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hi all, What a year! v5 finished: 970 Cricket Buckles(195 unique wording or phrase combinations), 166 Non-Cricket Buckles (45 Nautical, 55 Sporting, 66 Other) v4 had 849 cricket buckles, so ~1 in 10 are new. Again, a big thank-you to all the detectorists, collectors, and the numerous people...

hi all, Well, finally got v4 finished! First, a big thank-you to all the detectorists, collectors, and the numerous people that have helped me to improve this resource! Important parts: - Redefined the book's focus to cricket buckles of the Victorian era. - For versions 1 to 3 of the book...

Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees.. just realized, SinHof, as same buckle plate..

hi Sandta, thats in very good condition. I would like to walk across that buckle! :) One statistic I didn't think about, and a reviewer of the 2nd release of the buckle book suggest, was tracking location and number seen of each buckle. Your find, from memory, I've seen > ~5 times.. On UK sites...

hi Mandim, nice find! I've seen that buckle plate & centre-piece, but not together in that design combination. So, I'd class it is as a new design. Lion is typical associated with the UK, Can you please post some close ups of front and back? Congrats

any many of your buckle finds have been unique! :) congrats

congrats David! must say I am excited by your cricket buckle find! The only another example I know of was found in Canada. Even though its broken, definition is great, great find! will pm you!

Goldrat, that cricket buckle would have to be the best example so far, that I've seen thats been recovered from the ground. congrats! A great summary of early cricket in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_in_the_United_States

4 silvers, got to be happy with that! congrats

Hello All, I'm pleased to announce that v3 of the 'buckle book' is now available. A big thank-you to all that have contributed with your public posts, emails, sent in updated photos, or told me about a buckle you've seen somewhere on the Internet or your fresh finds straight from the field...

and good move not straightening it.. folder cricket buckles end up breaking, even if annealed, due to corrosion/stress cracks on the bend line.

nicely found! congrats. I have a pic of that buckle flat, but I'm not permitted to upload photos, pic is only 40kb added: didn't like the long file name with numbers in it for some reason...

hi Diggertrev, I'll take it! :) In my books, I'm always interested in any cricket buckle pics, and yours will be added to v3! Thanks for your contribution, cheers -b

nice! I agree with your "dig everything" view - only way to hunt your relic site!, congrats

Top button find!, congrats

Thanks SinHof, thats a new design combo, havent seen that combination before, beauty! :Y:

At the moment, Hoover Boys and Calabash digger

thanks for putting the link up. The google drive link will only refer to the latest version only. So download and store a copy locally for the day that google can's google drive :P

hi Dron, I would date your buckle 1860-1870. why? well based on its construction, type, shape, its consistent with the date ranges in the book for buckles, that have registry stamps of that era. cheers -b

hi Dron, I would date your buckle 1860-1870. why? well based on its construction, type, shape, its consistent with the date ranges in the book for buckles, that have registry stamps of that era. Goldpicks buckle above clearly depicts W.G.Grace, from wikipedia "..in 1866, he became widely...