Today I dug 2 musket balls and my first colonial shoe buckle! A little broken but you can still compare the two easily!
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Today I dug 2 musket balls and my first colonial shoe buckle! A little broken but you can still compare the two easily!
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Awesome! Congrats on the first of many!
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Huge congrats, still looking for my 1st complete one.
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2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin
TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
2020:
Silver: 11
Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
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Very nice find. Good for you
Congrats! Shoe buckles are always a nice find.
Oldest find: 5,000 year old copper spearhead
Oldest coin: 1699 William III halfpenny
Purdiest coin: 1832 Capped Bust quarter
Coolest find: USA button with blue threads still on shank
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Congrats on a first! One of many to come, I'm sure.
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2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
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Thanks everyone!
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its a bit different and maybe a bit older than the other one you have pictured .
A very nice find , congrats on your first
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Congrats on your first !
they lump these "Georgian" buckles from 1720
to about 1800 but their date can be more narrowed down by the subtle types of designs , many factors go into trying to date them correctly. (frame size and thickness , tongue and chape styles , ornate motifs ) I've also seen on many occasions repairs done to these buckles (mix matching chapes and or tongues ) .
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Interesting! Is there anyway we can date this one? I can't seem to make out any designs. Pretty eroded. They tongue is interesting on it too. I haven't seen one like that. I've only seen ones that looks like a fork with 2 prongs or a "Y" where this one is two separate parts. Hm
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Assuming you have normal or average sized hands Owen the buckle looks a bit on the smaller side and with its very thin frame , type of tongue it would be safe to say it was made somewhere in the 1740's to 1750's .before the era when the buckle frames got much larger and very ornate . these tongues with the longer separate tines are not rare but not very common either and out of the 60 or 70 complete shoe buckles i have recovered i maybe only have a couple or a few of these types. so they are interesting to see.
Dan
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Dan, you have 60 or 70 complete shoe buckles? Holy Cow Scooter!!! That is unreal!!
Hey, could that be a child's shoe buckle?
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Drew ,I'd probably have close to a 100 by now but i've given and or donated some away over the years . Buckles tend to be very very small from the 1600's and also into the very early 1700's and through the decades and as fashion changes they get larger , thicker frames more ornate . is it possible its a child's buckle sure but because buckles in that age bracket i mentioned are not that big to begin with i doubt it very much it is one .
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Congrats on a very nice find.
John
Vermont relic hunting, one swing at a time.
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1740s-1750s amazing! Thank you for the great info! I'm sure you know all about these considering how many you've found. It's really quite fascinating especially since i found it right behind my house! Definitely gonna have to swing around the area a ton. There has to be more treasures around! Thanks for the help Dan
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nice find and welcome to the forum.the straight forked chapes are not very common.I have only dug a few
2008-14 coppers
2009-32 coppers
2010-34 coppers 2-GW buttons
2011- 80 & 3/4 coppers 1-GW button
2012- 92 coppers/large cents 1-GW button
2013- 57 1/4 coppers 6- GW Buttons
2014- 69 coppers 1-GW button
2015- 20 1/4 coppers
2016-44 coppers 1-GW button
2017-19 & 1/2 coppers
2018-19 coppers 1-GW
2019-5 coppers
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