Colonial relics?

[Goldspeed]

I found these things a little outside Liberty Hill South Carolina. I’m new to metal detecting and relic hunting but I find it fascinating and love learning and feeling the history. I just need help identifying things I find. I have a couple of ideas but I’m not sure.

 

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[sawmill man]

Well the heart shaped piece is the front of a lock, the round ring with spike im going with a drive in hitching ring my best guess on that. no dead positive of the drive in hitch ring. the u shape piece in the misc pieces can you put up a bigger pic?

 

[Goldspeed]

Here are some individual pictures of the items I found.

 

[Goldspeed]

 

[sawmill man]

You do have some rose head spikes i believe , lock face, the drive in hitch ring , old kitchen ware , and i was thinking the u shape piece was a flint striker ,but not sure , i started looking at things like that closer after i threw one away thinking it was a broke chainlink. lol. . so i just save everything anymore till im just sure. some nice finds .

 

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Picture 2 = Linstock perhaps... IMO.

Errr... Or piece of rather.

 

[Goldspeed]

Thank you all for the input. I have so much fun exploring and finding these things that more insight on their history or backstory is exciting!

 

[Goldspeed]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5665169

 

[smokeythecat]

The "VR" on the lock stands for "Victoria Rex", i.e. Queen Victoria who took the throne in 1839. She was queen a very long time.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice old relics, congratulations!

 

[Goldspeed]

I went back out and did a little bit more detecting. This is what I found.

 

[Simon1]

Not sure of the size, but from here it almost looks like a staple for fastening barb wire or fence wire to fence post.

 

[smokeythecat]

Keep going at it. After the iron is out, the coins should appear.