Dug Life Metal Detecting
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Definitely a shoe buckle Blaze. I have seen the backside on Facebook.
Yeap, I hope no-one is suggesting it was his, that's too far fetched.Washington did have a button maker from what I understand. I think his name was William Rollins from Boston. He could had commissioned a buckle but he was way too modest to put his name on it. Also, I don’t believe Washington ever made it to Kentucky during the war. I’m betting it’s a tribute piece.
Your pictures show two broken buckles. Were they found in the same place? I highly encourage you to provide some details on the hunt to provide some credibility and provenance to the finds.
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Actually....when you start doing the research its not as far fetched as it seems... The area the buckle was found was inhabited bya number of early American politics... The Meriwether Lewis family... The Johnson Family (vice pres Richard Johnson) LaFayette was here.... The Taylors where here.... GWs personal powder flask was willed to a Lewis descendant that was less than 15 miles from the spot. The Washingtons where god parents to the Lewis children. All the families intermarried...Yeap, I hope no-one is suggesting it was his, that's too far fetched.
Made for the commercial market like the cuff-links for people who supported him or his ideology (like you say a tribute to the man & his achievements).
It's a very cool piece, & might be the only known survivor at the moment, but doesn't mean another won't turn up some day.
CONGRATS to the OP!.
It is in a Museum... Dug Life Metal Detecting Museum of colonial finds in Georgetown Kentucky![]()
Doesn't prove anything other than many more candidates. But, anyone can believe anything, that's fine.Actually....when you start doing the research its not as far fetched as it seems... The area the buckle was found was inhabited bya number of early American politics... The Meriwether Lewis family... The Johnson Family (vice pres Richard Johnson) LaFayette was here.... The Taylors where here.... GWs personal powder flask was willed to a Lewis descendant that was less than 15 miles from the spot. The Washingtons where god parents to the Lewis children. All the families intermarried...
We know that Pattison was a tinsmith from Berlin Conn.
Which was frequented by Washington regularly. He was also commisioned to produce articles for Washingtons military... It may not have been a piece that belonged to GW himself...... then again.. it very well could have
I never said it did prove any thing...... I said it could be a possibility. I have an idea....prove it wasnt.Doesn't prove anything other than many more candidates. But, anyone can believe anything, that's fine.
Keep looking for the other pieces.