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  1. 04-09-2023, 06:40 PM #1
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    Pewter Shoe Buckle

    Hey Everyone,
    Was walking to another site I hadn't been to in years. As I got to about 200yrds from the cellar hole I turned on the Deus2. Couple of swings and I got a musket ball, then a couple more and I got this sweet Pewter shoe buckle!
    Actually, I'm not sure its pewter OR a shoe buckle . It could be a very large knee buckle AND it could be low grade silver. it has a knee buckle pin alignment and chape like a knee buckle but it's bent like a shoe buckle and husky, not at all delicate like a shoe buckle. Also much larger than any knee buckles I've seen. So I don't know.

    It came out of the ground covered in hard crud which had to be picked off to reveal the shiny metal underneath. If it was silver I don't think it would accumulate a hard crust.

    It's noticeably fatter on one side of the frame which seems odd.

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  2. 04-09-2023, 08:45 PM #2
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    Pretty darn cool find though Drew what ever it is. I don't know but it looks to be something other than pewter. Or maybe it is pewter with a high silver content?
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    beautiful knee buckle Drew , looks like it may have been tinned or silver washed . great find
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    Thanks, guys! I'll have to look up what tinned and silver wash is all about. As I neared the hole I turned on that General program thinking I was going to stay near the lip and immediately dug two keepers. My guess is the T2 and Nox previously called this buckle iron. At the lip I dug a bunch of newly dropped bullets, a clad dime (!), and thats about it. Newly dug holes everywhere AND they're bringing iron rakes to sites now. They cleared all the brush around the hole!
    This is what it looks like out of the ground...I thought it was brass.
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  5. 04-10-2023, 07:45 AM #5
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    Out of curiosity Drew are you using the .71 software update as well ?
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  6. 04-10-2023, 10:57 AM #6
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    Out of curiosity Drew are you using the .71 software update as well ?
    Yep, .71
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  7. 04-11-2023, 06:13 PM #7
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    Well done Drew! If/when I can no longer swing the V3I (heavy with the 10" D2 Coil), The Deus will probably be my next one.
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    Beautiful knee buckle!
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  9. 04-16-2023, 05:55 PM #9
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    That is very cool. Better than a coin any day. Great find!
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