I guess we need a Best --BALE SEAL-- Theme thread

[Iron Patch]

Here's a pic to get us started. I'll post may favourites later.

Mid. 18th century French.

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Here is my one and only....

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[Silver Searcher]

Now I am going to have to go through my lead bucket that won't be fun

SS

[shaun7]

Now I am going to have to go through my lead bucket that won't be fun

SS

God knows what your going to find in there

[romeo-1]

I've found a lot of lead seals but only one real oldie...

[romeo-1]

The first seal I posted (1st two pics) I've actually found 7 of those in the same relative area. The last seal pictured is the oldie...early French.

[Iron Patch]

The first seal I posted (1st two pics) I've actually found 7 of those in the same relative area. The last seal pictured is the oldie...early French.

Another mystery for me besides the lack of livery buttons. I find very few marked modern seals. Only 2 in ten years!

[TheDane]

Large and very old lead cloth seal, still with cloth between the layers.
German or Dutch.

Edit: Sorry, Iron Patch forgot the size. It has a diametre of 4.2 centimetres.

[Iron Patch]

Large and very old lead cloth seal, still with cloth between the layers.
German or Dutch.

That thing looks massive. What is the diameter? Hard to really judge from the picture.

[bearbqd]

Um, I think I have one of these, but didn't know what it was. What are these exactly?

[CRUSADER]

Sorry couldn't be bothered to get them all out.
Left is Bag Seals, right is Cloth Seals.
I don't keep the hundreds of modern ones.

[ironhorse]

one decent acadian one from this year

[Kyle PA]

I don't ever recall digging a bale seal. It seems like you and IH find them every trip. It is interesting how Colonial PA and the Colonial Island are much different in terms of recovered artifacts.

[Don in SJ]

I don't find many either, guess you have to be hunting more farm areas and not isolated wooded homesites. But here is a photo of most of mine in my meager collection. Probably only one or two is a bale seal, never gave them too much thought. :P

Don

[Iron Patch]

I don't ever recall digging a bale seal. It seems like you and IH find them every trip. It is interesting how Colonial PA and the Colonial Island are much different in terms of recovered artifacts.

All mine are early French dating about 1720s-1750s. I have never found an old one that was not French. We do dig them once in a while but they are definitely not a common find. You could detect here for 5,10,15 or 20 years and not find one and I'm sure there's many poeple that fit in that category.

[romeo-1]

I don't find many either, guess you have to be hunting more farm areas and not isolated wooded homesites. But here is a photo of most of mine in my meager collection. Probably only one or two is a bale seal, never gave them too much thought. :P

Don

We've found similar seals...the one marked Kali Syndikat. Yours has Berlin and mine has Leopoldshall Stassfurt.

[Breezie]

I went all last year, and did not find a single seal until October, and then found 10 that month. Here is a pic of one marked SAL from Sal, Cape Verde Africa, which was obviously used to seal a salt bag. Breezie

[shaun7]

Here's my effort, now I've got the camera working

[Iron Patch]

[Kirk PA]

I can tell by the way you are starting these threads that you are snowed in. Same here.

Kirk