brass buckle

[sweetinsanity]

need help identifying this brass buckle. found just outside of Gettysburg

[sweetinsanity]

I have been digging union and confederate bullets in same area. I dug 2 flying eagle pennies 1857, 1858 next to it. I also dug a toasted colonial copper next field over. I know the farm covers a few generations. this buckle is heavy and thick, appears to have had studs or tabs on the back side. thanks for any help or thoughts.

[brncofan]

cool looking buckle

[duggap]

I think what you have is the bottom of a stirrup. Check out this site: https://www.google.com/search?q=hors...0sQsAR6BAgCEAE

[imukdiver]

Yeah, I'd say thats the bottom of a stirrup as well. Nice find though

[k2gleaner]

Added "civil war" to the linked search for "stirrups" and got this.

[sweetinsanity]

thanks, I though about the same thing. but I wasn't sure how wide they were? someone sent me this picture..... said its from an 1855 riflemans belt. ive never found a stirrup.... so wasn't sure.

[imukdiver]

It could be a childs size stirrup. I've found those already.