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[powrsurg]

Decided to hit this field I've only been to once before. The first time I went I pulled out to modern rings. This time I pulled out half a hand forged house shoe, a few pennies, and this. Can someone provide me with a date range and any other info if known?

 

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[Breezie]

I'm not a buckle expert, but judging by the size of the knot in the wood, I'm thinking it is small enough to be a knee buckle from the 1700-1800's.

What size is it?

Neat find
Breezie

 

[powrsurg]

Its small for a belt buckle. Its about 1.5 inches long and 1 inch wide.

 

[paleomaxx]

Suspender buckle. I've found a number of that style and many have patent dates stamped into them ranging from 1856 to 1859. Here's a couple with the rings still attached:

 

[powrsurg]

Wow!, this is it. Thank you!

 

[smallfoot]

A nice one too!

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Date range??

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

IMAUDIGGER wrote:
> Date range?

Paleomaxx already said "Suspenders buckle […] many have patent dates stamped into them ranging from 1856 to 1859."
However, I'll add, a relic with a Patent-date on it doesn't mean it was made during that year. A US Patent is in force for 17 years, and objects covered by the Patent are marked with the date (or Patent-number) during those 17 years. After the Patent's protection expires, anybody can manufacture the object without having to pay its inventor a royalty-fee... and, the manufacturer is no longer required to put the (now-expired) patent-marking on the object. When you see the very same object with no Patent-marking on it, that means it was made after the 17-year Patent expired.

Here are some photos showing what I'm talking about. The object is a tent-rope adjuster (which the Patent calls a "tent-slip"), often sold on Ebay as being a civil war Military relic. But as the Patent-marking shows, it wasn't invented until 1880. The unmarked ones were made sometime after the Patent expired in 1897.

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Believe it or not..my reading comprehension skills are much higher than average.
Don't know how I missed that.

Thanks!