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Title: Snake object What is it ? Post by: DIG IT! (ADIE) on March 21, 2009, 09:12:02 PM Found yesterday on pasture .Any ideas ??? ???
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: hedgehog on March 21, 2009, 09:17:57 PM Nice one Adie , they have been around since the Roman period (have a look at the gallery) , most recently (they are belt buckles) I can remember them being on elasticated belts that were tri colour.
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: trys on March 21, 2009, 09:24:39 PM Nice find as hedgehog says ,a belt buckle.
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: Gadget(Ian) on March 21, 2009, 09:53:47 PM yep i agree a belt buckle have a look here a couple of examples.
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=18003&cat=178 (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=18003&cat=178)http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=15782&cat=178 Ian. Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: mickycoin "mick" on March 22, 2009, 04:16:28 PM nice find 100% belt buckle, never found one myself not that common a find well done mick
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: zorro on March 22, 2009, 07:59:08 PM Adie i have one almost identical, it was my very first ever find at a rally in Chievely years ago. a mate told me to take it to show the FLO. i thought he was taking the p*ss so just left it in my pocket (i was thinking of the elasticated belt version). turns out this type of belt buckle has been around for thousands of years, though the roman and indeed saxon types are very distinctive (which i dont believe yours or indeed my is) .still a very ince find all the same.
has your "snake" got lateral lines on its under belly? kev Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: James on March 22, 2009, 08:15:33 PM well done adie!!!! i have not found a snake buckle yet.
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: DIG IT! (ADIE) on March 23, 2009, 05:16:49 PM The answer to your question is yes kev ;D
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: SteveHammered "steve" on March 23, 2009, 07:47:16 PM havent had one of them yet, nice buckle welldone steve
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: zorro on March 23, 2009, 08:00:53 PM mine to adie. seems we both have the same buckle. i'll try and dig out the flo's report as to its age.
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: DIG IT! (ADIE) on March 23, 2009, 08:08:13 PM Cheers Kev that would be interesting! ;)
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: coleggwent(phil) on March 23, 2009, 08:57:30 PM very nice find mate one thing i can say it is 19th cet .as i found one two years ago and took it mr mark lodwick and came back with a date of 1830-1850 regards phil :o
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: ROMAN STEVE on May 19, 2009, 05:00:53 PM yes definately belt buckle
ive seen a few roman ones with a snakes head on them Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on May 19, 2009, 05:14:57 PM yeah iv'e seen them before on the elastic belts from the 60s as you say,
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: DIGGA on May 19, 2009, 05:59:40 PM nice find there adie how big is it bud as i cant see the size excennent find tho ;D ;D
Title: Re: Snake object What is it ? Post by: Charles Cater on May 19, 2009, 06:02:42 PM I had one like that when I was a cub in the 1930,s Adie. It is a snake type belt buckle.
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