✅ SOLVED Hand forged iron buckle ? not sure of date, biggest buckle yet

[Deepdiger60]

Some times it pays to dig iron i was hunting a patch of meadow in all metal mode on my sov.gt i got this loud signal so i switched to disc. mode and saw a big 1 on my meter but it still did not sound like iron so i dug it 10" down there was this huge iron buckle about 4 inches by 3 inches coated in a heavy rust i was able to chip it all off very quickly then i soaked in lite engine oil 2 cyc. over night , could anyone give a date maybe early to mid 1800, s ? and is it horse tack for like a field horse in front of a plow ? and it looks to be hand forged , thanks alot for any help GH Jim

 

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[vhs07]

I can't help, but I have saddle strap buckles very similar but are made of brass.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Some times it pays to dig iron i was hunting a patch of meadow in all metal mode on my sov.gt i got this loud signal so i switched to disc. mode and saw a big 1 on my meter but it still did not sound like iron so i dug it 10" down there was this huge iron buckle about 4 inches by 3 inches coated in a heavy rust i was able to chip it all off very quickly then i soaked in lite engine oil 2 cyc. over night , could anyone give a date maybe early to mid 1800, s ? and is it horse tack for like a field horse in front of a plow ? and it looks to be hand forged , thanks alot for any help GH Jim

Quite a heavy buckle, I would have though you are correct, both on use, and the date range, difficult to determin an exact date as they were in use from the early 1700s to present.


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