Bronze Harpoon

[steelheadwill]

Dug this neat Harpoon tip,
probably turn of the century.
Fraim padlock, 1908 patent.
A Round Brass bell, 1-3/8 ", too big for a cat
Thanks for looking

 

[spitfire55]

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Thanks All!
Hi Pete,
I dig those pewter items at all the sites I hunt
I can't believe I didn't recognize the harpoon is a match for the one used on the
boat I fish on
The day someone Hooked the blue shark it wasn't on board, so they tried to boat it with 2 gaffs, (not)
Photo with bent rod was a nice bluefin, mate attempted to harpoon 3 times, (not)
Bounced right off it's skin, gotta keep them razor sharp.
We did boat a few small bluefin last year on 30 lb cod rigs.
Anyone up for Headboat codfishing out of NH, you can't beat Gauron in Hampton.
Get on the Northern Star with Captain Rocky, let me know and I'll join you.
Great Boat & crew!
HH all

So is that you holding the tail of that tuna Herbie?

 

[timekiller]

Thanks All!
Hi Pete,
I dig those pewter items at all the sites I hunt
I can't believe I didn't recognize the harpoon is a match for the one used on the
boat I fish on
The day someone Hooked the blue shark it wasn't on board, so they tried to boat it with 2 gaffs, (not)
Photo with bent rod was a nice bluefin, mate attempted to harpoon 3 times, (not)
Bounced right off it's skin, gotta keep them razor sharp.
We did boat a few small bluefin last year on 30 lb cod rigs.
Anyone up for Headboat codfishing out of NH, you can't beat Gauron in Hampton.
Get on the Northern Star with Captain Rocky, let me know and I'll join you.
Great Boat & crew!
HH all

I dig those pewter items at all the sites I hunt


I hear ya.Rub salt in my wound. Must be nice Not so easy here.Put it this way I can drive out the road 5min. & buy that harpoon/dart. But I can't drive out the road 5min. & find a pewter 17th-18th century button. Or even guarantee finding one at all. But your location I guess helps with that being so close to Mass. & Conn..
At the beginning of the French and Indian War (1754), the period when the American people "set up for themselves" in political and social life, there was no exact count of the inhabitants; but from a careful examination of official records, Mr. Bancroft estimated the number as follows:
Colonies.
White.
Colored.

Massachusetts
207,000
3000

New Hampshire
50,000
3000

Connecticut
133,000
3,500

Rhode Island
35,000
4,500

New York
85,000
11,000

New Jersey
73,000
5,000

Pennsylvania and Delaware
195,000
11,000

Maryland
104,000
44,000

Virginia
168,000
116,000

North Carolina
70,000
20,000

South Carolina
40,000
40,000

Georgia
5,000
2,000

Total
1,165,000
260,000



At this period the extent of the territorial claims of England and France was well defined on maps published by Evans and Mitchell in 1754. The British North American colonies stretched coastwise along the Atlantic about 1,000 miles, but inland their extent was very limited. New France extended over a much wider space, from Cape Breton to the mouth of the Mississippi River. The English colonies at that time had a population of 1,485,634, of whom 292,738 were negroes. The French were about 100,000 in number, but they had strong alliances with the Indians. The Indians populated the region on the interior edge of the British colonies. The Indians were frustrated with the constant encroachments and poor treatment by the English, were always ready for war.


Take Care & Keep finding the goodies!
Pete,

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks All!
Hi Pete,
I dig those pewter items at all the sites I hunt
I can't believe I didn't recognize the harpoon is a match for the one used on the
boat I fish on
The day someone Hooked the blue shark it wasn't on board, so they tried to boat it with 2 gaffs, (not)
Photo with bent rod was a nice bluefin, mate attempted to harpoon 3 times, (not)
Bounced right off it's skin, gotta keep them razor sharp.
We did boat a few small bluefin last year on 30 lb cod rigs.
Anyone up for Headboat codfishing out of NH, you can't beat Gauron in Hampton.
Get on the Northern Star with Captain Rocky, let me know and I'll join you.
Great Boat & crew!
HH all

So is that you holding the tail of that tuna Herbie?

Hi Mike, Those are the crew of the 'Northern Star'
this is me with a 41 lb Halibut I caught last season.
(catching a Keeper atlantic Halibut is the equivalent of digging an early Gold Coin)
Still working on that metal detecting story for ya!

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks All!
Hi Pete,
I dig those pewter items at all the sites I hunt
I can't believe I didn't recognize the harpoon is a match for the one used on the
boat I fish on
The day someone Hooked the blue shark it wasn't on board, so they tried to boat it with 2 gaffs, (not)
Photo with bent rod was a nice bluefin, mate attempted to harpoon 3 times, (not)
Bounced right off it's skin, gotta keep them razor sharp.
We did boat a few small bluefin last year on 30 lb cod rigs.
Anyone up for Headboat codfishing out of NH, you can't beat Gauron in Hampton.
Get on the Northern Star with Captain Rocky, let me know and I'll join you.
Great Boat & crew!
HH all

I dig those pewter items at all the sites I hunt


I hear ya.Rub salt in my wound. Must be nice Not so easy here.Put it this way I can drive out the road 5min. & buy that harpoon/dart. But I can't drive out the road 5min. & find a pewter 17th-18th century button. Or even guarantee finding one at all. But your location I guess helps with that being so close to Mass. & Conn..
At the beginning of the French and Indian War (1754), the period when the American people "set up for themselves" in political and social life, there was no exact count of the inhabitants; but from a careful examination of official records, Mr. Bancroft estimated the number as follows:
Colonies.
White.
Colored.

