Complete shoe buckle: 1660s - 1790s

[lenmac65]

I searched a former homesite in the woods yesterday. I found several buttons, including one with a bit of thread remaining. I was running low on time when I got a strong high tone with a VDI in the low 20s on the Equinox. I dug the hole and out popped a complete shoe buckle. The tongue/chape is similar to xii in the buckle chart, so it is c1660s - 1790s (big range). I am thinking mid to late 1700s based on my other finds there. Happy hunting and good luck out there.

 

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[BennyV]

Wow that’s AMAZING! I wish I had places to detect like that down by me.

 

[ModernMiner]

What a beautiful complete shoe buckle! Fantastic find. 👍
A big high-5.
MM

 

[Nathan W]

Awesome job, that's a amazing find

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent !

 

[scruggs]

A good site usually gives a good return, good recoveries!

 

[pepperj]

Nice recovery on the buckle, it'll look great in the display. Congrats

 

[Digger RJ]

I searched a former homesite in the woods yesterday. I found several buttons, including one with a bit of thread remaining. I was running low on time when I got a strong high tone with a VDI in the low 20s on the Equinox. I dug the hole and out popped a complete shoe buckle. The tongue/chape is similar to xii in the buckle chart, so it is c1660s - 1790s (big range). I am thinking mid to late 1700s based on my other finds there. Happy hunting and good luck out there.

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Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Blak bart]

What a beauty...congrats on a complete piece !!

 

[jewelerguy]

amazing it's in such great condition

 

[sibbley]

That's amazing! What are the inner workings made from? Are they iron? Looks to me like the same material as the buckle. Crazy awesome find!

 

[Jeff H]

That's a nice one Lenmac. You are on a roll lately!

 

[The Rebel]

Great job!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Finding a complete colonial era shoe buckle is FANTASTIC!!!!!! Great job lenmac65. We are blessed to live in a part of the country where these types of finds are possible. Big congrats!

 

[oldmxrat]

That's really a super nice recovery, congrats!

 

[lenmac65]

Nice recovery on the buckle, it'll look great in the display. Congrats

Thanks! I have been lucky enough to find five or six of these buckles over the last five years. I hope to make a dedicated display box for them if I ever find the time.

 

[lenmac65]

That's amazing! What are the inner workings made from? Are they iron? Looks to me like the same material as the buckle. Crazy awesome find!

Thanks! I am thinking the inner workings are brass, but I am not sure. If they were iron, I suspect they would have rusted away by now.

 

[lenmac65]

Finding a complete colonial era shoe buckle is FANTASTIC!!!!!! Great job lenmac65. We are blessed to live in a part of the country where these types of finds are possible. Big congrats!

Thanks! Blessed we are. I know you have found a lot of nice buckles too. These type of buckles are among my favorite things to find. Nice to see the snow gone. Hopefully we don’t get a lot this week. Good luck out there.

 

[JohnnyMac]

I searched a former homesite in the woods yesterday. I found several buttons, including one with a bit of thread remaining. I was running low on time when I got a strong high tone with a VDI in the low 20s on the Equinox. I dug the hole and out popped a complete shoe buckle. The tongue/chape is similar to xii in the buckle chart, so it is c1660s - 1790s (big range). I am thinking mid to late 1700s based on my other finds there. Happy hunting and good luck out there.

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Beautiful buckle. Congrats

 

[Cuda74]

I searched a former homesite in the woods yesterday. I found several buttons, including one with a bit of thread remaining. I was running low on time when I got a strong high tone with a VDI in the low 20s on the Equinox. I dug the hole and out popped a complete shoe buckle. The tongue/chape is similar to xii in the buckle chart, so it is c1660s - 1790s (big range). I am thinking mid to late 1700s based on my other finds there. Happy hunting and good luck out there.

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Very nice!