When I found the sword guard I was thinking that the relief was similar to some other sword parts that I found a few years ago. I looked back and pulled these pics. The quillon block and pommel are from a site miles away and they're obviously not from the same sword but it's interesting how...
Yeah, these were from two different sites and I think the sword guard is late 18th C. That period would fit the site and the Classical Greek influence in the relief would support that.
That's a banner in my opinion. It's not the first to show up on tnet, but good grief, the condition is amazing! And, it's such a historic coin for the U.S.
Same here.
Your post made me curious, so I searched this site, going back about 20 years, there have been a couple of script-R's and a very beat up block-R like mine. There was also a reproduction and a civilian button that looked sort of similar. There could have been a few others that I...
Thanks everyone, for the well-wishes for my back. It's always a little bad, but this time I was putting on my left sock and I guess pinched my sciatic nerve. Holy crap! It laid me out and still hurts.
mbcu was definitely a good sport to dig some holes for me, especially when I found better...
Hurt my back pretty badly right before Christmas and still can't dig holes, but I went out this weekend a couple of times to hobble around and watch. mbcuce felt bad for me and agreed to dig and let me swing his detecter some. Amazingly, with some very limited detecting, I found a couple of...
Nice hunt!
The silver tip thing looks like it could be part of a 19th century mechanical pencil, but it might be a little too big for that. It's hard to judge the scale exactly.
Thanks. I'm getting better. I've had issues on and off, as well, but this time was the worst. I was putting on my left sock and it felt like I'd been struck by lightning.
I've messed up my back, so I don't think I'll be adding any new finds in 2021. When I think about detecting this year, it seems like I had more mystery items than in the two previous years. For the most part, each of these finds still unsolved, to some degree, but I do have some updates.
This...
Got a great gift from mbcuce this Christmas. He used images from my Tnet posts and had this coffee mug made. I can relive the glory days while I drink my coffee...