Colonial Finds Made Last Sunday @ Mr Brants

[Derek752]

Greetings All ...Last Sunday I returned to a very old site I have hunted in the past. It's the site of a very famous Mohawk Indian chiefs home who was prominent during the American Revolution. Now , sadly the owner of the house and property died last May. But his brother has graciously let me indulge myself. Fade back to around 1985. There was an archaeological dig where Indian chiefs home was. What was found was kept by the college that did the dig. NOW ...before the owner passed away the college returned everything to the rightful land owner along with the finds and their complete files concerning the entire history of the area. The brother was kind enough to give me copies of all the files which I read through in one evening. There was more detailed information in the files then I could have dreamed of. I pieced together a few clues and went to a recently harvested field and fired up the Whites. It wasn't long before I started hitting square nails and broken pipe stems. My first good find was the 1785 Nova Constellatio. It is the 2nd one I've found on the property. Next was the Connecticut copper. I believe the date is 1786. Been soaking it in olive oil and more detail is starting to appear. I also dug a small cuff link along with a rusty Jews Harp and several musketballs. Then came the biggie ...the screamer that stayed in the 50 cent piece range ! I half expected a squashed Pepsi can but when I flipped the dirt out popped what I thought was a buckle. Apparently, after brushing off the dirt, it was no buckle. Got it home washed it off with soap and water. I had a notion it was a sword guard and after a quick search on the internet I found an oyster guard on a French officers "epee" very similar to the one I found except the motif is different. I've included photos of the one I found online which shows the entire sword and close ups of the guard. Swords of this type range between 1750's to around 1800. The guard I found depicts 4 different men. Two sitting , one sitting next to a dog , and one man I guess is dancing. It was a great day and the finds were awesome. BTW the brass hook type thing I was told is a belt hook used to hold a flintlock pistol. Has anyone ever seen this type of hook ? This weekend is supposed to be sunny and close to 50 so can you guess where I'll be ? Thanks for looking at my post and HH.

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks BosnMate. I found the same on this link -> HistoricalShop.com--Revolutionary War Battle Items It's about half way down the page.

they didn't change much for many years

 

[Iron Patch]

Thanks BosnMate. I found the same on this link -> HistoricalShop.com--Revolutionary War Battle Items It's about half way down the page.

Seems they can be both, off a sword or bayonet frog, but swords seem to have many more style clips which is why Romeo and myself think of these more commonly used on a bayonet frog. If bayonet frogs also had a variety it's something I did not know... not that I know much about any of this in the first place.