Bavaria Mike
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Hi all! I haven’t been posting much as the family, job, affairs and house have been keeping me busy but, I still find time to get out and hunt. So many fields are open and so little time, LOL. Have done several hunts lately so I went through the bags and dug out some interesting relics. A few buttons.
A broken silver ring, 1937 brass/aluminum 5 Pfennig coin and a German WWII military button with a strange backing, a first for me. The button cleaned up nice.
A few buckles I have not dated.
Six lead seals.
I always find plenty of musket balls but every once in awhile an unusual ball pops up. This extra large ball, 23mm or 1-1/8”, iron filled lead coating, was fired from a small shoulder cannon called a hook gun (hackenbuechse), it had a hook on it that was mounted over a wall to absorb the recoil.
Several relics.
An interesting horn or bugle. The shank is bent and is seen above the horn. My first thoughts were military but I have not researched it.
Two nice weights. Left is a cube with a Dram/Drachm ℥ symbol, an “S” and bottom has a “1 CZ” and weighs 14 grams. Right is a bowl weight, shaped to fit inside the next size weight so they stacked within each other. It weighs 16 grams and has a “1” and a small hallmark in the bottom. I have found nearly two complete sets of these now. Both weights use a style of a “1” I would place into the 1700s.
Three silver coins, left is a 3 Kreuzer 1723 from Bavarian King Maxmilian Emanuel, looks to have been made into a button. Date is at the 0700 (17) 0600 (3) 0500 (23). An 1853 and an 1835.
Reverse of the coins.
My best find in awhile, obverse of a silver 1562 hammered. Ugly and broken but old, LOL. There is a small chance it could be milled as Germany was developing coin mills around this time period. I am not sure what it is yet, have to research it.
Reverse, date of 1562 at the 1100 position. HH, Mike
A broken silver ring, 1937 brass/aluminum 5 Pfennig coin and a German WWII military button with a strange backing, a first for me. The button cleaned up nice.
A few buckles I have not dated.
Six lead seals.
I always find plenty of musket balls but every once in awhile an unusual ball pops up. This extra large ball, 23mm or 1-1/8”, iron filled lead coating, was fired from a small shoulder cannon called a hook gun (hackenbuechse), it had a hook on it that was mounted over a wall to absorb the recoil.
Several relics.
An interesting horn or bugle. The shank is bent and is seen above the horn. My first thoughts were military but I have not researched it.
Two nice weights. Left is a cube with a Dram/Drachm ℥ symbol, an “S” and bottom has a “1 CZ” and weighs 14 grams. Right is a bowl weight, shaped to fit inside the next size weight so they stacked within each other. It weighs 16 grams and has a “1” and a small hallmark in the bottom. I have found nearly two complete sets of these now. Both weights use a style of a “1” I would place into the 1700s.
Three silver coins, left is a 3 Kreuzer 1723 from Bavarian King Maxmilian Emanuel, looks to have been made into a button. Date is at the 0700 (17) 0600 (3) 0500 (23). An 1853 and an 1835.
Reverse of the coins.
My best find in awhile, obverse of a silver 1562 hammered. Ugly and broken but old, LOL. There is a small chance it could be milled as Germany was developing coin mills around this time period. I am not sure what it is yet, have to research it.
Reverse, date of 1562 at the 1100 position. HH, Mike
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A nice collection.
