Help with determining the age of this belt buckle

[Andrews_Adventures_SC]

Howdy everyone! This is my first post here as a member, but I have been visiting your site as a lurker for a couple of months now.

Tonight I got out for a couple hours in between studying for exams and the stress of life and I found a unique buckle that has me asking questions. The buckle in question has only one marking which says Nickel Silver stamped on the side. My question is how old is it and what pattern does it represent? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks yall!

 

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[trdking]

Picture of backside and stamp? It looks 1920's to me. Nickel Silver contains no silver.

 

[ivan salis]

nickel silver has 0 silver it was a metal term used a lot in the late 1880 to 1930 era quite a bit ..as well as german silver was too

 

[Andrews_Adventures_SC]

The backside looks just like the front except that the design is raised from being tamped into the front. Here is the "Nickel Silver" stamp:

 

[Andrews_Adventures_SC]

Interesting thanks! I have dated this particular homestead from the mid 1880s to the 1940s so far. Pretty long time for a homestead to be there if you ask me

 

[ivan salis]

in 1880 if a 20 year old built a house and lived in it 60 years until 1940 --he would have been 80 at death -

 

[on.off]

it looks 20s or 30s to me. the oval reserve was intended to be monogrammed--can't really tell in your picture, but perhaps it still has remnants of the engraving (if it was ever done).

 

[Andrews_Adventures_SC]

Sadly, as far as I could tell, there was no engraving on the center piece of the buckle inside the oval. I do find it quite astonishing though that this homestead existed for as long as it did. The majority of the finds from the site are from the 1910s-1940s, but I have found items such as an iron belt buckle, double headed ax blade, other iron tools, and a pocket watch engraved 1888 that have proved to me the homesite did in fact exist pre 1900s.

I have pulled at least 20 different rifle cartridges from the site all dating from the 1900s-1940s (Rem UMC 30-30, Peter's 300 Sav, and Peter's 1906 were the most common) and one round I found was unfired and when found was broken open with all of te gunpowder still inside! *Note* I did not break open the cartridge, but it was already broke open when I found it.