panhandle. There was a great migration of starved out Farmers from Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas to California in the 1930's in the midst of the the "GREAT DEPRESSION" Remember the movie with Henry Fonda, called the "Grapes of Wrath" Some of those people may have carried that little jewel of yours all the way to California. Imagine how hard those times were! I will bet your new treasure has a story behind it that would capture the imagination of every one on this site if it could only talk ! Just plane Awesome!!! The Kid

Msbeepbeep · Jan 5, 2015

Nice! Great silver buckle! Looks like it is fairly heavy too! Congrats!

worldtalker · Jan 5, 2015

Cool Buckle dude...electrolysis will get that crap off.

GOD Bless

Chris

sjvalleyhunter · Jan 5, 2015

pepperj said:
Nice buckle, I think it later than Art Deco, something out of the 40's is possible. Looked on line and couldn't come up with an exact match to yours.

I figured it dated somewhere around that time but I wasn't able to find anything online either. Thanks!