Acorn button?

[NHmetaldetectrelichunter]

Another find I just got from a night hunt. Could this of been maybe a small handle for a cabinet? I know it’s old!!

 

[KSDirtfisher77]

Another find I just got from a night hunt. Could this of been maybe a small handle for a cabinet? I know it’s old!!View attachment 2086134View attachment 2086135View attachment 2086136View attachment 2086137View attachment 2086138View attachment 2086139View attachment 2086140

You might be right. It might be a drawer pull. That's a neat piece. That will look good cleaned up a bit & in your relic display. Congrats.

 

[NHmetaldetectrelichunter]

You might be right. It might be a drawer pull. That's a neat piece. That will look good cleaned up a bit & in your relic display. Congrats.

Thanks yes. I’ve started to collect quite a few in the past month or so since I’ve been metal detecting 😊

 

[KSDirtfisher77]

Thanks yes. I’ve started to collect quite a few in the past month or so since I’ve been metal detecting 😊

Yes very addictive hobby, especially when you get on a great site to hunt.

 

[NHmetaldetectrelichunter]

Yes very addictive hobby, especially when you get on a great site to

Yea for sure. Im going to places that I used to play when I was a child. I’d like to discover some more un detected sites. There are numerous old cellar holes in the woods around here. I have been to a few more known ones that have been hit before me, I do always seem to manage to find something worth making a post on here about

 

[KSDirtfisher77]

Yea for sure. Im going to places that I used to play when I was a child. I’d like to discover some more un detected sites. There are numerous old cellar holes in the woods around here. I have been to a few more known ones that have been hit before me, I do always seem to manage to find something worth making a post on here about

Yeah I got alot of old homesteads/ limestone foundations I hunt year after year. They always seem to produce. But i got the weeds & crops to deal with before they are too tall, soo i got a limited hunt time on each site. Gotta love this hobby.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Nearly everything is a treasure to us. I save items that many folks would laugh at. Keep digging!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice one !
Yes, it looks like a Draw Pull.

 

[ironhorse]

Neat find you have there.
We have had other similar items to that posted in the past here on Tnet..and if my memory is correct, those were the top to the lid of a tea (coffee)canister or caddy.
Designs were different but the top handle or finial were made of base metal and the canisters were tin so the can rusted or was broken away.
I dont have a reference post or pic but I'm sure the researchers will confirm or deny lol.
Keep at it!

 

[CRUSADER]

Neat find you have there.
We have had other similar items to that posted in the past here on Tnet..and if my memory is correct, those were the top to the lid of a tea (coffee)canister or caddy.
Designs were different but the top handle or finial were made of base metal and the canisters were tin so the can rusted or was broken away.
I dont have a reference post or pic but I'm sure the researchers will confirm or deny lol.
Keep at it!

It crossed my mind, but not seen one quite like it, other than its the right metal & general size for one of these. Late 18th-early 19th C.

 

[scruggs]

Cool find you made! It will look great in a display case!

 

[Sandog]

Or as the knob for the display case.

 

[NHmetaldetectrelichunter]

Nice one !
Yes, it looks like a Draw Pull.

I feel now with further thought, if it was, the nub in the back would be threaded.

 

[CRUSADER]

Neat find you have there.
We have had other similar items to that posted in the past here on Tnet..and if my memory is correct, those were the top to the lid of a tea (coffee)canister or caddy.
Designs were different but the top handle or finial were made of base metal and the canisters were tin so the can rusted or was broken away.
I dont have a reference post or pic but I'm sure the researchers will confirm or deny lol.
Keep at it!

Forgot, I was thinking a tobacco box lid rather than Tea, but I guess it could be either.

 

[Digger RJ]

Another find I just got from a night hunt. Could this have been maybe a small handle for a cabinet? I know it’s old!!View attachment 2086134View attachment 2086135View attachment 2086136View attachment 2086137View attachment 2086138View attachment 2086139View attachment 2086140

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[devldog]

Great Save and Find of the acorn piece. Congrat's. This particular piece probably has nothing to do with the CW, but the acorn was the symbol of the 14th Corps, U.S. during the American CW. One of my favorite relics is an acorn carved from a lead ball. Again, great Save on this piece. It has lots of detail to it, and I'm sure a story to accompany it as well.