Is this my earliest find to date?

[wavelord]

What is the estimated date of this half of a spectacle buckle found near the Chowan river in eastern NC?

 

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[Urien of Rheged]

What is the estimated date of this half of a spectacle buckle found near the Chowan river in eastern NC?

I'm no buckle expert but I do come by them often enough and would say that is late 17th century

 

[ncsuwolf]

What is the estimated date of this half of a spectacle buckle found near the Chowan river in eastern NC?

Nice. Were you on the merry hill or rockyhock side? Supposedly there was some very early (lost colony) type activity near you

 

[Gare]

I have no idea what it is or date BUT WELCOME to treasurenet !!

 

[smokeythecat]

Yes, it's late quarter 17th century. Congrats.

 

[Urien of Rheged]

I have no idea what it is or date BUT WELCOME to treasurenet !!

It's half of a buckle similar to these. These being "Tudor" 17th century examples. I said late but examples where found on Henry VIII's sunken ship the Mary Rose which went down inbthe earlier part of that century.

 

[Lost Signal]

Congrats! It will be very cool if you can find some other stuff from that period.

 

[Red-Coat]

It's half of a buckle similar to these. These being "Tudor" 17th century examples. I said late but examples where found on Henry VIII's sunken ship the Mary Rose which went down inbthe earlier part of that century.

The Mary Rose sank in the 16th Century (1545) and Henry VIII died two years later. The Tudor period only just reached into the 17th Century, ending with the death of Elizabeth I in 1603.

Nice find though.

 

[Urien of Rheged]

The Mary Rose sank in the 16th Century (1545) and Henry VIII died two years later. The Tudor period only just reached into the 17th Century, ending with the death of Elizabeth I in 1603.

Nice find though.

Sorry no my fault I meant to say I think the date ofnth3 buckle is late 16th century rather than 17th. Like thosr buckles I showed.

 

[oldmxrat]

Cool find, congrats and welcome to the forum!

 

[Digger RJ]

What is the estimated date of this half of a spectacle buckle found near the Chowan river in eastern NC?

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Great find! I would agree with some of the other posters. I would guess your piece dates to the latter 1600's.

 

[wavelord]

Nice. Were you on the merry hill or rockyhock side? Supposedly there was some very early (lost colony) type activity near you

rockyhock side. is the merryhill side pounded? That is what I hear. I've only been detecting 4 years and live in FL, but hit up NC when I visit my mom

 

[wavelord]

I have no idea what it is or date BUT WELCOME to treasurenet !!

thanks

 

[ncsuwolf]

rockyhock side. is the merryhill side pounded? That is what I hear. I've only been detecting 4 years and live in FL, but hit up NC when I visit my mom

Not sure. Never detected within 20 miles of the river but deer hunt close to either side. Wife is from that general area and have several close family friends on your side, a little north. Always wanted to try detecting there, but timing never works out.