My Favorite Kind of Find, Old and Military. Late 1700s Light Infantry Hat Badge

[romeo-1]

I got out for a couple hours today to a site that had been hunted extensively but it's a huge site which contains several cellar holes. The site was a large community consisting of French, British and even a couple Americans! The community did not last past the start of the 1800s so the vast majority of the finds date to this time.

Finds today were a nice, near complete barrel tap, a 1749 George II Farthing and a strung bugle badge which has yet to be identified. I'm confident that it dates to the late 1700s but there are no markings so difficult to say for sure. Any ideas?

 

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[romeo-1]

Re: My Favorite Kind of Find, Old and Military. Early 1800s Light Infantry Hat Badge

Thanks Tinpan...some quick research tells me that a Light Infantry regiment was formed on this site in 1770 so it could very well date to then.

British used the term "Light Infantry" Colonials used the term "Rifles"


tinpan

Must have been a Brit who wrote the book I found!

 

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[HomesteadHunter]

Very nice military relic, i'd be dancing all the way back home if I found something like that. If I had to guess, i'd say it looks to be late 1700s. What you need to do now is go back and find some other military relics to go with it!.

James.
HomesteadHunter.

 

[Kyle PA]

I really like the barrel tap. I agree, they are highly underrated.

 

[The Patriot]

Sweet find there Romeo....not that I'm an expert but it does point to around the late 1700's....
Good to see your digging now, the young one must be on the move now.. Hope to have my new machine sometime next week..

 

[Kirk PA]

Re: My Favorite Kind of Find, Old and Military. Late 1700s Light Infantry Hat Ba

I love the farthing, but that tap isn't too bad either. You and Patch better get your dig on. The PA bros. are on the move as well.

Kirk

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice cap badge but I like the barrel tap as well! HH, Mike

 

[DMN]

I rather like that tap. Kind of makes you wonder how many were served from it before it hit the trash.

 

[romeo-1]

I really like the barrel tap. I agree, they are highly underrated.

I've got a decent little collection of taps and pieces...but none complete. I'm always happy to dig one!

 

[romeo-1]

Re: My Favorite Kind of Find, Old and Military. Late 1700s Light Infantry Hat Ba

I love the farthing, but that tap isn't too bad either. You and Patch better get your dig on. The PA bros. are on the move as well.

Kirk

I wish the farthing was a little better but it is what it is. I can make out the date so I may try cleaning it...couldn't make it any worse. The Farthing came from an area on the site dubbed the Geo. II Field...a couple dozen George II coppers, a French billon and a Spanish cob were all found here. It's getting pretty quiet but there always seems to be "one more coin" here.

 

[romeo-1]

Sweet find there Romeo....not that I'm an expert but it does point to around the late 1700's....
Good to see your digging now, the young one must be on the move now.. Hope to have my new machine sometime next week..

Thanks Patriot...I'm still waiting to hear if I'm accepted into that course in your neck of the woods...If I am than I'll be coming packing!

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: My Favorite Kind of Find, Old and Military. Late 1700s Light Infantry Hat Ba

Sweet find there Romeo....not that I'm an expert but it does point to around the late 1700's....
Good to see your digging now, the young one must be on the move now.. Hope to have my new machine sometime next week..

Thanks Patriot...I'm still waiting to hear if I'm accepted into that course in your neck of the woods...If I am than I'll be coming packing!

The bigger question is if you will be accepted at the cannonball site.

 

[romeo-1]

Re: My Favorite Kind of Find, Old and Military. Late 1700s Light Infantry Hat Ba

Sweet find there Romeo....not that I'm an expert but it does point to around the late 1700's....
Good to see your digging now, the young one must be on the move now.. Hope to have my new machine sometime next week..

Thanks Patriot...I'm still waiting to hear if I'm accepted into that course in your neck of the woods...If I am than I'll be coming packing!

The bigger question is if you will be accepted at the cannonball site.

I can be pretty persuasive...please, please pleeeeeaaaaassseee!!!

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: My Favorite Kind of Find, Old and Military. Late 1700s Light Infantry Hat Ba

Sweet find there Romeo....not that I'm an expert but it does point to around the late 1700's....
Good to see your digging now, the young one must be on the move now.. Hope to have my new machine sometime next week..

Thanks Patriot...I'm still waiting to hear if I'm accepted into that course in your neck of the woods...If I am than I'll be coming packing!

The bigger question is if you will be accepted at the cannonball site.

Don't do it Mr. Patriot! We gotta have something he can't find!

I can be pretty persuasive...please, please pleeeeeaaaaassseee!!!

 

[The Patriot]

Re: My Favorite Kind of Find, Old and Military. Late 1700s Light Infantry Hat Ba

Sweet find there Romeo....not that I'm an expert but it does point to around the late 1700's....
Good to see your digging now, the young one must be on the move now.. Hope to have my new machine sometime next week..

Thanks Patriot...I'm still waiting to hear if I'm accepted into that course in your neck of the woods...If I am than I'll be coming packing!

The bigger question is if you will be accepted at the cannonball site.

Don't do it Mr. Patriot! We gotta have something he can't find!

I can be pretty persuasive...please, please pleeeeeaaaaassseee!!!

Hmmmmmm maybe he can call his second born after me.... but the Patriot is a strange name for the baby...
Let me know as you get accepted....

 

[pepperj]

Great looking badge, and the barrel tap is a nice one as well.

 

[ironhorse]

awesome finds!

glad to hear everyone is making wonderful discoveries, can't wait to claim some for myself
hope you get some more good hunts in!

 

[romeo-1]

awesome finds!

glad to hear everyone is making wonderful discoveries, can't wait to claim some for myself
hope you get some more good hunts in!

Thanks IH! I'm hoping to get out with both you and IP this year...

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: My Favorite Kind of Find, Old and Military. Late 1700s Light Infantry Hat Ba

awesome finds!

glad to hear everyone is making wonderful discoveries, can't wait to claim some for myself
hope you get some more good hunts in!

Thanks IH! I'm hoping to get out with both you and IP this year...

There's still the Summer & Fall hunt!

 

[romeo-1]

Re: My Favorite Kind of Find, Old and Military. Late 1700s Light Infantry Hat Ba

awesome finds!

glad to hear everyone is making wonderful discoveries, can't wait to claim some for myself
hope you get some more good hunts in!

Thanks IH! I'm hoping to get out with both you and IP this year...

There's still the Summer & Fall hunt!

Maybe a fall hunt but "little man" will be taking my summer!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Way to go on that badge~!
Nice cask spigot too!