Older The Better
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- Apr 24, 2017
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I worked over a site Iāve beat to death several times over, I actually managed to come up with a few things.
First is a ramrod pipe from a northwest gun, trying to see if I canāt find an exact match
Next I got a couple round balls the first seems chewed on, makes you wonder about the phrase bite the bulletā¦ Iāve hear hogs can do it but as far as I know none were around, maybe a deer?
The last thing is one of several similar pieces, they look like someone cut up a canā¦ but there are no home sites nearby, no modern trash, the property has been in the family since the late 1800āsā¦ unless someone sat in the woods and cut a can into triangles I have to suspect itās 1830ās ishā¦ anyone ever find anything like this at other trade sites?
Last photo should show some size comparison, and the only definitively modern things I find out there, shot shells and .22āsā¦. Above the .22 slug is a small lead disc, Iām wondering if itās not a sprue thatās been snipped from a round ball.
First is a ramrod pipe from a northwest gun, trying to see if I canāt find an exact match
Next I got a couple round balls the first seems chewed on, makes you wonder about the phrase bite the bulletā¦ Iāve hear hogs can do it but as far as I know none were around, maybe a deer?
The last thing is one of several similar pieces, they look like someone cut up a canā¦ but there are no home sites nearby, no modern trash, the property has been in the family since the late 1800āsā¦ unless someone sat in the woods and cut a can into triangles I have to suspect itās 1830ās ishā¦ anyone ever find anything like this at other trade sites?
Last photo should show some size comparison, and the only definitively modern things I find out there, shot shells and .22āsā¦. Above the .22 slug is a small lead disc, Iām wondering if itās not a sprue thatās been snipped from a round ball.
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