Massachusetts
207,000
3000

New Hampshire
50,000
3000

Connecticut
133,000
3,500

Rhode Island
35,000
4,500

New York
85,000
11,000

New Jersey
73,000
5,000

Pennsylvania and Delaware
195,000
11,000

Maryland
104,000
44,000

Virginia
168,000
116,000

North Carolina
70,000
20,000

South Carolina
40,000
40,000

Georgia
5,000
2,000

Total
1,165,000
260,000



At this period the extent of the territorial claims of England and France was well defined on maps published by Evans and Mitchell in 1754. The British North American colonies stretched coastwise along the Atlantic about 1,000 miles, but inland their extent was very limited. New France extended over a much wider space, from Cape Breton to the mouth of the Mississippi River. The English colonies at that time had a population of 1,485,634, of whom 292,738 were negroes. The French were about 100,000 in number, but they had strong alliances with the Indians. The Indians populated the region on the interior edge of the British colonies. The Indians were frustrated with the constant encroachments and poor treatment by the English, were always ready for war.


Take Care & Keep finding the goodies!
Pete,

Thanks Pete,
Great info!
I moved away from the seacoast 2 years back, that's where I find the oldies, I wish I was MDing when I lived there, Property was right on the small bay that had a tidal powered gristmill dating back to 16-1700s.
I have become proficient at recognizing areas on the coast that have seen early activity, and find blistered pewter on most hunts.
Now I live almost 40 miles inland, and definitely am not so good at finding the interior hotspots. (not for lack of trying).
This is consistent with the statements about most activity being near the coast rather than inland during the early 1700s.
Today I will be pounding that Meetinghouse area and 1770 militia training grounds.
(which I have searched several times, yeilding only one nice 1880 IH).
The soil is very soft, I believe all the oldies have sunk deep, I gotta dig those whispers and nulls.
Great digs to You

 

[timekiller]

Thanks All!
Hi Pete,
I dig those pewter items at all the sites I hunt
I can't believe I didn't recognize the harpoon is a match for the one used on the
boat I fish on
The day someone Hooked the blue shark it wasn't on board, so they tried to boat it with 2 gaffs, (not)
Photo with bent rod was a nice bluefin, mate attempted to harpoon 3 times, (not)
Bounced right off it's skin, gotta keep them razor sharp.
We did boat a few small bluefin last year on 30 lb cod rigs.
Anyone up for Headboat codfishing out of NH, you can't beat Gauron in Hampton.
Get on the Northern Star with Captain Rocky, let me know and I'll join you.
Great Boat & crew!
HH all

I dig those pewter items at all the sites I hunt


I hear ya.Rub salt in my wound. Must be nice Not so easy here.Put it this way I can drive out the road 5min. & buy that harpoon/dart. But I can't drive out the road 5min. & find a pewter 17th-18th century button. Or even guarantee finding one at all. But your location I guess helps with that being so close to Mass. & Conn..
At the beginning of the French and Indian War (1754), the period when the American people "set up for themselves" in political and social life, there was no exact count of the inhabitants; but from a careful examination of official records, Mr. Bancroft estimated the number as follows:
Colonies.
White.
Colored.

Massachusetts
207,000
3000

New Hampshire
50,000
3000

Connecticut
133,000
3,500

Rhode Island
35,000
4,500

New York
85,000
11,000

New Jersey
73,000
5,000

Pennsylvania and Delaware
195,000
11,000

Maryland
104,000
44,000

Virginia
168,000
116,000

North Carolina
70,000
20,000

South Carolina
40,000
40,000

Georgia
5,000
2,000

Total
1,165,000
260,000



At this period the extent of the territorial claims of England and France was well defined on maps published by Evans and Mitchell in 1754. The British North American colonies stretched coastwise along the Atlantic about 1,000 miles, but inland their extent was very limited. New France extended over a much wider space, from Cape Breton to the mouth of the Mississippi River. The English colonies at that time had a population of 1,485,634, of whom 292,738 were negroes. The French were about 100,000 in number, but they had strong alliances with the Indians. The Indians populated the region on the interior edge of the British colonies. The Indians were frustrated with the constant encroachments and poor treatment by the English, were always ready for war.


Take Care & Keep finding the goodies!
Pete,

Thanks Pete,
Great info!
I moved away from the seacoast 2 years back, that's where I find the oldies, I wish I was MDing when I lived there, Property was right on the small bay that had a tidal powered gristmill dating back to 16-1700s.
I have become proficient at recognizing areas on the coast that have seen early activity, and find blistered pewter on most hunts.
Now I live almost 40 miles inland, and definitely am not so good at finding the interior hotspots. (not for lack of trying).
Today I will be pounding that Meetinghouse area and 1770 militia training grounds.
(which I have searched several times, yeilding one nice early IH).
The soil is very soft, I believe all the oldies have sunk deep, I gotta dig those whispers and nulls.
Great digs to You

Good Luck buddy & great pics. you posted.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[allen]

i hate digging fully loaded bullets like those !
Always afraid they will go off in the car.

 

[steelheadwill]

i hate digging fully loaded bullets like those !
Always afraid they will go off in the car.

Hi Allen,
I've gotten dozens (hundreds?) of Different type live rounds from one area,
all dating Indian/Spanish war era, must have had a small boat overturn or something.
this hotchkiss 37mm hi explosive round gave me the willies, it's Huge!