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Did 3 more hunts since my last post, not more than 2-3 hours each time. The heat is too much for me, even in the woods. Had a decent harvest nevertheless with a good variety of early military items, coins and relics.
Only found three coins and, by funny coincidence, their denominations were of 1,2 and 3 cents.
My first Union For Ever Civil War token 1864
Then an other first Two cents - 1864 in a great condition
And then, an other first Silver trime 1856 (it's my first trime of 90% silver purity)
Found a good number of early military relics and buttons.
My fifth 1830's-1850's Victorian Horn Shako in an extremely good shape.
Two more Crown Shakos from the same period and a brass one in the form of ''I'' or ''1'' I'm not familiar with.
An other Tudor Rose shako piece, again 1830's-1850's
A few nice buttons.
Officer's artillery War of 1812
Officer's Upper Canada Militia War of 1812 some silver plate still remaining (never seen or heard of these buttons before).
An other officer's button that looks to worn for ID
Victorian ''P.R.'' button 1850's-1860's (Provincial Rifles?)
Two mystery military buttons, I would guess early Victorian 1830's-1850's
Canadian Militia 1830's-1850's
And the same as last week mystery Volunteer Rifles from the same period
A military chain decoration. Not 100% sure of the use but possibly from a Victorian military hat.
An other relic I'm not familiar with. Was found in the same hole as the shako.
Found a very interesting civilian relic as well. A lead figurine made in form of the boy riding a bicycle. What I found interesting on top of the mid to late 19th century clothes he seems to be wearing is the style of the bike. It has the front wheel equipped with pedals which is slightly larger than the back. This type of the bicycle resembles the 1860's-1870's type called Bone shaker, it was popular in Europe and the US up until early 1870's when it was replaced by the models that look much more like those we see today.
An other cool relic was the largest complete crotal bell I have ever found. (Always a pleasure to find those)
Thanks for the comments.
Only found three coins and, by funny coincidence, their denominations were of 1,2 and 3 cents.
My first Union For Ever Civil War token 1864
Then an other first Two cents - 1864 in a great condition
And then, an other first Silver trime 1856 (it's my first trime of 90% silver purity)
Found a good number of early military relics and buttons.
My fifth 1830's-1850's Victorian Horn Shako in an extremely good shape.
Two more Crown Shakos from the same period and a brass one in the form of ''I'' or ''1'' I'm not familiar with.
An other Tudor Rose shako piece, again 1830's-1850's
A few nice buttons.
Officer's artillery War of 1812
Officer's Upper Canada Militia War of 1812 some silver plate still remaining (never seen or heard of these buttons before).
An other officer's button that looks to worn for ID
Victorian ''P.R.'' button 1850's-1860's (Provincial Rifles?)
Two mystery military buttons, I would guess early Victorian 1830's-1850's
Canadian Militia 1830's-1850's
And the same as last week mystery Volunteer Rifles from the same period
A military chain decoration. Not 100% sure of the use but possibly from a Victorian military hat.
An other relic I'm not familiar with. Was found in the same hole as the shako.
Found a very interesting civilian relic as well. A lead figurine made in form of the boy riding a bicycle. What I found interesting on top of the mid to late 19th century clothes he seems to be wearing is the style of the bike. It has the front wheel equipped with pedals which is slightly larger than the back. This type of the bicycle resembles the 1860's-1870's type called Bone shaker, it was popular in Europe and the US up until early 1870's when it was replaced by the models that look much more like those we see today.
An other cool relic was the largest complete crotal bell I have ever found. (Always a pleasure to find those)
Thanks for the comments.
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