Fancy shoe buckle and buttons

[Lodge Scent]

I needed a good hike so I headed to one of my favorite remote sites. Managed a shoe buckle from a rock pile. Chape and tongue were with it too. Tongue was brass but the chape was iron.

https://i.imgur.com/SeMrAqU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PlTFmdH.jpg

Sniffed out a few buttons and some lead too.

https://i.imgur.com/E2mxXMl.jpg

Best find of the day :

https://i.imgur.com/R5XBDQ1.jpg

My hat! Lost it about 4 months ago. I've had it about 30 years and was happy to get it back.

Jeff

[Digger Don]

Congrats on getting out and finding a few cool relics.
that hat has a nice green patina, excellent find. LOl

[Bucknut]

That's funny to find your hat after 4 months. Awesome buckle!

[Digger_O'Dell]

Nice buckle, but of course the find of the day was that long lost hat, congrats on the recovery! :lol:

[Donnie B]

I love that open work buckle! Awesome find and great photos!

[del]

yes sweet open work shoe buckle frame Jeff :envious: and it looks like it had been repaired at one time with the mismatched chape & tongue !


on another note ... whats with all the clothing articles I've been seeing in the woods lately ?? three gloves (one matching set) and even a laundry basket with a candy striped towel in it :rolleyes::confused::crazy:way out in the woods :dontknow:

[Lodge Scent]

Thanks Gents. My hat now smells like musty oak leaves....which is an improvement on what it used to smell like :)

Dan, I can't say I ever came across a laundry basket in the middle of the woods. Gnomes maybe?

[The Rebel]

WTG on sniffing out the buckle & parts! What did the hat ring up as, lol?

[OxShoeDrew]

I never found an iron chape with brass tongue. Good job sniffing those out in the rocks!
Dan, why does it appear to have been repaired?

[del]

I never found an iron chape with brass tongue. Good job sniffing those out in the rocks!
Dan, why does it appear to have been repaired?

Drew its the iron chape with a brass tongue , mix match .

[aloldstuff]

Congrats on getting out and for your finds. Surprised that no little critters made a home out of your hat.

[Lodge Scent]

Al, fortunately the hat had been protected under snow most of the time ;)