A few relics, musket balls and bullets...

[Bavaria Mike]

A few finds from this week and today. Below, found the bullets during a 30 minute lunch hunt. Found the buckle and a man’s ring in some dirt mounds where they are building new houses later in the evening.

Found the rest of the finds today. Was raining and very cold, only got to hunt for about 1.5 hours when a storm rolled in and snow flakes appeared. I started on a harvested corn field then moved to a grass field to clean off the boots, boots got cleaned and so did I. I was dripping wet and chilled to the bone when I got to the car. Here’s a few bits I found. Head of a brass nail, a bovine ear number half, glass button and a small copper button.

The lead. A large caliber musket ball with the mold nipple still attached, a headless horseman, found the stand a few feet away from it. Part of a lead seal, another lead seal with a thick white patina. A lead soldier stand and a smaller shot musket ball.

Some kind of intricate harness mount piece.

Reverse of the mount piece, has a loop where a belt or strap went through.

A holed copper coin, date looks like an 1850 and a nice little religious pendant.

Reverse of the coin and pendant. Look close at the shield on the pendant, I found another pendant with this emblem on it and the same shape of a Maltese cross awhile back. Has several symbols on it. Supposed to be in the low 30s all weekend with some snow, Brrr. HH, Mike

 

[Roger Mn.]

Those are interesting finds.I should take more interest in your finds since my ancestors were from germany.I've herd theres Gold there also.Good luck detecting.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

What exactly is a Mount Piece?? Whatever it is I like it !! Nice assortment of finds !

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[CRUSADER]

Small lead ball must be a pistol shot.

I often wonder how these lead toys get into the middle of random fields?

 

[Evolution]

Nice variety of finds Mike. Nice post.

 

[tymcmurray]

You have to be JACKED!!!!
Those are some nice finds.

 

[ModernMiner]

Mike,
Very nice. I love the religious pendant and headless horseman.
Congrats,
MM

 

[CarolinaDigs]

All are wonderful finds !

 

[Bavaria Mike]

The best I can describe a harness mount piece would be something decorative attached to the harness. Kind of like pimp my ride or harness, LOL. Some of my fields I know were dumping areas for the town waste disposal or toilet disposal. The wagon would go through town and collect the human crap then dump it in the fields, this was popular through the 1800s and into the early 1900s and that is the date of the majority of my finds. Of course the straw and animal crap from barns was always placed on the fields as well and those piles were also where the trash ended up. The area where I live started as a crossroads before 1008, still is a crossroad however, in the old days, people would stay the night here. Armies have camped here all around the outside of the town traveling to whatever crusade they were on. That probably explains why I find so many musket balls, many with the mold nipple still attached. HH, Mike

 

[desertfox]

Great finds Mike. I was wondering where you were hunting. Now I know. Great looking Harness Mount Piece, I like the headless soldier also. Just in time for Halloween. HH

Desertfox

 

[civilman1]

The harness mount piece is sweet Mike along with the medal.....Still kickin' but in Bavaria.I'd hate for you to have to dig 30 "zincoln's" in a day Thank's for sharing and HH!!