Cricket Buckle!

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I scored a cool and slightly humourous cricket buckle last week, too scared to Google it!

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Bloody ripper Dave ! Cannot remember seeing that one in Brian’s buckle book . You may have found a new variety . Congrats mate .

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Yeah,couldn’t find it in the book either. Was a couple featuring a cricket ball but none with 4 balls!

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A nice find for sure.
Here is the link to The Australian Detectorist Recovered Cricket Buckle Book

I’m yet to find a cricket buckle but they came in a huge range of designs. They seem to be more about the game itself than actual teams but there were teams and tours as well.

I think the ‘The Ball Clasp’ was a bag for carrying cricket balls. A cricket belt probably signified a person was a ‘gentleman’ but it was good to see some prisoners wearing cricket belts in the book. :laughing:

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A good find! Certainly a distinct design lol
I also like your Casper the Ghost at top right too :grin: :ghost:

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found this buckle on chudleigh cricket pitch looks like a pear on it any thoughts on age or team or if even a cricket buckle

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Good find but a bit of a mystery ! What’s on the back ?

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That’s an odd one for sure, never seen anything like it.

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Interesting find!
Definitely a belt buckle and yes, certainly looks like a pear.
Got some age to it :+1:

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Buckle all right , sadly no registration diamond . While it looks like a pear i wonder if it could of been a punching bag , which would make it a boxing buckle ? But it does look like a branch with leaves and fruit , strange one indeed !

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Seen that you mention “Brians buckle book” is that a private book or one you can buy? I would love to date the buckle I have found over the years, I did some of the history of these buckle`s very interesting, but I would love to know more
Helen

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check my comment #4. link still works but slow.

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Yep hit the link , it’s a large file so you have to download it . Very worth it though as there’s heaps of info there and so many beaut buckles to admire .

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