Some more colonial relics,shakos,coins.

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Didn't make a new post for a couple of weeks due to the combination of laziness and busy schedule. Managed to get out a few times since my last post with some cool relics and coins.

My favorite military relic came out of the ground in an absolutely horrible shape. I was almost certain that there's nothing to be done to fix it, to the point that I carried it in my car for a few days without even taking a second look. Luckily, with a help from a friend I managed to straighten it up and am very satisfied with the result.

My first ''Albert'' British shako from 1830's-1850's Here are the before and after pics

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The center piece is missing but I have found an other piece a few weeks ago at the same spot. I doubt they went together but it does look pretty good.

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And here's a similar shako from the same period.

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Found an other British ''Horn'' shako from 1830's (sixth one from that spot)

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An other Lion's head device

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A few possible military volunteer buttons from 1830's-1850's

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British militia officer's button 1850's

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British 15th regiment of foot from the same period

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Got an other anthropomorphic clay pipe. Only my second one in 5 years of detecting

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Almost mint 1837 Lower Canada Halfpenny (Banque du Peuple type)

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An other one of the City Bank type

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A beat Civil War token

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Bank of Montreal token 1842

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A few early civilian buttons (a bone back is the first one for me)

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And an old medicine bottle

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Thanks for the comments.
 

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grasshopper

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Very nice. Coins looking spectacular as always. That shako looks amazing too. Congrats on another great hunt!
 

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Even when you are being lazy, your hunts and results kick butt! Nice Shako and coinage. Congrats
 

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Great hunt, excellent recovering of history, all your finds are outstanding, congrats on all
 

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Fantastic finds and a superb job on the restoration of the shako. The last button with the holes in the back is a blow hole button and they were made in the 1700’s if I am not mistaken.

Way to go and keep swingin.
 

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Freakin amazing great job on the relic looks great. I gotta call you out on the lazy thing I would build a 2nd home on the site you found that stuff my town is very boring and not old founded 1826 state flower a pop top first coin not dropped till 1901 Thanks for sharing and great post my friend. Tommy

Thanks Tommy
 

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I like the lion head. It is similar to the the British sword belt clasp I found. I wonder if they are related some how
 

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Some really superb finds there, and you did a great job straightening out the big shako piece!

Thanks J.Cache. Was lucky the shako wasn't cracked.
 

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Super nice selection of finds. Thanks for sharing.

Nice restoration of the shako.
 

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Yup.....another stellar hunt...that shako is incredible and a big display piece. Congrats on all the great finds !!

Thanks Black bart. And congrats to you on those amazing Spanish silver cobs
 

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Amazing fix on that crumpled up item! You've done it again with some amazing finds! That bank token does look like it was just made! That clay pipe is amazing. Thanks sharing the multitude of great finds you've made!!!
 

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