✅ SOLVED Civil War Bullet Pouch Finial Mystery....

[DCMetal]

On day two with my new AT Pro, I found a finial in my yard, my fourth to date. When I posted the first two finial, readers said they were most likely bullet pouch finials. When I found the 3rd one, the consensus was not the same. I found all of them, including the fourth, a few feet apart (5ft to 6ft) and also in the vicinity of where I found two Civil War bullets, a Wilson Cleaner, 2 musket balls and grapeshot.

While I'd like to think these are pouch finials, I really don't know. Given the amount of fire pits and old animal bones I've found, I believe my land may have been a very brief makeshift CW camp sight. If so, these finds would make sense but one or two of the finials seem slightly different. I know there were different versions of finials on pouches but these are generally the same.

One looks to have a black finish with a thicker base and a deeper threaded base. Two have hints of gold/gilt or brass finish. The size and style seems right but if they're not pouch finials, what are they?

 

[A2coins]

Awesome finds in your own yard too wow! I got the AT PRO also luv it I got the nel attack coil for it its amazing and goes a few inches deeper.Nice finds

 

[jewelerguy]

those look like dog collar spikes to me

 

[DCMetal]

those look like dog collar spikes to me

Yes, that's what someone said last time but then why would one be different? Also, one has black paint and two have what look to be remnants of brass. Do the spikes on dog collars come unscrewed? I have no clue.

Thanks for chiming in! ; )

 

[DCMetal]

Awesome finds in your own yard too wow! I got the AT PRO also luv it I got the nel attack coil for it its amazing and goes a few inches deeper.Nice finds

So now I guess I need to get that coil. I better try to read the manual first.

 

[digging440yrs]

Maybe flag finials--old ones

 

[A2coins]

Just a friendly comment

 

[DCMetal]

Just a friendly comment

Glad you mentioned it. I had no clue about the coil and looking forward to getting one. ; )

 

[duggap]

I have never seen one with the hole in the bottom like that.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Dog collar spikes come in a few varieties, some are screw on, some are rivet back. I'm fairly sure that's what you have there, different types from different collars, or from a rock and roll jacket....

 

[DCMetal]

Dog collar spikes come in a few varieties, some are screw on, some are rivet back. I'm fairly sure that's what you have there, different types from different collars, or from a rock and roll jacket....

Okay, I'm fighting the dog collar stud only based on some of the photos I've seen (link below). I'm being stubborn :unhappy smiley:

https://www.shilohrelics.com/cgi-bin/Display_Item.asp?108611

 

[flyadive]

They are ornamental pull nobs. I bought same from Home Depot back in the day.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Just trying to be helpful with info. American-made civil war era cartridge-box (and cap-box, etc.) finials are attached by riveting... not screw-on like what you found.

 

[DCMetal]

Just trying yo be helpful with info. American-made civil war era cartridge-box (and cap-box, etc.) finials are attached by riveting... not screw-on like what you found.

Well.... coming from you... I must put it to rest. So bummed ; (

 

[Icewing]

Just a theory but if they were pointed pull knobs, someone ran into them one too many times, unscrewed them and threw all four as hard as they could to be sure they never returned.

Or knobs from the top of a metal umbrella stand.

 

[A2coins]

curtain rod ends

 

[ctalmadg]

Those went on the ends of curtain rods.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Here's a pic of some repro finials, I'm positive those are dog collar spikes, I have a bunch of them. Not trying to disparage your finds, and I'll bet there's still a lot of good stuff to find there from what you've got already

 

[DCMetal]

Here's a pic of some repro finials, I'm positive those are dog collar spikes, I have a bunch of them. Not trying to disparage your finds, and I'll bet there's still a lot of good stuff to find there from what you've got already

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All good observations but gentlemen let me just say.... these are not curtain rod finials. As a woman I can tell you, none of you know how to decorate. Otherwise you'd be hanging curtains with rods the size of toothpicks. : ) Laugh, laugh, giggle, giggle. Calling this one Solved. Cheers

 

[PaJim]

What kind of animal bones did you find? Perhaps you found Fido and his old collar

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