MORE CRAZY OLD BUCKLES FROM 17TH CENTURY RIVERSIDE SITE!

First buckle dates to the same time period of the Charles 11 farthing, looks like you have a great old site.:thumbsup:

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Almost forgot this buckle! I'll get the name of it and post unless someone beats me to it! Never found this type either.
 

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Silver Searcher said:
First buckle dates to the same time period of the Charles 11 farthing, looks like you have a great old site.:thumbsup:

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Thanks. Yeah, Bill D. posted a link to some great reference material and I found all but the last weird buckle in the main post. But this site aint producing much past 1720 that I can tell. Thats old for my area.
 

That's another mid 17thC double looped buckle, you guys might refer them to another name.

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That last buckle is a two piece buckle, missing the chape and prongs, probably a small shoe buckle.

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WOW! Too cool on the buckles! Your in a great area. Keep up that hunting!
 

Love the buckles. You are definitely onto an early site. Good luck saving more relics from there.
 

Those are some great buckles that only come from the earliest US sites. I've dug examples of all of yours except that last one. And I can't find it in any of my books either. Never even seen that style which looks like it was purposely bent like that for its intended use (probably for buckling shoes). I'm sure someone from the UK will chime in and help with the ID. And although the rectangular buckles generally came later, yours appears to be early like the others. Very cool find!
 

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Cross Potent said:
Thanks. Yeah, Bill D. posted a link to some great reference material and I found all but the last weird buckle in the main post. But this site aint producing much past 1720 that I can tell. Thats old for my area.
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Here's a link to that buckle reference source in case others are interested. It's also available in hardcopy, but its very hard to find and quite pricey.

http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Whitehead.pdf
 

Really great hunt CP..
Keep plugging away...
Ps. If you get a chance love to see the farthing also.
George
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Yeah Bill. That is an awesome resource as is the one on the spoons. Greatly appreciated. I thought you would appreciate that square buckle. Its different and in this case different is REAL good.
 

Here's some buckles similar to yours that I dug one day back in Oct at the site where I found the Lord Baltimore sixpence. Nothing but very early stuff came from this site too, but we only got to hunt it twice due the farmer planting winter wheat.

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Vino said:
Really great hunt CP..
Keep plugging away...
Ps. If you get a chance love to see the farthing also.
George
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Yep. I got 5 coins off here so far. The cob I found here when I found the site back in late 2013 is by far the best find. I was really hoping to get another cob or 2 but now I'm starting to wonder where all the silver is. Maybe there isnt anymore? I'll get them posted soon. The coppers all stink except for the 1679 farthing. Thats not bad at all. I also got some nice buttons including an incredible cast pewter. Best one I have ever found and cant believe its so nice. Most of mine are terribly eroded. But not this beauty. I plan on documenting this site well because the collection of finds will eventually be donated to the state of Md upon my passing. I know who lived here.
 

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Bill D. (VA) said:
Here's some buckles similar to yours that I dug one day back in Oct at the site where I found the Lord Baltimore sixpence. Nothing but very early stuff came from this site too, but we only got to hunt it twice due the farmer planting winter wheat.

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Yep. I remember drooling over those 2 complete buckles. The condition is just plain nuts. I'd take either over a small denom cob ANYDAY. I am a relic man and buckles like that really get me excited. Bet you cant wait to get back to that site.
 

Cross Potent said:
Yep. I got 5 coins off here so far. The cob I found here when I found the site back in late 2013 is by far the best find. I was really hoping to get another cob or 2 but now I'm starting to wonder where all the silver is. Maybe there isnt anymore? I'll get them posted soon. The coppers all stink except for the 1679 farthing. Thats not bad at all. I also got some nice buttons including an incredible cast pewter. Best one I have ever found and cant believe its so nice. Most of mine are terribly eroded. But not this beauty. I plan on documenting this site well because the collection of finds will eventually be donated to the state of Md upon my passing. Like i said its a prominent colonial figures birthplace. They just didnt know where exactly it stood...but I do. lol
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Thats awsome..I have two places like that i found for some quakers, and donated all the buttons and buckles back to them..
I just got to keep all the coins..
Ps..not as old as urs though. .lol..
George
 

Cross Potent where in ell do you keep finding these nice relics must be one hot spot. Man they are nice! vanzutphen
 

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