1700s Colonial Knee Buckle

[Brian W]

1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

Went to one of my old sites for a couple of hours today...Hunted around the cellar hole without much luck, So i moved out in the deep woods...After a couple of shotgun shells, I got a sweet tone and dug this Sweet Knee Buckle...It is mid to late 1700'sand it works like new...I love finding buckles

 

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[dwayne sueno]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

oooohhhh, that is a sweet buckle, indeed.
certainly one for the center of a well-appointed display case;
one which you shouldn't have too much trouble filling.

 

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[Bubba65]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

Awesome Buckle, Congrats!

Bubba65

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

sweet buckle.dug plenty of shoe buckles but,i never dug a knee buckle yet.i will soon i know it
great job man!

 

[Brian W]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

Thanks everyone....I love finding relics...

 

[Mrs Bloom]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

Amazing how well preserved it is for having been in the ground all those years! Congrats

 

[boondocker]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

Very nice buckle. Dean

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

A nice perfect intact buckle.... gotta love the woods!

Next time clean it dry and you won't lose as much color. A find like that should not see a single drop of water. A hp soak seems to hold it better, and a neat trick I learned while cleaning a belt place was when the crud was loose enough I rubbed it and the dirt into a green paste.... The paste cleaned the plate and kept all the color. I used a little paper towel to dab it, then laid to dry and it worked great. Getting even just loose dirt off some things can be a challenge.

Thank you, that was informative.I know I've ruined several items in the past by soaking and trying to clean in water.
Fantastic buckle!
Carl

 

[robfinds]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

Went to one of my old sites for a couple of hours today...Hunted around the cellar hole without much luck, So i moved out in the deep woods...After a couple of shotgun shells, I got a sweet tone and dug this Sweet Knee Buckle...It is mid to late 1700'sand it works like new...I love finding buckles

Very nice buckle Brian, got to be happy with that.

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

A nice perfect intact buckle.... gotta love the woods!

Next time clean it dry and you won't lose as much color. A find like that should not see a single drop of water. A hp soak seems to hold it better, and a neat trick I learned while cleaning a belt place was when the crud was loose enough I rubbed it and the dirt into a green paste.... The paste cleaned the plate and kept all the color. I used a little paper towel to dab it, then laid to dry and it worked great. Getting even just loose dirt off some things can be a challenge.

Thank you, that was informative.I know I've ruined several items in the past by soaking and trying to clean in water.
Fantastic buckle!
Carl

For a long time the first thing I did when I got home was dump the days finds in a sink full of water. It took me a long time to get it through my head what was going on, which is why I often add the cleaning dry comment in my reply.... because the light might go on for someone else. One find that really ticked me off was a stamped hafpenny I had found. The thing had a killer green patina out of the dirt which is something we don't see too much from the dirt here. When I got home I was more aware of what water could do, but having no better ideas, and wanting to get all the dirt off I ran it under the water for no more than 5 seconds and it left big spots where the dark green washed off. I figured I might as well have it all dark so through it in olive oil for a couple years and all that did was make it about half and half.... which is the condition to this day and now I don't even bother anymore. I'm just glad it wasn't a really good relic.

I think all the mistakes I've made is probably what taught me the most. It's like a company being fined to learn a lesson, only in this case it's finds that were made worse.

 

[Brian W]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

Thanks for the tip Ironpatch....It is a tough decision on the best way to clean or not clean finds.....Now i have to find the other one and clean it dry

 

[Don in SJ]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

Nice one Brian, I do Peroxide on buckles, and then melt bees wax on it or put on Blue Ribbon Coin Care and if I use Bees Wax, I toothbrush all excess and lately I found putting it in Rubbing Alcohol after buffing and let it soak for an hour or so, then dry and rebuff and it seems to be a nice result on both coins and relics.

Don

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

That is an awesome relic! I love digging relics almost as much as coins.

Great cleaning methods Don and IP! Looks like a good topic for a post "Cleaning Brass Relics" in the Cleaning & Preservation section.

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: 1700's Colonial Knee Buckle

Nice one Brian, I do Peroxide on buckles, and then melt bees wax on it or put on Blue Ribbon Coin Care and if I use Bees Wax, I toothbrush all excess and lately I found putting it in Rubbing Alcohol after buffing and let it soak for an hour or so, then dry and rebuff and it seems to be a nice result on both coins and relics.

Don

You have such great condition! Different than the buckle above, and different than what we dig here. Never mind the find, just having a patina on anything like that is pretty rare here.