Again, another ho-hum almost epic colonial hunt

[smokeythecat]

I did manage to get out awhile to a known colonial spot. The area was settled after 1630. I wasn't there long enough to get really tired out but got some nice stuff.

Colonial buttons, the cufflink has an engraved anchor on it and something else I can't make out, thimble, solid brass drawer knob, a pewter button with design, two little brass studs for a chest or trunk.



Can you see what's on the cufflink?



The bigger item on the top is what's left of the melt with sprues where they were casting buttons or bullets from pewter, rolled up lead, on the left what's left of the lead that went around a gun flint, pipe stem.



Buckle and buckle pieces. Some have nice designs.



Pieces of black glass (green) colonial bottles, the string rim from one, pre 1760, and a piece of German Westerwald (blue and grey.)



This could be a piece of a colonial musket. I can't be sure on this.

 

[CRUSADER]

Anchor? plus ?

 

[Hawks88]

Nice finds. Congrats

 

[smokeythecat]

Plus I can't make it out.

 

[Rookster]

Nice selection of finds.

 

[WHADIFIND]

I see a long haired woman, with the hair flowing to the left and down. Plus...I think she's playing some sort of harp sort of thing to the right.


Not much help....right?

Nice finds anyhoo.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice colonial keepers!

 

[smokeythecat]

Regarding the cufflink, I really can't make it out, however on the bottom right you can clearly make out the end of an anchor.

 

[CRUSADER]

Plus I can't make it out.

nor can I, but I think I remember it from somewhere. It will get IDed.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Regarding the cufflink, I really can't make it out, however on the bottom right you can clearly make out the end of an anchor.

The eye makes patterns into what the mind thinks the item is, I see the "end of the anchor". Looks like an arrow. But divorce yourself from seeing it as an arrow and see just the top curve of the "arrow" and then follow the "point" up around the right as a continuance of the line.

Isn't an imagination *WONDERFUL!!* ?

 

[smokeythecat]

I would appreciate any input. That's 3 colonial cufflinks from within 50' of each other. Plus some baby dog ticks!

Crusader, I recall seeing it somewhere also.

Here's a drawing of the lines I can absolutely make out.



Anchor with Saint? Dolphin? Mermaid? Alien or dead fish?

I did find one reference to a woman leaning on an anchor, that type of image was widely used in the colonial world to depict hope - in an age before antibiotics, of wars and rumors of wars (like now), high infant mortality and short life spans.

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Those are some great finds! Looks like a promising site!

 

[smokeythecat]

Thanks. Going back tomorrow. Place has been hunted by a couple clubs. They missed a lot.

"Bits and bobs" as they would have said in "Detectorists". These little things represent someone's LIFE.

 

[ivan salis]

whaling fleet button? or if a harp as another has said maybe irish related ...

 

[toasted]

WTG on the spectacle buckle

 

[smokeythecat]

Went back today. My partner got a seated dime, I got a rock. Plus some more cool colonial stuff! Film at 11.