Heavy rain yesterday helped me find an 1870's suspender clip today!

[FreeBirdTim]

Went to an older baseball field today. We had some heavy rain yesterday, so the ground was really saturated. Found a couple of bucks in clad, but nothing older than the 1970's. But I did find a really old suspender clip that was around 6 inches down. It has a patent date of March 7, 1871, so it's probably from the mid to late 1870's! Not a bad day when you find something that's around 145 years old.

Cleaned up fairly well with a warm hydrogen peroxide bath, but the iron or steel clip that was attached to the bottom fell off. Here's few pics:

 

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[against the wind]

That suspender clip really did clean up nicely,
Congrats

 

[vpnavy]

Bet that puppy will clean up great!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats

 

[DigIron2]

nice one Tim..The pat date makes it that much sweeter. good shape. wtg

 

[tennessee digger]

Excellent find. I love those and yours looks to be in great shape.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Thanks, guys! I know suspender clips aren't that thrilling, but the 1871 patent date makes it a good find. I only dig one or two of these a year, so not a common find for me.

 

[tennessee digger]

Actually they are very good finds. When i first started digging in the early 70's, I would find them sometimes and just toss them away. Later I decided that I liked them and start keeping them and collecting them too. I used to buy them at civil war shows for 50 cents to a dollar. Now you can't even buy one for under 5 dollars and I've seen them for sale lately for 20 dollars or more. Look at ebay and you will see that they are getting quite valuable.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice find especially with the patent date on it.