First 3 ringer? WWI medal?

[cheese]

Howdy folks. I just made a thread about my hunt today with my brother...here's what he found: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,197189.0.html

Meanwhile, I was hunting as well. I only found 3 coins...all pennies, and only one was a wheat. I did find some cool relics though. I got what I think is a 3-ringer bullet? Probably not civil war though, since there was minimal activity in my area. I also found a iron cross type thing that says W and 1914 on one side, with a crown near the top, and the other side has a crown, the letters FW, a branch of oak leaves and acorns, and the date 1813. Any ideas?

I also found a cool bottle that says "BRUSHE'S" on one side, "ELIXIR PROPHYLACTIC" on the other side, and "FOR PREVENTION OF SEA SICKNESS" on the front.

Also found a piece of stamped metal that looks like silver, a couple pieces of really old coke bottles, and some other junk.

Thanks for looking!

 

[AKiwi]

Cool finds. The maltese cross looks like the Iron Cross that the Germans gave out for bravery....but then I have been wrong before
Cheers

 

[nhbenz]

Yep, an Iron Cross: here's a link with history and variations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Cross

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Give us a close up of the bullet... including the bottom.. from the pic.. it looks like a 3 ringer!!


MB

 

[DD-777]

Nice digs Cheese...

 

[seger98]

Nice stuff!

 

[johnreb1980]

Congrats on your first 3 ringer. Nice finds.

 

[minton7]

coool finds man.... I like the bottle.... love the bullet n cross... the silver thing... looks like the end off of a spoon.. so i could very well be silver congrats man

Randy

 

[Nana40]

Wow, Cheese! GREAT variety of keepers there! 8) Looks like your first three ringer to me! And love that bottle AND the cross! What a hunt you had! Congrats!!!

Nana

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Does look like a WW1 German Iron Cross, I'd go back there as soon as possible. Some really great finds there!

 

[cheese]

Thanks for the ID on the medal. That is awesome! Not worth a ton in this condition, but I don't care...I never sell my stuff anyway. I love the story behind each piece. If only that piece could talk. I also found a badge for the 43rd (I think) infantry there on a previous hunt.

Here are some better pics of the bullet. The one on the left is actually the first one I ever found, but I only eyeballed it... found it while hiking on a mountain in Dalton Ga. Levisdad and I were hiking the mountain looking for indian artifacts and at the very top in a cut-away section of dirt in a deer path, I saw the white with 3 straight lines and knew what it was. Anyway, I put it next to the bullet in question for comparison. To me, they appear to be the exact same, other than the one I just found was fired and the other was dropped. Looks like I detected my first one!

Any theories as to how it would be in an area that saw no fighting? Maybe someone brought a rifle home from the war with them? Or was this a common civilian gun during those times? What gun fired these? I have 2 Georgia seal buttons and a lined C button, along with an indian wars buckle, so there are war artifacts here even though the war itself wasn't.