Montana Jim
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Pennsylvania Cellarhole (Montana Jim & Mona Lisa) / Update on tag ID!
It's been a long time since we've posted but we want to share a few finds from a cellarhole hunt Lisa and I enjoyed last month... with special thanks to Lisa's brother-in-law, Steve, who put us in touch with his cousin, Will, who got us to the cellarhole to hunt.
It was a great day in the woods with perfect weather and no bugs. Will gave us each an ATV ride up the hill to the site and, we walked out a few hours later - with some cool finds.
Sorry - no pictures from the site... but rest assured it was a typical cellarhole in beautiful PA. The finds were typical, a little trash, lots of iron, and the few interesting keepers pictured below.
These are found at most sites - salt & paper shaker tops, spoons, a few curtain hanger loops, some clock gears, a tag, a harness buckle, a piece of leather boot with lace hooks, and some miscellaneous brass stuff.
We also found these two buckles... both with a basic scroll design - very cool.
We also found this pottery/plate piece - circa 1890ish.
This rein guide was cool too... common, but neat to find.
We dug this lock, probebly from a chest or box, made by the Eagle Lock Company. It's sporting an eagle with shield.
This last piece was my favorite... and a first for me to dig! It's a mid 1800s brass black powder pistol flask. My research has been inconclusive on it's origins, but there are some nice examples of this very flask online. It's a patriotic piece, possibly military, with the words "E-Pluribus Unum" scrolled across the bottom of each side. It's one of my favorite finds ever! Worthless - but it'll display really cool.
As always... thanks for looking!
It's been a long time since we've posted but we want to share a few finds from a cellarhole hunt Lisa and I enjoyed last month... with special thanks to Lisa's brother-in-law, Steve, who put us in touch with his cousin, Will, who got us to the cellarhole to hunt.
It was a great day in the woods with perfect weather and no bugs. Will gave us each an ATV ride up the hill to the site and, we walked out a few hours later - with some cool finds.
Sorry - no pictures from the site... but rest assured it was a typical cellarhole in beautiful PA. The finds were typical, a little trash, lots of iron, and the few interesting keepers pictured below.
These are found at most sites - salt & paper shaker tops, spoons, a few curtain hanger loops, some clock gears, a tag, a harness buckle, a piece of leather boot with lace hooks, and some miscellaneous brass stuff.
We also found these two buckles... both with a basic scroll design - very cool.
We also found this pottery/plate piece - circa 1890ish.
This rein guide was cool too... common, but neat to find.
We dug this lock, probebly from a chest or box, made by the Eagle Lock Company. It's sporting an eagle with shield.
This last piece was my favorite... and a first for me to dig! It's a mid 1800s brass black powder pistol flask. My research has been inconclusive on it's origins, but there are some nice examples of this very flask online. It's a patriotic piece, possibly military, with the words "E-Pluribus Unum" scrolled across the bottom of each side. It's one of my favorite finds ever! Worthless - but it'll display really cool.
As always... thanks for looking!
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The powder flask is cool, just too bad they usually look like that.
Always nice to see pieces of history shared on here.
Jim 
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and thanks for pointing out the rein guides. I have found a couple of those and finally know what they are! I also found a flask last year but mine is much worse shape than yours. Nice digs!
