Colonial Grab Bag

[Lost Signal]

Finds from two different hunts. I have a bad habit of calling everything "colonial" right on up to the 1820's and 30's. Some of this stuff might not really be colonial but it is a grab bag.

I'm wondering if anyone can date the axe head. It was found at the site with the KG3 and I'd be curious to know if it's as early as those finds. Also, I'd love to know what the small threaded knob came from. It looks familiar, but I can't place it.






Discovered a maker's mark on these shoe buckle innards. Can't find any info on the name. Looks like "Simcox."


Thanks for looking.

 

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[Lenrac2]

Awesome finds! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Kray Gelder]

Great handful of finds! Diggin' in this heat and humidity, well earned!

 

[Kenosha Kid]

appears to be a ?G? before Simcox. Might be George Simcox, Birmingham, late 1780s-?

1818 directory:

https://books.google.com/books?id=d...v=onepage&q=george simcox shoe buckle&f=false

 

[CRUSADER]

appears to be a ?G? before Simcox. Might be George Simcox, Birmingham, late 1780s-?

1818 directory:

https://books.google.com/books?id=d...v=onepage&q=george simcox shoe buckle&f=false

I agree, I spotted the G as well.

 

[CreakyDigger]

Great finds!

 

[Lost Signal]

appears to be a ?G? before Simcox. Might be George Simcox, Birmingham, late 1780s-?

1818 directory:

https://books.google.com/books?id=d...v=onepage&q=george simcox shoe buckle&f=false

I missed the "G" but I see it now. Thanks for the research and for sharing the source. That is very cool. Thought I would share the entry from your link:

 

[Silvermonkey]

Looks like a couple of productive hunts LS. Good stuff for sure!

 

[erfranks]

Some Nice Finds!!

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice finds. I am no axe expert, but I have seen that style found on 1750s to 1780s sites. It's 18th century for sure.

 

[CRUSADER]

The drawer pull is late 18th C as well.

 

[scruggs]

Very nice finds you made!

 

[Centsless Detecting]

Nice finds indeed. Im guessing the threaded piece is an ox knob but may be wrong. As far as the axe goes its at least 18th c. but may be older. I think I see a Jesuit cross stamped in it just above the arched part of the blade. Could verry well be late 1600s at the oldest.

 

[HunterMF]

Nice finds!

 

[Lost Signal]

Nice finds. I am no axe expert, but I have seen that style found on 1750s to 1780s sites. It's 18th century for sure.

Thanks, Steve. That's what I was hoping. I think I'll clean it up a bit and maybe try an electrolysis bath.

 

[Lost Signal]

Nice finds indeed. Im guessing the threaded piece is an ox knob but may be wrong. As far as the axe goes its at least 18th c. but may be older. I think I see a Jesuit cross stamped in it just above the arched part of the blade. Could verry well be late 1600s at the oldest.

Thanks for the feedback. I should have included a scale in my photo of the knob. It's smaller than it looks in the photo. It is shaped like an ox knob, but small. Maybe part of a lantern?
I have to tell you, you got my adrenaline going with the comment about the Jesuit cross. Sadly, it was just a trick of the light. I cleaned it up some and don't see any marks. Still, a nice relic though.

 

[mbcuce]

That teaches me to go on vacation.

 

[Lost Signal]

That teaches me to go on vacation.

That's right. Unless it's a vacation to England to metal detect.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A great haul - congrats !

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great finds buddy, I too would consider the majority of your finds to be 'colonial' in nature.

In my opinion, if you refer to something as a relic from an earlier period of history, you mean that it belonged to that period but has survived into the present. A 'colonial relic' by definition is something that was made or used a long time ago and which now survives for its historical significance.

Love this little 'colonial relic'.
Dave