my weekend take

scratcher · Sep 7, 2010

Here are my keepers from this past weekend. I also included a button my brother found with the 21 stars. Anyone seen one like this? I am unsure what the piece shaped like the pipe is or what the round thing with the radiating lines is. :icon_scratch:

Some trade silver :icon_thumleft:

, obligatory lead, buckles etc. Thanks for looking.

scratcher · Sep 7, 2010

Wow I'm out of practice posting, the order of photos is a little screwed up ::)

Woodland Detectors · Sep 7, 2010

Now those are some fantastic finds.
That's what I live for in the detecting world!
I'm curious about the star button. Very nice find!
Great Zouave button too
Maybe off this guys uniform!

A French zouave from 1888 wearing white summer trousers instead of the usual red.

allen · Sep 7, 2010

that is one sweet assortment of finds !! :icon_sunny:

ANTIQUARIAN · Sep 7, 2010

Love those finds scratcher, you've got some real neat stuff there! :icon_thumright:

The "piece shaped like the pipe", might be a musket ball mold.
I'm sure somebody here will correct me if I'm mistaken though.

scratcher · Sep 7, 2010

4-H said:
Now those are some fantastic finds.
That's what I live for in the detecting world!
I'm curious about the star button. Very nice find!
Great Zouave button too
Maybe off this guys uniform!

A French zouave from 1888 wearing white summer trousers instead of the usual red.

Thanks 4-H
Yea, I'm wondering if the stars correlate to the number of states at the time. Some of the finds from this site go that late (1818).

allen said:
that is one sweet assortment of finds !!

Thanks allen

Antiquarian said:
Love those finds scratcher, you've got some real neat stuff there!
The "piece shaped like the pipe", might be a musket ball mold.
I'm sure somebody here will correct me if I'm mistaken though.

I haven't cleaned it up yet, Antiquarian, but I think there is a hole through it like a pipe would have.