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EMGdetecting · Feb 21, 2021

I found this yesterday at a church site from late 1800s that is still being used. I found it with the equinox 800. It was SUPER deep, it was about 15 inches down. I think it was attached to something wooden. I’m not sure, any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!

-Ethan

medicchief · Feb 21, 2021

Very interesting! It appears to have been attached to a fairly think board or something. The tapered angle of the "buckle" is for a reason as well, like a leather strap crossed another one.....Hopefully someone with more knowledge of relics will chime in soon!

BennyV · Feb 21, 2021

EMGdetecting said:
I found this yesterday at a church site from late 1800s that is still being used. I found it with the equinox 800. It was SUPER deep, it was about 15 inches down. I think it was attached to something wooden. I’m not sure, any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!

-Ethan

Is that leather?

EMGdetecting · Feb 21, 2021

BennyV said:
Is that leather?

No the whole thing is metal. It has some good weight to it.

-Ethan

pplinker · Feb 22, 2021

Not related to your question, but your fingerprints are very interesting. Only 5 percent of people have arches.

ecmo · Feb 22, 2021

I believe many of those old time trunks had leather straps that went around them. Possibly a latching buckle mechanism for one of those.

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EMGdetecting · Feb 22, 2021

pplinker said:
Not related to your question, but your fingerprints are very interesting. Only 5 percent of people have arches.

Hmm that’s interesting. I never knew that. Thanks for letting me know about that. You learn something new every day[emoji3]

-Ethan

EMGdetecting · Feb 22, 2021

ecmo said:
I believe many of those old time trunks had leather straps that went around them. Possibly a latching buckle mechanism for one of those.

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Yeah that’s what I was thinking.

-Ethan

KingTotsalot · Feb 23, 2021

The metal loupe is interesting in that it is assymetrical. Perhaps part of some kind of horse or buggy tack where a leather strap came through the loupe and was directed in a different direction?

Makes His Majesty think it is not from a trunk.

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Feb 24, 2021

pplinker said:
Not related to your question, but your fingerprints are very interesting. Only 5 percent of people have arches.

Yeah those pictures were so big those prints looked like a freshly plowed field in Google Earth. :lol:

Metal Pig · Feb 24, 2021

My vote is...a buckle that was attached to a wooden case that was carried with a strap or a rope. Something akin to these, actually! Ta-daaaa!

Metal Pig · Feb 24, 2021

Do you have any discrete photos of the site itself?

joe dert · Feb 24, 2021

KingTotsalot said:
The metal loupe is interesting in that it is assymetrical. Perhaps part of some kind of horse or buggy tack where a leather strap came through the loupe and was directed in a different direction?

Makes His Majesty think it is not from a trunk.

Methinks the king is correct in his observation of the asymmetrical loop. I think it was attached to wood...wagon, buggy, farm equipment, etc..with the loop for a leather line possibly.

EMGdetecting · Feb 25, 2021

Metal Pig said:
Do you have any discrete photos of the site itself?

No, I don’t, but the site is a field next to a church. The church was there since late 1800s and has been rebuilt a few times. The church in the picture was the original. The field was also a baseball field in the 50’s. So far the good finds my dad and I have pulled out are

a barber quarter, Indian head penny, and some 20s wheat pennies.

-Ethan

EMGdetecting · Feb 25, 2021

Metal Pig said:
My vote is...a buckle that was attached to a wooden case that was carried with a strap or a rope. Something akin to these, actually! Ta-daaaa!

Good thought. That could be it. Definitely related to wood or possibly leather.

-Ethan

SageGrouse · Feb 25, 2021

EMGdetecting said:
I found this yesterday at a church site from late 1800s that is still being used. I found it with the equinox 800. It was SUPER deep, it was about 15 inches down. I think it was attached to something wooden. I’m not sure, any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
-Ethan

Attachment for a wagon tailgate strap. Consider: A leather strap attached to the tail of a wagon, and to the drop-down gate. The straps on either side would angle downward, from edge to gate, and, to prevent wear unevenly, the metal part would have been slanted like that. The leather straps prevent the tailgate from falling all the way flat down the back, but they would have to be quite strong and well anchored. Thus, the metal piece attached to the side of the wagon would be heavy as well and firmly bolted in.
Sage(Tailgate Party?)Grouse

EMGdetecting · Feb 27, 2021

SageGrouse said:
Attachment for a wagon tailgate strap. Consider: A leather strap attached to the tail of a wagon, and to the drop-down gate. The straps on either side would angle downward, from edge to gate, and, to prevent wear unevenly, the metal part would have been slanted like that. The leather straps prevent the tailgate from falling all the way flat down the back, but they would have to be quite strong and well anchored. Thus, the metal piece attached to the side of the wagon would be heavy as well and firmly bolted in.
Sage(Tailgate Party?)Grouse

Wow! Thanks for the help. I bet that’s what it is. Thanks to everyone who has responded, so glad to have found it.

-Ethan

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