2 17th century buckles on my property found a few years ago .

[deepdiger60]

I found these on my back property on 2 hunts my home was built 131 years ago on 370+ year old farm site first settled in 1643 i had these buckles ID from England made in the mid 1600,s and brought over here by British settler's , one buckle is a bat wing shoe buckle copper and bronze and the 2nd is a spectacle shoe buckle made of bronze . They are the oldest buckles i have found . Jim

 

[bootyhoundpa]

those are some truly amazing finds there jim... that is so cool that you can find english relics in your own backyard.... congrats....

 

[Pennypacker]

I wish my shoes had bad ass buckles like those.

 

[MikeO]

Those are some nice old colonial buckles.