paleomaxx
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I'm still cleaning the finds from today's hunt, but I just had to post this. I thought it was a typical suspenders clip until I started cleaning it and I saw the design. It took some very careful tooth-picking to get the detail to come out without losing the design, but it was well worth the effort!
It appears to depict a team of firemen being directed by the chief to put out a burning house. It even has the old-style horse-drawn pump wagon! The back has a large amount of iron encrustation and I thought it might have been a pin, but it looks like it has the usual swiveling teeth plate from an adjuster clip.
No writing unfortunately and I can't find any similar designs online, but I know this site was abandoned by the late 1880's so this has to be from before that. I wish I could say there was more to come from this spot, but it was pretty well hammered before I got to it. This was in a particularly iron infested area so they probably missed the quiet mid-tone and I'm glad they did!
It appears to depict a team of firemen being directed by the chief to put out a burning house. It even has the old-style horse-drawn pump wagon! The back has a large amount of iron encrustation and I thought it might have been a pin, but it looks like it has the usual swiveling teeth plate from an adjuster clip.
No writing unfortunately and I can't find any similar designs online, but I know this site was abandoned by the late 1880's so this has to be from before that. I wish I could say there was more to come from this spot, but it was pretty well hammered before I got to it. This was in a particularly iron infested area so they probably missed the quiet mid-tone and I'm glad they did!
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