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old buckle with a "B" - 8/5/2008 12:41:48 AM    FIGGINS DIGGINS Posts: 318 Joined: 5/27/2006 Status: offline Well you know me, the eternal optimist,  I found this in one of my bottle hunting creeks and immediately decided it was a civil war relic related to a company B. Fact is I find stuff in this creek from modern times to rarely pre-1900 and rarer still pontil shards.  There was a lot of civil war activity in this area.  My thoughts on it were that it could be as old as all that, but probably not.  If it were intended to be a monogram for some individual, though, I felt like they would not have just stamped it with a plain old B. I have done some online research, with the closest items being identified as blanket roll buckles or harness buckles.  Sure would like to hear from anyone who may be able to identify.  I realize finding a civil war buckle in a creek in this good a condition is pretty unlikely, but what the hey, you never know. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Dan The only thing better than the broken glass and dirt going down the back of your pants is that bottle you're about to uncover. Post #: 1

RE: old buckle with a "B" - 8/5/2008 12:48:33 AM    FIGGINS DIGGINS Posts: 318 Joined: 5/27/2006 Status: offline Here's a shot of the back.  I may find out this "B" stands for boyscouts or Bill, but I just need to know for some reason.  Kinda bugs me when I can't just hit a few keys and identify something right away.  I even posted it on a treasure hunting forum.  So far over there I have two guesses, and two very, very, very, funny wisecracks.  Somebody here on the greatest forum ever knows what it is I'll betcha.  holler at ya later. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Dan The only thing better than the broken glass and dirt going down the back of your pants is that bottle you're about to uncover. (in reply to FIGGINS DIGGINS) Post #: 2

RE: old buckle with a "B" - 8/5/2008 12:57:39 AM    cc6pack   Posts: 542 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline Dan Looks more like part of Suspenders or Galluses, to me? (in reply to FIGGINS DIGGINS) Post #: 3

RE: old buckle with a "B" - 8/5/2008 1:39:41 AM    capsoda Posts: 7917 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline It looks like a slip buckle from a web style pants belt. They date from about 1890 but not used by the military until WW1. They are still used today but are usually the closed bottom type. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 4

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