DON'T THROW IT AWAY!!!

[relic nut]

Couldn't believe it! Was getting ready for work this morning and noticed this in the junk pile. Almost had a heart attack! It's a hammer from a musket. Not sure where it was found because it's been here a while. Just goes to show.

HH RN

 

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[Trezurehunter]

Good save. Check it and recheck it before you throw it away.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Good job on re-finding a lost relic!

I have in the past recovered "lost" coins in my junk pile...you never know!

 

[trapperart]

Cool, you found it twice

 

[digger27]

Here are two things I almost threw in the trash while I was hunting but thank goodness I decided to save them instead.
One was a big iron ball that I had no clue about at the time.
Couldn't figure out why someone would make something like this and it wasn't until a couple weeks later when I threw a picture of this thing up on a forum asking for opinions did I realize what I had.
Several more knowledgeable members immediately came back and informed me I now owned a very nice specimen of canister shot...and I was floored!

Another time I found a huge crusty disc I couldn't clean off in the field at all but I was sure it was just an old knock out plug.
Still, I threw it in my tumbler when I got home and eventually saw a bit of writing on the thing and over time cleaned it off even more.
Turns out this was a half dollar size merchant's token with a date and a pretty rare one at that.

After these experiences I no longer take anything I find for granted and always double and triple check before I throw anything away.

 

[CRUSADER]

Its a circa 1850s percussion cap hammer from a pistol. I'm rubbish with guns but I do have a complete one of those.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

SWEET find! I want a lock and hammer so bad. I keep a bunch of 5 gallon buckets of iron just for this purpose. Many times I have looked back through junk iron and picked out some keepers that I missed the first time.

Just last week I put a hand full of nails in my tumbler and after a day I noticed that one of the nails turned out to be a dog statue of some sort. Once I noticed it, I took him out of the tumbler and put it into electrolysis. It was pretty far gone, but still turned out okay. Trying to get a post together this evening of my last sifting trips and this dog will be in it.

 

[relic nut]

Its a circa 1850s percussion cap hammer from a pistol. I'm rubbish with guns but I do have a complete one of those.

Thanks for the info. Glad it didn't get away from me.

HH RN

 

[johnnyblaze]

Nice save man i have found many of treasure in my junk pile!

~Blaze

 

[Deft Tones]

Finding is sometimes half the battle.

Nice save. I'd have tossed it without being the wiser. Good eye you have.

 

[Dirt_Hunter]

Wow, so was this in his pile of trash he had dug?

 

[A2coins]

Glad you caught that now you gotta wonder is the rest of the gun out there somewhere!!!

 

[relic nut]

Glad uyou cayght that now you gotta wonder is the rest of the gun out there somewhere!!!

Yep, could be. If I only knew were it came from. LOL

HH RN

 

[digger460]

Good eye! Do you see anything here in my little relic hunt this weekend?

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Great save! Thats why i hang onto my whats its, till i knows its.

 

[Mr.T]

SWEET find! I want a lock and hammer so bad. I keep a bunch of 5 gallon buckets of iron just for this purpose. Many times I have looked back through junk iron and picked out some keepers that I missed the first time.

Just last week I put a hand full of nails in my tumbler and after a day I noticed that one of the nails turned out to be a dog statue of some sort. Once I noticed it, I took him out of the tumbler and put it into electrolysis. It was pretty far gone, but still turned out okay. Trying to get a post together this evening of my last sifting trips and this dog will be in it.

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Hi- That may be a Jaguar car hood emblem- looks very similar.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Good save!
I gotta agree with Deft Tones though.... That would be in my permissions' trash can, never mind my own...

Not knocking it....just would have no clue.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Hi- That may be a Jaguar car hood emblem- looks very similar.

Thanks Mr. T. I had a minute to sit down and research. It has a band of metal down the center that looked like a pocket knife. I think I found it. It's pretty toasted, but still a cool find in the junk pile.

 

[Ahab8]

Good save buddy. I almost through away a very early French billon coin once. You ever wonder how much incredible stuff has been tossed? I think about crazy things like that all the time

 

[Gridwalker306]

I always keep my "junk" to go over and double check,in the winter. Nice job snagging that hammer!