Handful between the rain storms

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Made it out for a couple short hunts to some sites in the woods that I thought would drain well. Here are the finds.


Either a pin or a button, can anyone ID this



Found where an 1800’s barn would have been, unique in that it is made from two different layers of brass, you can see the green tone in the inner layer that must have more copper content. Never seen a horse tack buckle like this.

Big Silver (Play)! I’ve found play dimes before, first play half.



A few coins popped out, the War Nickel was in the debris pile of a ground hog hole (old Aqua Chigger trick)



Here is the handful.

Upper right is a muzzle loader slug, had me thinking I had something old, but not.
Center item seems like a mouthpiece from a slide whistle? Tag with a big hole is a typical miner/farmer tag common in these parts.

Here are some examples of mid and high tone 1800’s junk I run into often, lucky not to find bottle caps or pull tabs at my sites.


Is this a bird band?


Also found an intact pint milk bottle, first for me



And of course a spoon.


Good luck out there!

 

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[GB1]

nice finds

 

[Ammoman]

No pull tabs or bottle caps? Let me know where you hunt and I can fix that for you!

LOL btw...you got some very nice finds there. The Indians alone would have made my MONTH!

 

[RVRoamer73]

Wow! You pick up several goodies. Looks like 3 IHC's, that's awesome. A good day in the woods to be sure. Congrats !!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice assortment of finds!

 

[thrifty76now]

Your hunt this day was very productive with 3 IH and a silver war nickel dug.I also like the old milk bottle.

 

[Whyme]

Nice IHP's and war nick! Congrats!

 

[A2coins]

Great hunt I hate those cheap metal tags I like that charm or token piece really cool and His Well done!!!!!!!

 

[Reanm8er]

Very nice finds!

Could you clean the item in pics 1-2 and show us what it looks like?

Best of luck!

 

[Rookster]

Awesome hunt.Congrats

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Very nice finds!

Could you clean the item in pics 1-2 and show us what it looks like?

Best of luck!

I cleaned it like an old copper coin, no water just dry brushing to preserve some clay for contrast. I’ll clean it up some more and take some pics. It was found at a 1850-1950 site. My guess is that it was a small brooches/pin (second pic shows 2 small iron spots, maybe had small pin here). Maybe horn aplenty/cornucopia design? It could also be a layer of a really fancy button, maybe colored glass and an iron back with a shank at one point.

 

[Steve in PA]

You keep adding to your collection, one handful at a time. Have you made any displays?

 

[lairmo]

Nice finds!!! looks like it could be a bird band...and that bottle cleaned up nice!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Here is the piece cleaned up a bit more. Any ideas?

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

You keep adding to your collection, one handful at a time. Have you made any displays?

Thx Steve. I definitely need to make a display. Just lots of shoe boxes now. I’m thinking a blueprint tray style organizer may work well.

 

[Steve in PA]

Thx Steve. I definitely need to make a display. Just lots of shoe boxes now. I’m thinking a blueprint tray style organizer may work well.

Check out Indian River Display Cases website