ironman200081
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I am super excited to share this. This buckle is # 509 in the O'Donnell and Campbell book. It was dug in my home town by a young man (15 years old) who is a heck of a relic hunter. I was happy to get it from him. This is the first solid brass buckle I have personally seen, and it had been lying in the dirt here in the Trans-Mississippi for over 150 years before being rescued. Still had dirt on it when I got it. The young man who found it has an amazing career as a relic hunter ahead of him.