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    A Few Short Hunts This Week / Silver, Relic & token

    Sunday, Due to all the rain storms, I was only able get in a short hunt. I hit an old church about a mile from my house and dug a 1902-O Barber Dime.
    Tuesday, I only got out for about an hour after work, again due to rain. I dug a cool Lion Head Buckle ( or should I say, half a buckle ) I'm thinking it's Civil war era.
    Thursday, I met up with Zrickkid after work. We hit one house and i dug a 1941 Washington Quarter and a 1936 Merc.
    Ricky had to go so I hit one more for about half an hour before it got dark. I dug 6 Wheats and a Red Goose Token. I only hit about a 1/4 of the lawn, so I asked the owner if I could stop back next week. He said yes.
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    very nice assortment Don , the buckle is the envy of this relic hunter I'm leaning on the authentic side myself , it has beautiful patina huge congrats
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    [QUOTE=del;187996]very nice assortment Don , the buckle is the envy of this relic hunter I'm leaning on the authentic side myself , it has beautiful patina huge congrats [/QUOT

    Thank You so much for helping me figure out what it was.
    Do you think it could be Civil War era? I can't find the exact one anywhere.
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    Congrats Don. Some silver and something Dan is drooling over!
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    Nice finds. I especially like the Red Goose token. When I was a kid, they and Buster Brown were the desired shoes for growing feet. Thanks for sharing.
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    Great bunch of finds as always, Don! Awesome Barber Dime!

    But the crown jewel has to be that buckle! That thing is way cool!

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    Lion/Snake Belt Plate (Blockade Buckle),vanzutphen. The buckle you have is authentic I do believe.,vanzutphen I think its confederate? But it is from the civil war.....
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    A few short hunts, but lottsa goodies!!
    The lion buckle is cool for sure! But you know how I like the old tokens!
    Congrats on all the goodies!!
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    Great finds especially that buckle...huge
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    Don this is the closest match I could find on your Buckle unfortunately its in worse shape and the opposite side that you have but the lion's feature details are very similar . they list it from "Georgian/Victorian" era (1840's -60's)

    http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/sho...-clasp&cat=178
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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    Don this is the closest match I could find on your Buckle unfortunately its in worse shape and the opposite side that you have but the lion's feature details are very similar . they list it from "Georgian/Victorian" era (1840's -60's)

    http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/sho...-clasp&cat=178
    Dan
    That does look like the same one.Very Cool.
    Thanks again for your help on this one.
    I don't find alot of decent old relics here in northern Illinois. Mostly Tokens.
    This one goes on the "GOOD' shelf for sure. Don
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