A Thin Shoe Buckle?

[Vermonter]

It sure looks like a shoe buckle frame, but seems a bit thin and soft for one that size? It did have lots of green corrosion that pretty much flaked off to the touch on much of the surface (making it seem even thinner). I've only dug one other colonial era shoe buckle and it was definitely more beefy. This one was deep, and from an old site. I just wondered if anyone recognized it as maybe something else?

 

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[CTwoods]

Looks like a shoe buckle as you can see the thicker center for the pin.

In my area, there are some very thin flat ones with decorative holes, but I have not seen your type.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Definitely a large mid-to-late 1700s copper-alloy rectangular shoe buckle. Some slightly similar examples are show below from "Buckles 1250 - 1800" by Whitehead, p 107.

 

[Vermonter]

Thanks so much. I guess Artois style shoe buckles were the largest, but this is one big shoe buckle though, and a real shallow curve. Apparently they were placed lower on the shoe, in the wider part of the foot?