Found this by an old church from the Mohican Indians to Henry Hudson era. Wondering how,old and if its worth anything. I cannot find any markings. What can I clean it with to,fins any,markings
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I'm interested in knowing where you found this. You state a time frame of the Mohician Indians to H. Hudson, which would denote the time prior to 1609. I'm not aware of any location that may of had bells with the exception of a French trade outpost from Montreal? Champlain only discovered the lake in the same year as Hudson found and named the river, both in1609. The main reason I'm interested is that my ancestors date to this time period in the Hudson Valley, and some still reside on some of the original land.
I found a similar bell at a dump sight where most items have dated in early 1800s
That's not to say it wasn't in use for many years before it was tossed.
This was found near my home in upstate NY
CoinHunterAZ has my vote...soak it in olive oil, use a VERY SOFT (child's) toothbrush to ever-so-gently wipe away surface deposits.
I've had very old metal virtually disintegrate (read: "BREAK!") when I removed the dirt that 'held it together'...
Very cool find! Please post pics when you have it all cleaned up! Pretty Please!?