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[steelheadwill]

Glad to be seeing all Your Posts again
I've been getting a few silver coins lately, rare in the spots I hunt, 1 decent 43 Merc, another merc & 4 rosies, all toast, got 3 large cents, all Matrons, an 1816 in ok condition, 1770 half Pence,
another chinese coin, not early like my first, 1898 for this one.
Silver cup rim, assorted other relics & stuff.
Thanks for looking & HH to you all!

 

[KRAZYHORSES]

nice relics awesome coins hh scott

 

[wwwtimmcp]

is the long pointy thing with the hole in the wider end some kind of a needle ? I have a couple of those too.

 

[Shark27]

Great Finds! Nice coins and relics. The skeleton key and the locking mechanism are sweet.

Shark27

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Nice bunch of finds

 

[mainer]

Still doing great Herbie. Love that old key. I think the weathers going to get nasty pretty soon. Weve been lucky so far.

 

[FarmerChick]

very cool finds
I love seeing the pics of all the stuff!

 

[Gator-Flea]

Good finds....

 

[Tennessee Treasure Hunter]

cool finds

 

[steelheadwill]

is the long pointy thing with the hole in the wider end some kind of a needle ? I have a couple of those too.

Greetings,
Glad to be of help Id'ing these for you, took me a while also.
They are the remains of Mackeral jigs, I have dozens of them in many varieties.
there are 4 more in the pic below the one I think you refer to.
(I search a lot of coastal areas), these were generally used longline fashion, and can date from Colonial up.
In a previous post about these items I placed a link for old diagrams on how they were made, mostly in paper molds.
Good Day, & Great Digs to all!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

I know you were jonesing for this site to come back up Herbie!

Good to see you buddy

 

[romeo-1]

What is the fancy piece in picture #8? Kind of looks like a musket escutcheon...

 

[Joe Hoo?]

thanks for the posts nice finds

 

[steelheadwill]

What is the fancy piece in picture #8? Kind of looks like a musket escutcheon...

Thanks for all your replies!
was wondering about this piece myself, it is 77mm long, brass/bronze/copper.
Any further info is appreciated.

 

[romeo-1]

Yep...part of a trigger assembly I believe. That little tab on the bottom is the give away. Maybe a Brown Bess but definitely old.

 

[steelheadwill]

Great News!
Another first find for me
Thanks Romeo-1 for noticing this & ID'ing
HH to All!

 

[Sniffy]

Looks like you have been havin some fun! Nice relics and to bad that old matron took a beatin...still nice though! good job!

 

[SC Keith]

Nice finds! I really like that gun part--very cool!
Keith

 

[romeo-1]

Confirmed...see circled part.

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks for the confirmation!
is the diagram a 'Brown Bess'?