Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rushs Lancers!

[aquachigger]

Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

Yesterdays digs... I had a great day with my third "Find of a Lifetime" this summer. My first was a Civil War Spencer carbine. My second... you'll have to wait just a little longer, but it WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! Here is my third. This is a Civil War lance head from the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry unit known as "Rush's Lancers". It was a very famous unit from the upper crust of Philadelphia society. A lance is basically a spear that cavalrymen would try to use to stab the enemy. Of course, by the time of the Civil War, long range muskets, repeating rifles and rifled cannon made a lancers term of service very hazardous. Not long into the war the Lancers threw away their lances and were issued modern carbines. And I found one of those lances with part of the wood shaft still attached!!! I'm very excited and have always dreamed of finding one of these since first reading about them in the book "The Illustrated History Of American Civil War Relics" way back in '78. Wahooo....












Here is an up to date shot of my Spencer carbine I found a few weeks back. I think I'll keep it in this condition.



Thanks for checking out my post!

Here is a painting of Rush's Lancers. Notice the streamers attached to the lance head and the attachment devices on the one I found. Very cool...

 

[Metal Magnet]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

Good night son! amazing find....is the other even more amazing?

 

[metalev4]

Wow Beau! Another stunning find.

Congrats on this years amazing recoveries. Looking forward to a pic of your other find.
-Ev

 

[Valley Ranger]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

Unreal man!!!Your posts have become legend!!!

I agree! This fella's a relic magnet! How 'bout some videos Beau? If I get in that river I was telling you about, I'm going to invite you down.

 

[aquachigger]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

AC, YOu are certainly turning *over the sod* and **up the nice, historical CW artifacts.**
I'm not in the U.S. nowadays.....living/working/THing in S. KOrea. But, was priviledged to live/work/TH
in the great South, aka Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia, thanks to Uncle Sammy's Army./
Loved it. Great people living there. ANd, great hunting areas. ANd, great finds......mine not as great as yours,
but still go over what I found, and enjoy the memories of some fun times.
If you ever....ever get a chance to come over to S. KOrea, give me a jingle, and I'd be much proud to take you up
into the hills/mts of S. K. and show you how we hunt/where we hunt here in this country.
GREAT FIND.....GREAT FINDS. Love your posts. (ANd am waiting for the "tease" find. C'mon, fast, fast, fast.)

Thanks everyone for your kind words. And hikeinmts... be careful what you offer, I might just take you up on that. Never been to that part of the world and would love to see it... Beau

 

[Mr Tuff]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

that spear is off the hook!!!!!!! MR TUFF

 

[civilman1]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

Bump!!! Screw the SP......Awesome Beau

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

Cool finds for sure. JC, why you think the lance belonged to the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry?

 

[aquachigger]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

Cool finds for sure. JC, why you think the lance belonged to the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry?

Without going into too much detail just yet , it is of the exact style they used and was found at one of their documented camps. I'm currently working on an article for American Digger Magazine that will have more information. Thanks for checking it out!

 

[stevesno]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

I logged in for the first time in two months just so I could nominate this find for the banner. Could someone please explain to me why this would not be a banner find? Thanks, Steve

 

[hikeinmts]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

AC, YOu are certainly turning *over the sod* and **up the nice, historical CW artifacts.**
I'm not in the U.S. nowadays.....living/working/THing in S. KOrea. But, was priviledged to live/work/TH
in the great South, aka Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia, thanks to Uncle Sammy's Army./
Loved it. Great people living there. ANd, great hunting areas. ANd, great finds......mine not as great as yours,
but still go over what I found, and enjoy the memories of some fun times.
If you ever....ever get a chance to come over to S. KOrea, give me a jingle, and I'd be much proud to take you up
into the hills/mts of S. K. and show you how we hunt/where we hunt here in this country.
GREAT FIND.....GREAT FINDS. Love your posts. (ANd am waiting for the "tease" find. C'mon, fast, fast, fast.)

Serious, fellow THer. I get out almost every Saturday, hiking, hunting, digging......give me a few weeks notice, and we'll see what
we can come up with. (There are a couple of posts from guys that I have taken out hunting.;......give 'em a look-see.


Thanks everyone for your kind words. And hikeinmts... be careful what you offer, I might just take you up on that. Never been to that part of the world and would love to see it... Beau

 

[Steve in PA]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

That lance is an amazing find, definitely BANNER in my book! The water has been very good to you this year

 

[Michiganne]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

Beauty of a historic find! Excellent relic; glad you saved it.

HH

 

[Nana40]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

Whoa! You have some of the kewlest finds I've ever seen! Plus, I learn a thing or two from reading your posts. 8) Amazing keepers! I'm voting for sure~

Nana~

 

[phifly04]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

As others have noted i always look forward to your posts.Great recovery!!
Dave

 

[kevkirki]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

love the spencer

 

[aquachigger]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

Thanks for the comments everyone. I've been digging hard for thirty years and had my share of success. But I will admit that in the past whenever someone asked me "what's your favorite find?", I never had an answer that I felt good about. Now I do. It will definitely be the center piece of my collection. All I need to do now is find a copy of that Winslow Homer painting that I posted up top and put the two together. It's going to be awesome. Thanks again!

 

[pitdiggers]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

I have not posted in a while but this one takes the cake! I publish civil war books and in all my years(if this is from that unit you have the find of a lifetime) I have not seen anything like it.
Congrats and BANNER vote this one in!

You get my vote!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

That is an awesome piece of History! Congrats and HH, Mike By the way, where's the second best find you made?

 

[VegasTattoo]

Re: Lance head from the Sixth Pennslyvania Cavalry... Rush's Lancers!

once again you have posted something that for the life of me I cannot see as to why it is not on the banner yet... Maybe I should look up the rules and regulations of a banner find. Maybe that will answer my questions... But anyways awesome find for sure