U.S. Buckle real or fake?

[Nepa-Will]

Found this U.S. Buckle while hunting an old National Gaurd camp site. I am assuming it is authentic, because of all the other military items I found. I know there are many fakes out there. Does anyone know of any specific characteristics I should be looking for?

 

[whammy]

That is an awesome looking buckle. It looks real to me, but there will be some experts on here that will chime in with real experience. Anyway, I'd be real happy to find what you did. Congratulations.

 

[CincinnatiKid]

Same here. Looks legit to me. Great find!
Congrats
Peace

 

[Nepa-Will]

Thanks guys! I was stoked when I found it. Using the At Pro. The signals were all over the place. I assume because of the lead back. The day started out with a trashy place to go, my detector, and a 5 gallon pail. After digging up beer can lid after beer can lid, tabs, shotgun shells, and bullets. I figured just another trashy hit. Then Bam! This buckle pops outs. I almost had to use the sweet roll in my backpack. Lol. 5 minutes after that I found a 14k men's ring and a couple indianheads. I have went back several more times cleaning the trash and was rewarded with some great firsts. A seated dime, 2 cent coin, and some military medals from before 1900. Just goes to show what may be under that trash.

 

[CincinnatiKid]

Wow! What a site!!
Very tuff to find turf like yours.
With everything you've found thus far, be sure to pound it till not a single signal remains.
GL
Peace

 

[flatbutton]

It certainly looks like a real deal 1861 enlisted man buckle to me. And you are right, there are some pretty good fakes out there. I'm def. no expert so I hope someone that is will chime in and tell you it's good to go! Either way, Congrats Oh yeah, you probably should post this on the what is it forum

 

[Gaspipe]

That would be an amazing amount of work to fake that!!! I mean I'd give a minor body part to find one. But in dug condition they are not that valuable to go through the effort to fake it. Congrats on a real buckle.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

As the others are saying: There's some very GOOD looking replicas out there. Multiple companies have made replicas for re-enactment groups. And these CW nostalgia re-enactment groups have been at it even since the 1950s. So it's possible for a fake to be 50+ yrs. old now (hence could look corroded, weathered, etc...). I found one at a fort which had existed in the 1860s here in CA. And therefore assumed mine was real. However it turned out to be a modern replica (despite being 8" deep when dug!!). Because the CW re-enactment people had gathered at this site for many decades.

So if you really want to know, you can float a pix on the T-depot relic section. Many many deep south CW relic buffs read and post there.

 

[Nepa-Will]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. i will try posting on some other threads as you have mentioned.