Flintlock side plate.

[chrononauts]

Found a broken piece of the side plate to a musket or pistol in colonial Brunswick Ga. Made of copper alloy. Down at least a foot.

 

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[A2coins]

Wow that's a cool find just that piece is great. I think I would be moving lots of dirt around seeing if there was more.Either way that piece is sweet good job!!!!!

 

[Wildcat1750]

That's a very cool find!
I would have been scratching my head to figure out what that was.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats

 

[chrononauts]

Wow that's a cool find just that piece is great. I think I would be moving lots of dirt around seeing if there was more.Either way that piece is sweet good job!!!!!

Yeah it was really deep too so I cant help thinking there was more of it to far down for me to detect.

 

[chrononauts]

That's a very cool find!
I would have been scratching my head to figure out what that was.

It was a mystery. I recognized the carving style from muskets I'd seen, and I saw that it took a screw so that lead me down the right path.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice relic find!