Cartridge Box Buckle?

[relicdigger3]

Hello all. I found this buckle a couple of years ago at a Civil War site that I usually dig. I put it away in a zip lock bag because I haven't been able to identify it. I recently purchased a book by Thomas Moore called Relic Quest where the buckle I dug is shown towards the end of the book. The caption states it's a shot pouch buckle which was excavated on a Texas Revolution site. The size and width of my buckle seem to be the same as the one in the book. Could this have been from a confederate soldiers cartridge box?

 

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[creskol]

Truthfully, that buckle could have been used for any number of things.

 

[ticm]

Hello all. I found this buckle a couple of years ago at a Civil War site that I usually dig. I put it away in a zip lock bag because I haven't been able to identify it. I recently purchased a book by Thomas Moore called Relic Quest where the buckle I dug is shown towards the end of the book. The caption states it's a shot pouch buckle which was excavated on a Texas Revolution site. The size and width of my buckle seem to be the same as the one in the book. Could this have been from a confederate soldiers cartridge box?<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=704721"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=704722"/><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=704723"/>

I think I have about twenty of them.

 

[BosnMate]

Truthfully, that buckle could have been used for any number of things.

Totally, among them, horse bridle, saddle bags and blanket rolls come to mind.

 

[skeeterd]

Its called a strap keeper. Still manufactured today. After a leather strap goes thru a buckle, the end is run thru this to keep it from flopping around. This pic is from "Tandy Leather Factory" catolog.

 

[Bell]

The photo in the book is a mexican shot pouch buckle. I have three or four from a tx rev camp I found. They are unique and identifiable in their angularity although they were handmade and no two are exactly alike. They are also brass however, not iron.