OutdoorAdv
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- Apr 16, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus,
GPX 4500,
Equinox 800,
AT Max
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
*UPDATE*: Its a modified Springfield Pattern 1810 Bayonet. Modified for use during the War of 1812!! Lots more information in post #37 on page 3.
Here are some quick links to the comments in this thread with the bayonet information:
Bayonet Post Electrolysis Pictures
Bayonet Identification Email
This was my first trip with my new XP Deus. I spent 9 hours in the field today, getting to know the machine by digging everything, including the signals I knew were big iron. (Picture of all the iron at the bottom, was 40+ lbs) Anyway, in the midst of digging all the big iron, I hit the jackpot with a beautiful bayonet. It was a signal I know I listened to many times on my V3i, then on my T2 and today I dug it in the process of learning my XP Deus. I still have no idea what style bayonet is it, however it does not match any in my CW Crouch book. (Based on its size I feel like it might be older than CW)
After the bayonet I went to another part of the field and dug something that has been a huge goal of mine... a COMPLETE Colonial Shoe Buckle. When you guys post complete shoe buckles I drool over them... for some reason I think they are one of the coolest colonial relics. I always dig the frames, pieces of frames, chapes or tongues... but never thought I'd hold a complete one. The frame is cracked, but its all together and a find I will never forget. Later in the day I hit another large shoe buckle frame. I am still learning to pinpoint with the Deus and was very happy I didn't nick either of those buckles.
A Crusty LC (I believe its 1819) showed up, as well as a 1880 IHP. 4 more pocket knives today, that brings my total to 14 pocket knives from this site total.
![IMG_20151004_185548072.jpg IMG_20151004_185548072.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123114-800c1799109bbcd93cd06223438db10e.jpg)
The complete buckle is one of my all time favorite relics.
![IMG_20151004_185854069_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_185854069_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123133-a7e6de319518908894d92d55af0cd46c.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185906756_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_185906756_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123137-2af60c61784cc755372320d763ada306.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185927447_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_185927447_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123139-88126a5967ff1f6415ce02ead02628ea.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185935863_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_185935863_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123143-2c1646aa0a7de84520f65cd830ca0e25.jpg)
This button is huge. Its one piece cast brass and I put it with the LC for size comparison. It has a wheat ears on the border and sun or flower in the middle with what looks to me like a "8" in the very center. When I saw how big it was and that there was a design, the first thing I thought was "GW"! ha
![IMG_20151004_185950845_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_185950845_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123148-35bf6cbf087f718bdec23be4e644cc55.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_190006526_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_190006526_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123152-0634550ac9f32b2ef91303a97f8f66ab.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_190214087_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_190214087_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123156-dc19389c3287bf3ee8a9de876aa99c23.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185159038.jpg IMG_20151004_185159038.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123097-556d6acb57fb0e7553a5504ade560d37.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185213110.jpg IMG_20151004_185213110.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123099-5d121c5775ade47dea4c176dc3983596.jpg)
Cow #7's tag blew my headphones off... I saw the edge of a thick brass piece in the hole and I had a mild heart attack. I thought I might have a brass buckle, but instead I got a worn through cow tag.
![IMG_20151004_185231863.jpg IMG_20151004_185231863.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123102-d231f112edb2f4e59b3ed9f364c7d2bd.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185240123.jpg IMG_20151004_185240123.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123107-2c93689620dcf276f2dc8359ec142e45.jpg)
This is a cool piece of brass with some hand engraved initials... Not sure what it went to, but someone punched "L.W" into it. My guess is that it was part of a knife handle.
![IMG_20151004_185455639.jpg IMG_20151004_185455639.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123113-11aab2a754e46e3d41c97f8a440dd6c4.jpg)
Here are the bayonet measurements. I would really like to ID it. Its in electrolysis now and I think it will come out looking great. There is minimal pitting on it and I am hoping there are some markings I will be able to see once its preserved. Any ideas on what kind it is?
![IMG_20151004_185756872.jpg IMG_20151004_185756872.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123129-69fa258a175bc760c604b61cdeff58bd.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185257529.jpg IMG_20151004_185257529.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123110-148c7bfd4890025aa206e53b90c720ab.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185638965.jpg IMG_20151004_185638965.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123118-1b169781798f15a34ba97b812736e648.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185724418.jpg IMG_20151004_185724418.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123122-6a1f4505e55cb9e1d7eed423f8edebd8.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185741568.jpg IMG_20151004_185741568.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123127-7ac98a390994658cee7c8e4596b1c484.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_190742668.jpg IMG_20151004_190742668.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123159-89ee1d986ea93f87944c9ac7170e0fd9.jpg)
Here is the iron... I'm exhausted from digging and carrying all that home. Digging this iron gave me a good feel for the Deus and I can now tell what a piece of big iron sounds like when it rings in as a high tone... although, after the bayonet, I might just keep digging it all anyway.
