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[blugotti1]

made a few good finds. A 1936 buffalo nick.??, a few musket and pistol balls, buttons, some kind of brass handle??, and another brass round piece with a groove around it, hollow on the inside, and some type of fitting for something on one end. The silver small oval button has a faint "fleur de li" symbol on it. Hope yall like and HH!!!

 

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[toasted]

Nice early silver cufflink circa 1800

 

[blugotti1]

Nice early silver cufflink circa 1800

cufflinks back then had loop shanks like the flat buttons?

 

[toasted]

cufflinks back then had loop shanks like the flat buttons?

Yes and the correct term is linked buttons. Cufflinks is a modern term as these buttons were not only used for cuffs. You might find the other siide if you go back though I never have

 

[Tuberale]

Silver button should say fleur de li_s on it. The s is important.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice finds, especially the silver linked button!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[blugotti1]

thanks guys and thanks "toasted" for telling me that. I never found any cufflinks or link, so I had no idea they had the loop on the back also..

 

[Steve in PA]

"another brass round piece with a groove around it, hollow on the inside, and some type of fitting for something on one end." ​

What you have here is a cap to a keg spigot. The cap fit over the valve on the spigot and allowed access with a key to turn it on/off. I find them all the time on late 18th/early 19th century sites. Congrats on your other finds as well
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[Wildcat1750]

"another brass round piece with a groove around it, hollow on the inside, and some type of fitting for something on one end." ​

What you have here is a cap to a keg spigot. The cap fit over the valve on the spigot and allowed access with at key to turn it on/off. I find them all the time on late 18th/early 19th century sites. Congrats on your other finds as well
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Thanks for the ID info, Steve in PA! I learned something new today! Nick

 

[blugotti1]

"another brass round piece with a groove around it, hollow on the inside, and some type of fitting for something on one end." ​

What you have here is a cap to a keg spigot. The cap fit over the valve on the spigot and allowed access with a key to turn it on/off. I find them all the time on late 18th/early 19th century sites. Congrats on your other finds as well
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ok..thanks Steve!!