i have this thing with finding eagles

[burglarifyoulike]

this weekend i headed with my family and many extended family to my parents' cabin in the mountains of beautiful WV. i had hoped to detect at the site of my dad and his siblings' old school which is there no longer, but property is owned by a girl scout camp. i am still hopeful that i can obtain permission to hunt there, but have had no calls back after 3 messages left with caretaker and girlscout administration. anyway, that plan thwarted, i headed to the cellar hole on my parents' property where i dug many canning jar lids (i hate those things) and shotgun caps (i hate them a little less than the jar lids), one cute little bayer aspirin bottle that i found by the lid, and a plow blade. being rather discouraged with the finds, i decided to head to another property owned by my uncle's family where i've found a few interesting items that i hope someday to post on "what is it?", but where my imagination always runs wild since my relative's daughter-in-law found a $20 gold piece while planting flowers!!! there has been no house there for many years, but my dad says he thinks had been built in the late 1800's. i was there for several hours and was ready to call it a night (my finds had been few, a thimble, with the top cut or corroded off, 2 unidentifiable scraps, a large piece of old clock innards, and some other various trash) when my cousin happened by, saw what i was up to and brought out his head lamp. i considered leaving due to my lack of success, but thought i'd try detecting with a headlamp. it was great! i could get hooked! and thanks to the headlamp i found this eagle thing. i must say that i nearly gave up, it was deep, the ground was hard, even after the snow had soaked in, it was partially wedged in under a large rock, and i thought it must be a plumbing device when i could tell its elbow shape. even after i finally got it out, i thought it was more funny than neat. my dad, though, thinks its really a good find, he thought maybe it was a cane topper. it is my third eagle find in about two months, which is why i thought this find was funny, none on old coins, though. well, thanks for reading this lengthy post!

 

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[Evolx10]

I think your dad is correct looks like a cane handle. Dirt fishing at night can get addicting. With a $20 gold piece being found there i would personally not stop detecting till i at least found a silver.

GL searching.

 

[civilman1]

Find the right "gnarly" looking stick and I think that baby is ready for service again.Very Cool Find

 

[shaun7]

doesn't this look similar to a sword handle top somebody posted a while ago?

 

[blklab]

That is a really cool find. Neat eagle. You sure worked plenty hard enough
for it. Congratulations. Doug (blklab)

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Nice find....I know Buckleboy just found one of these in September or August

 

[burglarifyoulike]

thanks to all above for your replies! i appreciate the input! HH

 

[cseward9089]

Hey I think I know what you have there. It is a horn (i think that is what it is called) from a saddle dated pre civil war. My father in law (civil war collector) bought a saddle many years ago because it had the exact eagle head as the horn. Can't tell you much more than that however I do recall it dated pre civil war (spanish war?)

 

[burglarifyoulike]

Hey I think I know what you have there. It is a horn (i think that is what it is called) from a saddle dated pre civil war. My father in law (civil war collector) bought a saddle many years ago because it had the exact eagle head as the horn. Can't tell you much more than that however I do recall it dated pre civil war (spanish war?)

wow! i never thought it could be something like that! thanks for the reply, i think i'll take it to a shop nearby where the owner buys and sells civil war collectibles, coins tokens, etc. oh, welcome to treasurenet, its a fun place!

 

[fortbball9]

I would probably say it to be the end off of a sword or knife,since it doesn't look to be very big

http://www.oldnew-goodstuff.com/i/Swords/German-Eagle-Dagger_1.jpg
http://snyderstreasures.com/images/thumbnails/weapons/eh/SwordEHAnchorShipLangetsHR_small.jpg
http://snyderstreasures.com/images/thumbnails/weapons/eh/EHWidmannOpenBeakShellHR_small.jpg

fortbball9

 

[whitesPA]

nice find

 

[burglarifyoulike]

I would probably say it to be the end off of a sword or knife,since it doesn't look to be very big

http://www.oldnew-goodstuff.com/i/Swords/German-Eagle-Dagger_1.jpg
http://snyderstreasures.com/images/thumbnails/weapons/eh/SwordEHAnchorShipLangetsHR_small.jpg
http://snyderstreasures.com/images/thumbnails/weapons/eh/EHWidmannOpenBeakShellHR_small.jpg

fortbball9

thank you so much for the idea and the links!! the bottom two look very similar to the item i found. we actually did consider a sword handle, but thought maybe its too round rather than flattened? also, there are four holes spaced evenly around the bottom as if they were used in fastening it onto whatever it sat on. all the ideas are good, i'll post if i find out anything definite.

 

[kevo]

I believe buckles found a similar relic a while back. Nice find

 

[Ramapirate]

I used to play with a cane when I was a kid that belonged to my grandmother
that had that exact top on it. Very cool find!

HH,
Ramapirate

 

[burglarifyoulike]

I used to play with a cane when I was a kid that belonged to my grandmother
that had that exact top on it. Very cool find!

HH,
Ramapirate

thanks ramapirate for your input! i'll try to do a search on images for cane tops. one thing that i think is funny about finding this is that it would be hard to lose such a big item, ar at least easy to find it once it had benn lost!

 

[burglarifyoulike]

I believe buckles found a similar relic a while back. Nice find
[thanks for the reply! is it possible to do e search to find his post?/quote]

 

[watercolor]

Very neat eagle! (I'm hoping it's from a sword. . . THAT would be cool!)

watercolor

 

[BuckleBoy]

doesn't this look similar to a sword handle top somebody posted a while ago?

I posted one.  


Does your eagle have a hole under the beak?  If so, then it is Certainly a sword pommel.  If not--it still could be from a dirk or something.

But with the holes in the SIDES of the piece--cane topper is more likely than sword pommel...


I actually think your piece is MOST likely to be a Saddle Pommel.  The one in the second link below should be an exact match to the one you found.    (See reply #41 in that post for the information I posted when I ID'ed the find, as well as reply #49 for what it looked like attached to the saddle.)


http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,174095.0.html


http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,116474.0.html




Nice Find!



-Buckleboy

 

[burglarifyoulike]

Very neat eagle! (I'm hoping it's from a sword. . . THAT would be cool!)

watercolor

thanks!! me, too! and especially my 8 yr old. HE loves swords!!

 

[burglarifyoulike]

doesn't this look similar to a sword handle top somebody posted a while ago?

I posted one.


Does your eagle have a hole under the beak? If so, then it is Certainly a sword pommel. If not--it still could be from a dirk or something.

But with the holes in the SIDES of the piece--cane topper is more likely than sword pommel...


I actually think your piece is MOST likely to be a Saddle Pommel. The one in the second link below should be an exact match to the one you found. (See reply #41 in that post for the information I posted when I ID'ed the find, as well as reply #49 for what it looked like attached to the saddle.)


http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,174095.0.html


http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,116474.0.html




Nice Find!



-Buckleboy

thank you, thank you!! mystery solved!! i am thrilled to know this, my little boy will be ecstatic!! he, too, has a great imagination when it comes to my finds, but this time the reality is as good as our imaginings!! this is by far the best thing i've found!! GREATLY appreciate your help!!