![IMG_20151004_172218035.jpg IMG_20151004_172218035.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123091-bcea4da203b675afb62ea2fe34019771.jpg)
Here are some quick links to the comments in this thread with the bayonet information:
Bayonet Post Electrolysis Pictures
Bayonet Identification Email
This was my first trip with my new XP Deus. I spent 9 hours in the field today, getting to know the machine by digging everything, including the signals I knew were big iron. (Picture of all the iron at the bottom, was 40+ lbs) Anyway, in the midst of digging all the big iron, I hit the jackpot with a beautiful bayonet. It was a signal I know I listened to many times on my V3i, then on my T2 and today I dug it in the process of learning my XP Deus. I still have no idea what style bayonet is it, however it does not match any in my CW Crouch book. (Based on its size I feel like it might be older than CW)
After the bayonet I went to another part of the field and dug something that has been a huge goal of mine... a COMPLETE Colonial Shoe Buckle. When you guys post complete shoe buckles I drool over them... for some reason I think they are one of the coolest colonial relics. I always dig the frames, pieces of frames, chapes or tongues... but never thought I'd hold a complete one. The frame is cracked, but its all together and a find I will never forget. Later in the day I hit another large shoe buckle frame. I am still learning to pinpoint with the Deus and was very happy I didn't nick either of those buckles.
A Crusty LC (I believe its 1819) showed up, as well as a 1880 IHP. 4 more pocket knives today, that brings my total to 14 pocket knives from this site total.
![IMG_20151004_185548072.jpg IMG_20151004_185548072.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123114-800c1799109bbcd93cd06223438db10e.jpg)
The complete buckle is one of my all time favorite relics.
![IMG_20151004_185854069_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_185854069_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123133-a7e6de319518908894d92d55af0cd46c.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185906756_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_185906756_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123137-2af60c61784cc755372320d763ada306.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185927447_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_185927447_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123139-88126a5967ff1f6415ce02ead02628ea.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185935863_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_185935863_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123143-2c1646aa0a7de84520f65cd830ca0e25.jpg)
This button is huge. Its one piece cast brass and I put it with the LC for size comparison. It has a wheat ears on the border and sun or flower in the middle with what looks to me like a "8" in the very center. When I saw how big it was and that there was a design, the first thing I thought was "GW"! ha
![IMG_20151004_185950845_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_185950845_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123148-35bf6cbf087f718bdec23be4e644cc55.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_190006526_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_190006526_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123152-0634550ac9f32b2ef91303a97f8f66ab.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_190214087_HDR.jpg IMG_20151004_190214087_HDR.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123156-dc19389c3287bf3ee8a9de876aa99c23.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185159038.jpg IMG_20151004_185159038.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123097-556d6acb57fb0e7553a5504ade560d37.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185213110.jpg IMG_20151004_185213110.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123099-5d121c5775ade47dea4c176dc3983596.jpg)
Cow #7's tag blew my headphones off... I saw the edge of a thick brass piece in the hole and I had a mild heart attack. I thought I might have a brass buckle, but instead I got a worn through cow tag.
![IMG_20151004_185231863.jpg IMG_20151004_185231863.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123102-d231f112edb2f4e59b3ed9f364c7d2bd.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185240123.jpg IMG_20151004_185240123.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123107-2c93689620dcf276f2dc8359ec142e45.jpg)
This is a cool piece of brass with some hand engraved initials... Not sure what it went to, but someone punched "L.W" into it. My guess is that it was part of a knife handle.
![IMG_20151004_185455639.jpg IMG_20151004_185455639.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123113-11aab2a754e46e3d41c97f8a440dd6c4.jpg)
Here are the bayonet measurements. I would really like to ID it. Its in electrolysis now and I think it will come out looking great. There is minimal pitting on it and I am hoping there are some markings I will be able to see once its preserved. Any ideas on what kind it is?
![IMG_20151004_185756872.jpg IMG_20151004_185756872.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123129-69fa258a175bc760c604b61cdeff58bd.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185257529.jpg IMG_20151004_185257529.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123110-148c7bfd4890025aa206e53b90c720ab.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185638965.jpg IMG_20151004_185638965.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123118-1b169781798f15a34ba97b812736e648.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185724418.jpg IMG_20151004_185724418.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123122-6a1f4505e55cb9e1d7eed423f8edebd8.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_185741568.jpg IMG_20151004_185741568.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123127-7ac98a390994658cee7c8e4596b1c484.jpg)
![IMG_20151004_190742668.jpg IMG_20151004_190742668.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123159-89ee1d986ea93f87944c9ac7170e0fd9.jpg)
Here is the iron... I'm exhausted from digging and carrying all that home. Digging this iron gave me a good feel for the Deus and I can now tell what a piece of big iron sounds like when it rings in as a high tone... although, after the bayonet, I might just keep digging it all anyway.
![IMG_20151004_172218035.jpg IMG_20151004_172218035.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1123/1123091-bcea4da203b675afb62ea2fe34019771.jpg)
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