The sword guard came from an area near Fairburn they were clearing for a new subdivision. We found what appeared to be where some Union Troops were destroying some captured or confiscated weapons. It was a small area, but there were several broken small arms parts, broken blades, etc. also a broken D Guard Bowie and a Lasso Bowie were found as well. We cleaned it out before they started construction, that was around 2003 I think.