Should I Attempt To Straighten This Confederate Spur?

[Indiana Digger]

Hi Everyone,

I found this at about 5 inches deep along with pieces of foundation stone and small brick chunks. I actually had to dig this out from under one of those foundation stones.

It looks like a bent, broken spur.

It is HEAVY.



Taking a couple days off....gonna hit it again next week as we're supposed to have temps climb back up into the low/mid 60's.

Last dash to dig for the season!

Happy Hunting,

~Indiana Digger~

PS: Anyone else have problems loading the forum page the past couple days?

 

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[HISPAN]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

certainly looks like a horse spur....
congrats !

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

That's exactly what it is...nice find!

 

[Goes4ever]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

cool spur! way to go

 

[soupie]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

on the Spur.
HH Soup

 

[EagleDown]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

Nice find.

No problem loading, but was very slow. Seems OK now.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

Nice Civil War-Era spur there!

 

[55th Massachusetts]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

I am 99% sure that is a Confederate spur.....let me check my books.....GREAT FIND!
REB

 

[55th Massachusetts]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

I just looked in Howard Crouch's relic book, and it does look like the Confederate ones pictured in it!
REB

 

[Roland58]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

ID, cool find with the spur! And, yes, quite slow for me, at times. I'm on a 20 meg connection and some pages are taking way longer than usual. I thought it was my machine, except, it didn't seem to be happening at other sites.

 

[KRAZYHORSES]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

looks like something for kicking a horse around! ya ought to melt it down nice find krazyhorses

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

Great work on recovering that spur I.D.!
Tell me, will you attempt to straighten that thing out?

Congrats,
Dave

 

[spitfire55]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

 

[Indiana Digger]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

I just looked in Howard Crouch's relic book, and it does look like the Confederate ones pictured in it!
REB

Thanks for the ID, REB. This was found in east central Indiana. If it is a confed spur, it's a long ways from home...or is it?
I appreciate the help!

Thanks,

~Indiana Digger~

 

[Indiana Digger]

Re: Old Spur...I think...

looks like something for kicking a horse around! ya ought to melt it down nice find krazyhorses

LOL! I can see why you'd be concerned, Krazyhorses!

~Indiana Digger~

 

[BuckleBoy]

You should NOT attempt to straighten it. As thick as that brass is, it will discolor and show distress in the patina. It will also be in danger of breaking. Have it professionally restored (Contact Roland at Hallowed Ground Restorations). OR leave it as-is.

Spurs are so very often found bent, especially in plowed fields.


Hope this helps,


Buckles

 

[{Sentinel}]

You should NOT attempt to straighten it. As thick as that brass is, it will discolor and show distress in the patina. It will also be in danger of breaking. Have it professionally restored (Contact Roland at Hallowed Ground Restorations). OR leave it as-is.

Spurs are so very often found bent, especially in plowed fields.


Hope this helps,


Buckles

Wise words above. Congrats on a very nice piece of history!

 

[sniffer]

if you did straighten it, would that make it better?

 

[SGVALLEYMAN]

Nice spur...can't wait to see what else may be out there..HH
Scott

 

[djm of PA]

awesome spur!!! As for the site, same thing here, 20meg connection and no other site is slow except this. Seems like the owners should consider paying for some more bandwidth