Colonial Iron - Iron shoe buckle and More thanks to OutdoorAdv

[Scrappy]

For all you colonial Nuts, here's some good stuff....

I've been collecting iron and finally got around to sending some down to my buddy Brad. What I received back blew my mind...

First up was a stove leg found at a school site, built in 1786. The schoolhouse itself was one room, approximately 20x20 and was at that time built in the middle of nowhere. The small community the school serviced was built to repair and supply whaling ships at anchorage.

Next is an axe head I found in a civil war camp. I found this very close to a US cartridge box plate I also snagged that day.


My favorite find was an iron shoe buckle found at the virgin colonial site the me and the rest of the Basstards of Bramble detected in April. Here's a before



And after...

Absolutely beautiful. When Brad did electrolysis on the buckle, he realized it had a pewter finish on the front. It was super difficult to work with but holy ****it looks great!!!

I noticed the box he sent back as heavier than the one I sent, and realized Brad was kind enough to include some great stuff as a gift.


Here's the big ones together...


The horseshoe is likely colonial to early 1800's based on Brad's other finds on that site.

The nail piles, left to right:

Rose heads ~late 1700's

Type A cut nail ~1790-1820

Type B cut nail ~1820's and later

Various nails 1800's

Horseshoe tack

Big old nail, and colonial screw

A big thanks to my buddy Brad OutdoorAdv. His preservation skills are amazing, and his knowledge of artifacts from that era is equally impressive.


Enjoy

 

[sutphin]

NICE FINDS THERE SCRAP , YOU GOT A HECK OF A COLLECTION .

 

[GavinoGambino]

Solid relic haul right there

 

[Scrappy]

NICE FINDS THERE SCRAP , YOU GOT A HECK OF A COLLECTION .

Thanks Sut. I'll hopefully doing some pit digging next week since my detector has been in the hospital for three weeks. I hope you've been getting out bro

Steve