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Donnie B
12-22-2017, 06:13 PM
Got out with Danny LaMontagne and Dave Wise yesterday for some Colonial Cellar Hole digging. It was a great day and we all made some great finds. I found my very first Revolutionary War era Sling Buckle! You never know when lightning will strike!:omg:6261262613

calabash digger
12-22-2017, 09:16 PM
great find!

del
12-22-2017, 10:39 PM
Nice find Donnie , don't find many Rev. war era military buckles ! That site should of produced a bit more being so far out of the way !

Donnie B
12-23-2017, 08:00 AM
Nice find Donnie , don't find many Rev. war era military buckles ! That site should of produced a bit more being so far out of the way !

Thanks Danny! I agree that the site should have produced a bit more. My buckle was less than 50 feet from the cellar hole. That was a big target to miss and it rang up 60 on my MXT. We should go back again someday and see if the site doesn't start singing to us.

Lodge Scent
12-23-2017, 09:06 AM
Pretty darn cool find!

del
12-23-2017, 01:40 PM
Looks like it may have been a British soldiers waist type buckle and not a shoulder slide type we had first thought Donnie http://www.historicalimagebank.com/gallery/v/album02/album21/album51/RWi85d-+British+Soldiers+waistbelt+buckle+.jpg.html

Digger_O'Dell
12-23-2017, 05:34 PM
Nice find Donnie! Dying to go out and find something myself but right now the ground is so hard here it hurts to even walk on! :lol:

Donnie B
12-23-2017, 07:27 PM
Looks like it may have been a British soldiers waist type buckle and not a shoulder slide type we had first thought Donnie http://www.historicalimagebank.com/gallery/v/album02/album21/album51/RWi85d-+British+Soldiers+waistbelt+buckle+.jpg.html

The British Waist Buckle looks identical to me. I think we may need to investigate that site a little further. There may have been a British Tory living there at one time. Wouldn't it be something if one of us found a Long Live the King button or further evidence at that site?

Cooper
12-24-2017, 11:23 AM
Nice find congrats

aloldstuff
12-30-2017, 12:17 PM
Very nice find Donnie. I expect that when you and Dan get back there, more relics will be recovered. :thumbsup02:

BTV Digger
01-01-2018, 04:32 AM
A most excellent find Donnie. What a year you had! Best of luck in '18.

John

Bell-Two
01-05-2018, 09:03 AM
What a great find Donnie, ooh the history it could relate.

The Rebel
01-06-2018, 11:34 AM
Nice find! Too bad now we have 10-12" of snow as well as -10* or more....