Snake buckle info please

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claddy

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• Dec 24, 2018

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Good metal detecting partner found this today don’t know a lot about them but that will soon Change.

 

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SoOregonMd

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• Dec 24, 2018

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Great find..

here is a link for you..


http://www.rulen.com/4f/snake.htm

 

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• Dec 24, 2018

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Worthless, send it to me for disposal.....I'll pay postage

Congrats!

 

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• Dec 26, 2018

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Gauntlet said:

Worthless, send it to me for disposal.....I'll pay postage

Congrats!

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I started to walk away with it and said this spot is worthless to hunt again

 

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• Dec 26, 2018

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A great find!

 

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• Dec 26, 2018

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claddy said:

I started to walk away with it and said this spot is worthless to hunt again

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You should be back out there ASAP

I'd beat that spot to death.

 

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• Dec 26, 2018

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Nice! I've actually never seen one before...

 

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• Dec 26, 2018

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Go back and find the other half.

Thats a bucket lister

 

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• Dec 26, 2018

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Wow! Very unique find. Love it.

 

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• Dec 27, 2018

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Sweet find!!!! Congrats claddy

 

SoOregonMd

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• Dec 27, 2018

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dixiedigger57 said:

Go back and find the other half.

Thats a bucket lister

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Or a BUCKLE Lister !!

 

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• Jan 4, 2019

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In looking at the link provided it says the buckle was made of brass. Does yours look like brass a little hard to tell from the picture?

Ray

 

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RayK said:

In looking at the link provided it says the buckle was made of brass. Does yours look like brass a little hard to tell from the picture?

Ray

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Yes it’s brass.

 

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• Jan 6, 2019

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I thought perhaps it was a sword hanger

 

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• Jan 8, 2019

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Nice British (Enfield, probably) Snake Buckle. Some were captured from Blockade Runners, and issued to Union Troops, like New York regiments.

 

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