A hunk of lead & is this U.S. a civil war rosette?

kdn502

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A hunk of lead & is this U.S. a civil war rosette?

Friend & I finally got a chance to hunt a couple hundred acre field we got permission at a couple months ago.. After a hour or so of only old iron pieces of farm equipment, we moved closer to the farm house and barns. Still not as much luck as we were hoping but I dug this large piece of lead and what appears to be a US rosette..?

Any thoughts, ideas, or info on the piece would be appreciated....

Thanks & HH! :hello:
Kevin
 

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Greg-in-MI

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rosette for sure

dug one just like it on an old logging homestead in nortern mi mine has the backing but rusty
 

CRUSADER

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Re: A hunk of lead & is this U.S. a civil war rosette?

my guess as a Brit is WWI era :icon_thumright:
 

huntinghunter

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Re: A hunk of lead & is this U.S. a civil war rosette?

Looks as if it could be a bridle bit boss from civil war US calvary
 

duggap

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Re: A hunk of lead & is this U.S. a civil war rosette?

From the looks of it, I would say that it is SpanAm period. Most civilwar ones had lead filling and the letters were just slightly different.
 

BuckleBoy

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Re: A hunk of lead & is this U.S. a civil war rosette?

IMO, the letters and the construction look wrong for CW. I think it is Late 1800s or WWI era.

November finds, below:

http://www.mtmdc.com/findmon2003.html


(for example)


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Buckles
 

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