Holy Bat Wings...and a silver buckle too.

[doninbrewster]

Got out to do some land hunting for the first time and came up with a couple of bat wing buckles, a hallmarked silver buckle, an old railroad tag and a cut colonial copper. Don't know much about the buckles, but it's my first hallmarked silver buckle. I've seen the bat wings turn up, but don't know much about them. The cut copper is very thin and probably a Machins piece or counterfeit British halfpence. Didn't find any great coins, but an interesting day. Most areas of the farm were still frozen and only those with great southern exposure had thawed. Still leaves me over 100 acres to hunt : ) Any info on the buckles would be appreciated.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Cool finds don.. those bat wing buckles seem to be a new england thing as ive never found any like those down this way.. I got out a few hours myself yesterday.. top 2 inches of soil were as hard as drywall .. nice silver buckle there.i aint never got one of those either.. congrats.

 

[hatpin]

Those are some great relics. Way to go.

Last week I found a small thawed area , hunted it and came out with three old coins. You cant find these things sitting at home.

 

[MikeO]

Excellent finds Don.
Those buckles are in really great shape.

 

[jughed440]

Nice finds...especially the R.R. tag. Clean it up good, collectors may be interested in that

 

[Old Pirate]

Great finds! Check this site. http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16220

I've found a silver spoon in the woods, and used the home area of the above site to find the hallmark. That's a good find there.

 

[wvrick]

Nice finds!!

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

Fantastic hunt! The whole Cape is full of possibilities for colonial items...assuming that's your "Brewster". I wouldn't know if the silver buckle has an American or British hallmark but here's a link to London hallmarks.
http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-WF-WH.html

 

[doninbrewster]

Fantastic hunt! The whole Cape is full of possibilities for colonial items...assuming that's your "Brewster". I wouldn't know if the silver buckle has an American or British hallmark but here's a link to London hallmarks.
http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-WF-WH.html

The Brewster I'm in is NY

 

[knarfj]

Very interesting finds! Thanks for sharing.

 

[sonny60]

Nice buckles