Who Says Colonial Shoe Buckles Aren't Sexy!

Silvermonkey

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Good evening T-Net Nation-
Tried out a new piece of woods this afternoon that borders a small pond and swamp. Good signals were quite scarce. Most of the solid signals were lead, shotgun shells, and the occasional bottle cap. Finally came across a booming high tone on a slope overlooking the water. Intact shoe buckle!

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That was the highlight of the day. The buckle is in absolutely beautiful shape and cleaned up nicely. Thought it was worthy of a little "red carpet" treatment

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Thanks for taking a look! HH!
 

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cajundetector

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Good evening T-Net Nation-
Tried out a new piece of woods this afternoon that borders a small pond and swamp. Good signals were quite scarce. Most of the solid signals were lead, shotgun shells, and the occasional bottle cap. Finally came across a booming high tone on a slope overlooking the water. Intact shoe buckle!

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That was the highlight of the day. The buckle is in absolutely beautiful shape and cleaned up nicely. Thought it was worthy of a little "red carpet" treatment

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Thanks for taking a look! HH!
On a 1-10 scale of coolness, I give 15. Awesome find!
 

Gare

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Nice job Silvermonkey :) Thanks for sharing with us
 

lenmac65

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That is a wonderful buckle and in great shape. You must have a nice collection of buckles by now, as I think I recall you posting some others over the last year or so. Congrats. Hope some other early goodies show up there.
 

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Silvermonkey

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Thanks to everyone for your nice comments! Over the almost 10 years of detecting I have been lucky enough to find a bunch of complete shoe buckles. I would guess the total number is somewhere around 12-15, not counting just frames. They are absolutely my most favorite relic to dig up. Each one is a little bit different. That makes it fun.
 

Almy

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Usually the pin on the few I have found is iron and rusted. Yours appears pristine, like the rest of the buckle. What a wonderful find!
 

pepperj

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Apparently it was just too sexy for the shoe.
Congrats on the recovery
 

JeffInMass

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Simply a fabulous buckle- Congrats fellow Mass hunter!
 

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