King Crotal

[M_d_in_guy]

A friend of mine has a beautiful old stone school house circa 1840, I've detected this property so many times. Now unfortunately over the years the landscape has been built up perhaps a foot with brought in soil. The odd coin has popped out over the times spent detecting there, clad mostly. I recently dug this crotal right along the back area where the tree line meets the grass. I did a gentle clean with a mild natural soap and holy was the inside ever packed full of dirt. The patina is remarkable for sure. What a gem with a weight of 270 grams, no idea of the number it is. Perhaps someone in here can offer that. 3 inch top to bottom and the width at the rim is about 2-5/8 inch. The sound this bell makes is beautiful for it's size. Cheers and hh all.
Jon

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A Handbook of Civil War Bullets and Cartridges - Grab it through Amazon!

[thrifty76now]

Wow,that is a huge and well preserved one. Mine is a little smaller than a golf ball.

 

[trapperart]

Wow that's a nice one congrats

 

[M_d_in_guy]

Ty for the replies, apparently these were made in the USA and exported to Scandinavia in the late 1800's. Known as a triple throat as recent research shows. Here is a couple on etsy for sale that seem to be the same as mine. Now on the top of the brass loop it looks to be a 4, rather than a casting issue.

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/269238644/2-brass-sleigh-bells-3-diameter-triple?ref=market