Complete colonial shoebuckle and first silvers of the year!

[Sam]

Spent about an hour detecting an older park the other day, and I'm happy with what I managed to uncover. Found a buffalo nickel and a 1913 Barber Dime in halfway decent shape to start off the hunt, then didn't get anything for a while. Right as I was about to leave I decided on digging a loud high tone that resembled a can to me, I dug down about 3-4" and pulled out an (almost) fully intact colonial shoebuckle! :) So psyched about the find! After I found it I discovered it was missing the fork, so I rechecked the hole and pulled it out. Can't be disappointed though, it's about 4 inches long and has a killer design around the edges.

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[Thiltzy]

Wow, beautiful complete shoe buckle Sam...and in a park awesome

[Isaac]

What Todd said... a park?? Jeez! That's crazy! Congrats on the barber silver and the gorgeous shoe buckle :clapping:

[del]

congrats on getting a complete shoe buckle Sam , you definitely earned "extra points " for rechecking the hole and finding the forked tongue! well done . these designed buckles usually clean up nicely.

Dan

[OxShoeDrew]

Those don't show up very often! Congrats! :clapping:

[donald sutphin]

Damn love the shoe buckle love to find one of those,vanzutphen

[The Rebel]

That is one awesome looking buckle! Let's see some cleaned up pics of that baby. Congrats!

[Sam]

What Todd said... a park?? Jeez! That's crazy! Congrats on the barber silver and the gorgeous shoe buckle :clapping:

Thanks Isaac, I completely agree about finding it in the park... makes you wonder.

[Sam]

Damn love the shoe buckle love to find one of those,vanzutphen

Thank you! Hopefully you'll come across one soon!

[Sam]

Those don't show up very often! Congrats! :clapping:

Thanks! I'm happy to have found it!

[Sam]

Wow, beautiful complete shoe buckle Sam...and in a park awesome

Thanks Todd! I'm not entirely sure why it was there either, it really does make you wonder...

[Sam]

congrats on getting a complete shoe buckle Sam , you definitely earned "extra points " for rechecking the hole and finding the forked tongue! well done . these designed buckles usually clean up nicely.

Dan

Thanks Dan! As soon as I saw it was missing the fork the first thing I thought of was to check the bottom of the hole, good thing I did! The buckle did clean up pretty well, sorry for not posting pictures of it cleaned up like I should have!

[Sam]

That is one awesome looking buckle! Let's see some cleaned up pics of that baby. Congrats!

Thanks! Here's a pic of the buckle cleaned up a little more. There are some spots of corrosion on it that I didn't tamper with.

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[Isaac]

Thanks! Here's a pic of the buckle cleaned up a little more. There are some spots of corrosion on it that I didn't tamper with.

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Sam the design on this buckle is just gorgeous!!! :yes: I bet a very skilled artisan hand crafted this with etching. Beautiful find :smitten:

[Mr. Digger]

Wow that buckle is spectacular! Congrats! I have not seen one of that style before.

[Sam]

Sam the design on this buckle is just gorgeous!!! :yes: I bet a very skilled artisan hand crafted this with etching. Beautiful find :smitten:

Thanks Isaac!

[Sam]

Wow that buckle is spectacular! Congrats! I have not seen one of that style before.

Thanks! Nor have I, but I'm definitely pleased to have found it.

[Pacivilwarluke]

That's one heck of a shoe buckle! Such a pretty design, and in great shape! Huge congrats! :)

[Bell-Two]

Man that buckle is a beauty and should give you enough juice for quite awhile. I am jealous.....In a good way! :congrats:

[RIdirtdigger]

Awesome finds Sam

[kpmoose]

Very nice shoe buckle. Congrats on a great find.

[Sam]

Man that buckle is a beauty and should give you enough juice for quite awhile. I am jealous.....In a good way! :congrats:

Oh absolutely! Hoping to return to that park sooner or later, who knows what else could be there?

[Sam]

That's one heck of a shoe buckle! Such a pretty design, and in great shape! Huge congrats! :)

Thanks so much! Appreciate the kind words!

[Sam]

Very nice shoe buckle. Congrats on a great find.

Thanks!

[aloldstuff]

Sweet, sweet buckle. One of the best park finds I've seen. :congrats:and can't wait to see what else you get from that park.

[MangoAve]

It always takes me a while to comment on the threads where I can't see the pics due to my browser. That is a nice buckle and odd how it came from a park. I can only manage wheats, clad, and a Power Rangers 'pog' from an old park. lol.

[BTV Digger]

Fantastic Sam. Would love to find one of those...still searching!

John

[Lodge Scent]

It is a beauty of a buckle! :congrats:

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

one sweet buckle! congrats!

[Sam]

That's one heck of a shoe buckle! Such a pretty design, and in great shape! Huge congrats! :)

Thanks so much!