✅ SOLVED What kind of buckles are these?

[dnroe]

What do you think these are from. They are all identical and very thin/lightweight. Are they as old as they look? They were only 3-4” deep. Metal has a copper/brassy look. This is probably an easy Id but I have not ran across these before.

 

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[vpnavy]

Until a member pipes in - I pulled these from other TN threads...

Buckles Through The Ages by Chris Marshall

NOTE: Most of the pictures referenced on TN are found within Chris Marshall's WebSite



Old Buckle, Flat Buttons, and Civil War Bullets - Good Weekend (Aug 10, 2015)



Unknown find from 18th Century Homestead (Jun 08, 2008)



Buckle?.. (Sep 25, 2010)



CELLAR HOLE*SILVER COLONIAL KNEE BUCKLE*KG COPPER (Sep 28, 2011)

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[dnroe]

Those are good resources vpnavy. Since these are so lightweight and I found 3 all in the same area I am thinking they might be off a piece of clothing.

 

[dnroe]

Does anybody else have any thoughts on these? I am not finding anything quite like them online. Could they be 1920’s or newer? I am trying to search and document this site to help verify some local history.

 

[tahomatom]

You may be on an old homesite?

 

[dnroe]

Yes the site had a house built around 1925. Records indicate that a tavern/stagecoach stop dating to early 1790’s was torn down on the site and the old lumber was used to build the house. Union cavalry was said to have stayed a week there towards the end of the war and I have found one relic that backs the story. Just trying map out the site to determine where the tavern likely stood.

 

[CRUSADER]

Early 1900s style buckles, not sure of that exact use. (the clue is the pin that's fixed in the centre)

 

[jelsien]

Early 1900s style buckles, not sure of that exact use liteblue. (the clue is the pin that's fixed in the centre)

Thank you very much.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Cru beat me to it.
I too have dug a few of these on old homestead sites.

I've always attributed these to being 'clothing related', possibly used as suspender or overall buckles.

Dave

 

[dnroe]

Thanks guys! So a pin that is fixed or locked into a groove on the buckle will typically point to turn of the 20th century or newer?