1st Stirrup & A Nice Variety of Other Relics!

[mangum]

Hello all! After a horrible week it was great to get out yesterday to get some fresh air, see some good friends & save some history. My favorite find is the iron stirrup (a first for me). Any way to date these? I ordered a power supply today so I can do electrolysis, the stirrup will be my first project. I also found a nice assortment of other relics. Any help on the age of the spoon handle & little buckle would be appreciated. (Use notebook paper lines for size ref) Thanks for looking & HH!

 

[mangum]

I'd also like any input on the spoon handle. It almost seems like there is an iron rod going through the center, I can see it on both ends

 

[JimDon]

Nice collection of finds Josh. I love the Charlotte button. Local history is always a great find.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Very nice early stirrup

~Blaze~

 

[Lifes A Garden...Dig IT]

Mangum, Nice finds. I started doing electrolysis about a few months ago. I am hooked. What a difference it makes to some relics. I will attach some before and after pics of my 1700's-1800's stirrup I found and preserved.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[pong12211]

Nice finds thanks for sharing.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Nice finds Josh. Of course I like the Charlotte button. GL&HH.

 

[collector01]

Nice stirrup. Hope it turns out good. I havnt got one yet. Not sure on the round buckle but I found one just like it a month ago right between a KGIII and a 1819 LC. But was probably used to later dates. HH!

 

[Burnt Chimney]

That Key hole is way cool and will look nice in display case.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Nice assortment of relics Josh. There's an almost identical example of your stirrup in my Neumann & Kravic book that dates to the late 1700s, which also matches up nicely with the tombacs. But I think that spoon handle and gilted buckle date a bit later, probably 1850-1900, as do some of your other finds. Nice hunt!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Great assortment of relics Mangrum. Could your spoon be pewter? If so it looks Colonial era to me. A friend of mine found one dated 1700's that was similar. I'll see in a bit if I can find out what the back of hers looked like.

 

[TokenMan]

Great day I'd say!!! In the last picture you have a relic labeled lantern wick. I have dug 2 of those (along side CW bullets) and had no idea what they were. Thanks for labeling! Can you or someone put up a link to show me how it looked on a working lantern. I can't seem to locate one. Thanks!

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice assortment of relics Josh. There's an almost identical example of your stirrup in my Neumann & Kravic book that dates to the late 1700s, which also matches up nicely with the tombacs. But I think that spoon handle and gilted buckle date a bit later, probably 1850-1900, as do some of your other finds. Nice hunt!

I agree, I think the buckle is late 19th C.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Could your spoon be a rat tail Colonial spoon? Put that in the search engine here and see if that might be it.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Nice saves!

Makes one wonder, how does one lose a stirrup? Not like you wouldn't know it was gone.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[dirtlooter]

great finds, would really like to see how they look after electrolysis

 

[beez0404]

Looks like you had a great day, Josh. Love the stirrup a lot as well as the Charlotte button. Good job!

 

[Davers]

Mangum, Nice finds. I started doing electrolysis about a few months ago. I am hooked. What a difference it makes to some relics. I will attach some before and after pics of my 1700's-1800's stirrup I found and preserved.

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That things Iron Right?
WoW!

 

[Davers]

A great bunch of Finds you got there.

The stirrup will clean up nicely.
Davers