Small Mystery Brass Find! Dug at 1700's Home!

[Pennsylvania Treasures]

Dug up this odd small piece of brass at a 1780's property. The find is actually not broken off of something its fully intact. Cant remember how deep it was but if I had to guess id say it was about 5 inches deep. Any Help would be greatly appreciated!:thumbsup01:




Keep On Swinging!:detecting:

[Full Metal Digger]

Buckle off a doll's dress?

[donald sutphin]

cavet clasp piece????vanzutphen

[del]

it looks like it may have broken off a larger piece but i'm unsure of just what it is for sure PT . it looks like it definitely has some age to it too.


cavet clasp piece????vanzutphen

not a bad guess Donald

[MangoAve]

To me it looks like a piece of a ring clamp. But those didn't come made of copper and the edges are too nice to have been cut by sheers.

[Pennsylvania Treasures]

Hey Guys! Was talking to Isaac and he said it might be a colonial clog clasp off of a shoe buckle? Any Ideas???

[del]

i've got many many many complete colonial shoe buckles and I can't recall a piece that looks like this on any of them PT.

[Isaac]

i've got many many many complete colonial shoe buckles and I can't recall a piece that looks like this on any of them PT.

Dan but the clog clasp I think was on a different part of the shoe than the buckle?... it's interesting piece for sure, i was throwing out ideas

[del]

Dan but the clog clasp I think was on a different part of the shoe than the buckle?... it's interesting piece for sure, i was throwing out ideas

can you show any pictures of this piece on a shoe or link of what you mean , Isaac?? I 've never seen one before.

[Isaac]

Hey Dan these are the best I can find. Some have design some don't. Some have two holes some have three (to adjust size???) and they are on clogs. I just saw someone else find it and It looked very similar

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[Isaac]

I read they are mostly an England thing... Shoe buckles after 1700 were mostly an American thing (I infer that because I don't see many Georgian shoe buckles dug in England compared to 1600's type)...Hmmm interesting. Maybe that's why not a lot are found in the states

[del]

very interesting Isaac , never seen anything like those before :thumbsup02: they seem more of a clasp then anything else , very cool ( I love learning new things , thank you sir) is there a time period when these were prevalent (early 1700's , mid or late 1700's , ect? ) ??

[Pennsylvania Treasures]

Hey guys this all is super awesome and thanks Isaac for the ID!

[donald sutphin]

Now why didnt i think of that. That dang shoe looks like the one my grand father kick me in my arse with for not listening, yep i know that shoe anywhere,

[donald sutphin]

I would look at this site 1700s soldiers neck stock clasp check out pick 6 and 8 and see what you think.

[del]

was doing some random researching and cam across this PT , it looks like an exact match . great call and Id Isaac .17 -1800's

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=43258&title=clog-clasp&cat=126

[Pennsylvania Treasures]

Thanks Del!!

[donald sutphin]

Exacto issac, glad i went back to this topic the site del found it neat.

[donald sutphin]

Del glad you got your answer and posting the web site with the info.