What The?

[rock]

Well I went out today and wanted to do this one by itself cause I just dont know what it is. Looks like a Dalton base but then reworked to something else. What says everyone?

 

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[rock]

Got 3 more strange ones to go with this one. All of them are whole artifacts.

 

[NC field hunter]

Well I went out today and wanted to do this one by itself cause I just dont know what it is. Looks like a Dalton base but then reworked to something else. What says everyone?

Rock, the first piece I'm certain is a gun flint. It is a nice English flint. This one has its battle scars. One of the cooler ones I've ever seen. The others look like scrapers. I will look at them again. The flint had my eye!!

 

[GatorBoy]

There are some musket Flint in here on the bottom right. That was a good find. I would be metal detecting that area.. you could find some ammo. In your third photo on the right is another gunflint. The rest look like flakes.

 

[GatorBoy]

 

[rock]

well I did find some old red bricks out there in different parts of the fields. One of the bricks actually had the word Georgia on it just missing the G. I dont know what time frame that would of been for the bricks. But is a old style texture and not like now days style. Could be gun flints i guess.

 

[GatorBoy]

They are definitely gun Flint. And you have stumbled onto a great site for metal detecting. Keep your eye open for things like clay pipes. That homestead more than likely dates somewhere in the 19th century.

 

[rock]

Cool it will give me something to do when they plant the fields.....tick, tock just days away.

 

[rock]

This is a point with a broken tip. What type is this strange one? Well I think it is broken dang ugly thing

 

[GatorBoy]

Good luck! That's actually pretty exciting. Even if it wasn't a military site most able body men that were of age were a part of the US military during that time period so most homesteads had some type of military material. You could find some great buttons..ammo...coins..ect..

 

[rock]

We posted at the same time.

 

[GatorBoy]

This is a point with a broken tip. What type is this strange one? Well I think it is broken dang ugly thing

That's definitely not a point from what I see. Mabey it's a scraper with a spur.... let me open the floor for other opinions.... that's what I got from what I saw.

 

[rock]

OK thanks for your thoughts it has been a great help, GB and NC.

 

[rock]

These were a big heart breaker for me today.

 

[NC field hunter]

These were a big heart breaker for me today.

Rock, I love ya brother, but how the hell is that flint a heart breaker? Mighty nice find! The milky quartz piece does look like it could be a morrow mt. type base. Not sure if morrow mt. is found in your area.

 

[GatorBoy]

Dude the Dark One is another gunflint. The piece of quartz I don't know.

 

[GatorBoy]

If I were you I would do a little research on where battles were held in your area.

 

[GatorBoy]

Rock, I love ya brother, but how the hell is that flint a heart breaker? Mighty nice find! The milky quartz piece does look like it could be a morrow mt. type base. Not sure if morrow mt. is found in your area.

I don't think he figured out it was another one.

 

[rock]

Really I thought it was a fluted piece. I have never found flints. And the quartz one is a big broken base. We have MM here. Found 8 miles away.

 

[GatorBoy]

Okay I think it's about time to post some close up pictures of gunflint. by the looks of things you're going to find more there.