Some kind of clip or buckle

cdsieg · Feb 17, 2013

Some Kind of clip I am thinking a scarf clip, but not sure, wondering type of accessory and its age.Thanks for your help!

I am digging in the woods in East Texas (12 Miles of mostly woods) I am in Franklin County Texas on a private ranch. There was one homestead here in the early 1900's. I was told that there may have been a moonshine operation in a specific area here, but after 6 months of detecting, I see no proof of that. I found an area where I believe I have found a second and even a third homestead, but I can only base that on my findings. I only dig hear in the winter months, then I boot out the renters and go back to Wisconsin!

creskol · Feb 17, 2013

It is 1/2 of a sash buckle. The other piece would look identical.
Try doing a google search for "Victorian Sash Buckle" and check out some of the images.

Nice find!

Tnmountains · Feb 17, 2013

That was going to be my guess and it is a nice one at that.

CC Hunter · Feb 17, 2013

The item is one half a ladies fashion buckle from a waist belt, ca. late 19th Century to Turn-of-the-Century. These are sometimes called "butterfly" buckles as I recall, as both halves together somewhat resemble wings of a butterfly. The other half would be a near mirror image of the portion you have here. Your example appears to be stamped brass, with either silver or nickle finish. Some of these buckles are also sterling, and I would not rule that out either. Rather difficult to tell in the photos, if that is base metal, dirt, or tarnish that I'm seeing. Even solid sterling can come out of some ground conditions looking rather dull and dirty.

CC Hunter

cdsieg · Feb 18, 2013

creskol said:
It is 1/2 of a sash buckle. The other piece would look identical.
Try doing a google search for "Victorian Sash Buckle" and check out some of the images.

Nice find!

did you photoshop that, or did you find the exact same sash buckle? If you found the exact same buckle PLEASE send me the link!!!! NICE SOLVE :notworthy:

cdsieg · Feb 18, 2013

CC Hunter said:
The item is one half a ladies fashion buckle from a waist belt, ca. late 19th Century to Turn-of-the-Century. These are sometimes called "butterfly" buckles as I recall, as both halves together somewhat resemble wings of a butterfly. The other half would be a near mirror image of the portion you have here. Your example appears to be stamped brass, with either silver or nickle finish. Some of these buckles are also sterling, and I would not rule that out either. Rather difficult to tell in the photos, if that is base metal, dirt, or tarnish that I'm seeing. Even solid sterling can come out of some ground conditions looking rather dull and dirty.

CC Hunter

Thank you CC Hunter, I cleaned up a small area of it and it shined right up, I am pretty sure it is sterling. I left my acid test kit back in WI. so I can't test it until we get home!