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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 6596754, member: 10461&quot;]That shoe(?) buckle looks <i>early</i>!&nbsp; Like <i>1700s-</i>early.&nbsp; Early 1800s at the latest, I’d guess.&nbsp; Mind you, that’s a <i>guess</i>.&nbsp; I’m no authority on them.&nbsp; But I’ve seen several from colonial sites that had a very similar appearance, with teeth/tines like that.&nbsp; And it has that whitish patina one often sees on relics that spent 200 years in the ground.</p><p><br /></p><p>The harmonica reeds are very common finds on 19th sites.&nbsp; I once read a relic hunter jokingly suggest that during the Civil War era, owning a harmonica must have once been a requirement for citizenship, since those reeds so often turn up. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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