Colonial cellar yields a first,and i did not even know.....

[johnnyblaze]

Stopped at another colonial cellar this weekend that seems to have been pounded to death


Spent a couple of hours at it turning up nothing at all and then i got a large hit on this gilted plate..

I didnt think nothing of it because it looked like a piece to a lamp or decorative stove or something

Then i was in some thick brush and pulled this almost complete buckle

I thought the buckle was my only good find until last night Timekiller gave me an Id of a sword
Guard

Here is the Link Pete gave me
http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?101235-1796-Spadroon

I never seen one on here and never found one so i figured i would post

Keep the passion high


Blaze

 

[Lanny in AB]

Sweet find for sure!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very cool finds Johnny!
Congrats man!

Dave

 

[Breezie]

Great find! Congratulations Breezie

 

[timekiller]

It was a Good find. Always like those ones you don't know you got. Here's a little more on them that explains when they started to use the hinge guard.Yours could be the 1786 type.
Take Care,
Pete,
http://www.smallwebs.com/Swords/

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

That's a great find JB. And it looks like a fairly early one at that. Nice going!

 

[Lakemonster]

Thats a cool guard.....

My expertise is in Japanese swords.... but it looks like a epee or foil guard... due to the square hole for the tang.

 

[cellar dweller]

Sweet! Seems like them cellars are never really hunted to death. Thanks for posting>

 

[ruck]

Nice buckle!

 

[dfx willy]

nice find johnny! i have what i beleive is a complete rapier i found in a old barn ill need to post sometime for a id. ill have to decipher the latin off it first. willy

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

VERY nice find, go back and see if you can locate more of the pieces.
ZDD

 

[MKnTenn]

Nice early sword guard, HH

 

[civilman1]

I like it

 

[Valley Ranger]

Super!!!

 

[timekiller]

Johnny,I'd like to encourage you to check the guard out better.Maybe use the site I gave you those guy's know there swords way more then I do which is little to nothing.I used them for the Rev.War sword I found & even though I had a good idea already on what it was because it was in my hand & I could measure it & look it over good & the fact that that type blade stood out to me it was good to hear it from people who deal with it on a regular basis.I say this because since I told you my guess I spent quite a few hours trying to find one like yours (exact) with no luck.Will say this since looking into it more they made those type guards on swords from the 1600's through the mid 1800's.On such swords as Court swords to epee to U.S. pattern 1840 swords.So I think to get a better feel for what you found you need better advise.
Take Care,
Pete,
PS: I'll check back later to see. I've got to go take my mom to surgery for her knee so may be awhile getting back on here for me.

 

[willie3960]

Pretty cool.who woulda thout somthing to do with a sword !

 

[allen]

you are on a roll with the goodies JB !!!!

 

[Tom Bigbee]

I wish there were cellar holes in Mississippi ... Nice unusual find!

 

[VOL1266-X]

Now that's what I'm talking about J.B. !! Great finds and "after the fact" info. on finds makes it even more exciting. I was interested in that buckle from the first post. WTG, Quindy.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Johnny,I'd like to encourage you to check the guard out better.Maybe use the site I gave you those guy's know there swords way more then I do which is little to nothing.I used them for the Rev.War sword I found & even though I had a good idea already on what it was because it was in my hand & I could measure it & look it over good & the fact that that type blade stood out to me it was good to hear it from people who deal with it on a regular basis.I say this because since I told you my guess I spent quite a few hours trying to find one like yours (exact) with no luck.Will say this since looking into it more they made those type guards on swords from the 1600's through the mid 1800's.On such swords as Court swords to epee to U.S. pattern 1840 swords.So I think to get a better feel for what you found you need better advise.
Take Care,
Pete,
PS: I'll check back later to see. I've got to go take my mom to surgery for her knee so may be awhile getting back on here for me.

Hey Pete im looking around trying to find a match

I found an exact match without the cross bars..I cant seem to find any with those cross bars

Seems to be French and maybe French and Indian wars
The one on the right is exact minus the bars.

I wanna get back there and see if i can find more of it


Blaze