Chris anderson Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 I'm very excited to be a part of this site!! I was doing some metal detecting on my property today in south Carolina that has had revolutionary war relics found on it before. I dug these two items today and I'm not sure what they are. I would really appreciate the help. It would greatly appreciate it. The iron piece I believe is a type of buckle. The other one I really have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Top item appears to be a partial antique shoe or boot heel plate, probably 1800's. Bottom appears to be a common antique iron buckle frame, probably horse tack but hard to tell without a coin or other common object in the picture for scale. Hard to date in its high state of corrosion. Keep going, looks like there's more stuff out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Your making a good start of it. Welcome from East Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Welcome and hope to see you find some of those Revolutionary War relics! 👍 What detector are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris anderson Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 Hello. Right now I am using a tesero silver u- max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris anderson Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 On 8/14/2023 at 8:38 PM, F350Platinum said: Welcome and hope to see you find some of those Revolutionary War relics! 👍 What detector are you using? I also dug this flat button off of the same site today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toanodigger Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 looks like it is dated 1700 to 1765, great find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Welcome aboard the forums Chris ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 That's an old one looking at the shank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Now you’re cooking. That is definitely first half of 18th century, as others have stated, based on the shank. Do a Google search on how to date antique buttons based on the shank, design, and backmarks. Start looking for concentrations of square nails which are a telltale of previous old structures and hit those areas hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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