1872 Silver Quarter & Crotal Bell with makers mark

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Got back to my favourite field on Sunday for 3hrs and found some more bits and pieces. Finally found my first silver coin of the year, it's an 1872 Silver Quarter! I then found a flat button with the loop intact, it's marked CALLERY & Co. Treble Gilt, Warranted. I also found a brass toe-tap, another IC Loop and a flattened crotal bell.

Using a jewelers loop I noticed the bell was marked C & AGb around the top! Wouldn't you know it, the first crotal bell I find with the makers marks and it's been squished!

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend!
Dave

PS. All the glass and pottery came from a site I only had time to do a field-walk in yesterday on the drive home. Weather permitting, I hope to detect it today!

 

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[46Wheat]

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[ANTIQUARIAN]

Neat little Crotal id say that's a pretty cool find even squashed ,vanzutphen

Thanks for your post sutphin!
I know beggars can't be chosers... but I can only wish it wasn't smashed.

Best of luck to you,
Dave

Nice job! Can you show us a pic of the maker's mark on the bell? I found a broken petal bell, but the piece had a lovely inscription from the manufacturer. Broken, squished, whatever for a bell just adds character.

Thanks very much Eric... sorry to hear your bell find wasn't complete.
I've found lots of horse bells over the past 4 years, but I always get excited when an early crotal pops up.

I'll post a pic I just took of the lettering on the crotal at the bottom of this thread.

Best of luck to you bud,
Dave

Nice going Dave

Thanks bud!

Good silver Dave!

Thanks very much Steve!

Wow, for your 1st silver coin of the year you sure got a nice one!!! If I ever find a silver coin that old, I hope I find it at the end of my hunt, because otherwise it would ruin my hunt, I'd be too busy staring at it and holding it to do any more hunting! Lots if other nice finds, great hunt!!!

I hear you about finding a silver coin McClod!
It sure makes swinging for 3hrs in a farm field seem worth while!

Here's a pic of the quarter cleaned up a bit.

Best of luck to you my friend,
Dave

nice assortment

Thanks buddy!

 

[HistoryHunter22]

Whats the deal with the crotal bells? I found one on one of my first hunts an just thought it was a cat bell haha any feedback is appreciated thank u!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Whats the deal with the crotal bells? I found one on one of my first hunts an just thought it was a cat bell haha any feedback is appreciated thank u!

Thanks for your post and for your interest HH22!
I see you're located in Upstate NY, lots of British settlement history in your neck of the woods, hence there's going to be crotal bells.
If you were to drive northwest to Rochester, we could wave at each other from across the lake!

Here's a link to a UK Detector Finds Data Base website, you can use this site to research any bells you find with makers marks on them.

Crotal bells - ukdfd

Here's a pic of all the crotal/animal and horse bells that I've found in the last four years of detecting.
Dave