AZ Ghost Town Buckle Find- any knowledge
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MasonDixonMding
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Pretty cool! Looks old.
hoser
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Very cool indeed. It does have an interesting look to it. Never seen one quite like that. Good going.
OldDocWard
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I cleaned it with vinegar/salt solution and still see no markings. BUT I am pretty sure it's a shoe buckle- a bit too "fancy" to be a tack buckle imho. Still wondering about the material. The black seems to me to be a plating, any rustic shoe buckle experts out there?
Kansashunter
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Now that is cool. What part of AZ did you find it?
OldDocWard
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Near Superior. Pinal City. Site quite hunted out- I got lucky and found this buried in a wagon (now dirt) road.
OldDocWard
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Just for thoroughness, this buckle reads a clean 45 on my Manticore, so I was expecting a coin. But, I am quite happy to have an artifact. I just hope I can learn more about it. Non magnetic, non tarnished. Under microscope, it looks like there are tiny golden crystals in several spots, which I suspect are pyrite. Can't photograph that, sorry.
Kansashunter
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Cool find non the less. Keep hitting it, you never know!
GTimberMT
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Where abouts In Arizona?? I grew up around vulture mine. I wasn't into metal detection back then but I was out there every night night driving for snakes.
wolf-n-wa
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Killer find!
GroundSweeper
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Very cool buckle 
I've been 'through' Superior many a time on my way to Miami, Globe and eventually Duncan. Miss the area, so beautiful, though different for sure.
I've been 'through' Superior many a time on my way to Miami, Globe and eventually Duncan. Miss the area, so beautiful, though different for sure.
