sword hilt.

[kieser sousa/rip]

Hi all. I got out to the site were I found the snake and stars button and the 1795 and 96 LC's the other day for a couple of hours.I found this cool copper thing and posted it in the "what is it" section.Johnnyi nailded it on the first shot....wadda guy ! Thanks again Johnnyi ! Turns out to be a sword hilt.Now I have a question.How would I be able to date it ? I've been looking on the net but havent found anything helpfull.

 

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[The Patriot]

Great looking piece of history there.. sure it dates to the late 1700's ...WTG

 

[allen]

How would I be able to date it ?
ask it out on a date. j/k
That is a neat find !!!

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Great looking piece of history there.. sure it dates to the late 1700's ...WTG

Thanks Patriot....I was wondering if it could be older than that ?

How would I be able to date it ?
ask it out on a date. j/k
That is a neat find !!!

Thanks Allen....I skiped right by the dating part and married it for life !

 

[johnnyi]

Kieser, sorry I didn't mention it in the other link. The one shown here which is very much like the style of yours dates fro the 1600's.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ges?q=17th+century+sword+hilt&hl=en&sa=G&um=1

 

[RiverRat3]

Nice find, I am sure that site is hiding many other nice things.

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Kieser, sorry I didn't mention it in the other link. The one shown here which is very much like the style of yours dates fro the 1600's.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ges?q=17th+century+sword+hilt&hl=en&sa=G&um=1

Yeah thats why I'm wondering.If it is 1600's that would make this my oldest find(excluding Native American) to date.Thanks again Johnnyi.....very much appretiated !

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Nice find, I am sure that site is hiding many other nice things.

Thanks RR. I sure hope so...it's been very good to me so far !

 

[romeo-1]

That's a very cool find. I found this one last week which is missing the piece that you found. Difficult to date with any real accuracy. They were common from the late 1600s to the late 1700s. Are you near a French area by chance?

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

That's a very cool find. I found this one last week which is missing the piece that you found. Difficult to date with any real accuracy. They were common from the late 1600s to the late 1700s. Are you near a French area by chance?

Nice one romeo. Thanks for the info! I think I'll be going back tomorrow to see if I can find the rest.I'm hunting along a river in upstate NY.There were French settlers that came to this area in the late 1700's and two Frenchmen built a mill around that time not to far from the site that I found this.

 

[JimBeHuntin']

Cool find Rip ... that's a piece you don't see very often ... congratz and continued good hunting!

 

[allen]

Thank you kieser sousa/rip for having a sense of humor !!
Lots of folks dont these days !

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Cool find Rip ... that's a piece you don't see very often ... congratz and continued good hunting!

Thanks Jimmy.

Thank you kieser sousa/rip for having a sense of humor !!
Lots of folks dont these days !

No problamo......I kinda pride myself on my ability to make people laugh.......some would go so far as to call me a funny.....smart.......azz.