People Reminisce On These Everyday Items That Are Now a Part of History

Finding a pair of 1700s silver cufflinks while pit digging in Virginia is like discovering buried treasure, except it’s a lot more stylish. Maybe these cufflinks belonged to a wealthy plantation owner who wore them to impress his friends… Or maybe they were just a really expensive gift from his wife, who was tired of him always borrowing her jewelry.

Either way, these cufflinks are like a window into a time when fashion was flashy, and accessories were the ultimate status symbol. We bet the person that found these cufflinks feels like a real colonial gentleman – assuming that they know how to wear cufflinks and doesn’t mind a little bit of tarnish.