Hit the gulf beach

[Kieth-Tx]

Me and a bud hit the beach this past weekend. This is Saturdays finds. We went back Sunday and all we dug were 3 ringers and musket balls but were happy to get them. The buckle is a mystery to me though....is it a shoe buckle? The top brass piece had us scratching our heads till we realized it was a epaulette back. Kieth

 

[GKMan]

Different than any shoe buckle I have seen, I don't believe it is one.. Nice array of finds!

 

[Kieth-Tx]

It curved in on both sides about an inch.

 

[Kieth-Tx]

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[RichW]

Nice finds Kieth. Don't think it's a shoe buckle but I could be wrong.

 

[jas415]

Well, not to get in a debate or whizzing contest, but it sure looks like an old buckle! It has the size, the shape, and the tines for a buckle. Whether it goes on a shoe or not is anyone's guess. I did a Google for 'vintage shoe buckles' and 'antique shoe buckles', and there are hundreds of pics of very, very similar shoe buckles. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck it probably is a duck.

Either way, nice stuff from the Gulf. Better not let the State of Texas (if that is where you got them) know you got them from public waters. Those office p@$$ants are anal about things like that.

 

[Kieth-Tx]

I initially thought it was a shoe buckle but it is thinner than I would tgink a shoe buckle should be.

 

[ironman200081]

I think it is a ladies' sash buckle, circa 1870's to 1890's.

You found an awesome piece of beach!