Tap out, early 1800s style ... Cask wanted

[tigerbeetle]

Haven't stopped in for many moons. Here's a fun find from 3/1/2020, Burlington County, NJ. Went over a Federal Period homestead, exposed and accessible after a recent controlled burn in the Pinelands. While I have many decades of detecting under my belt -- recently topping 200 LCs (large cents) -- this is my first beer/wine cask tap. Interesting, to be sure, though Europe is crawling with them, some ornate to the max. Still, this one is fully Americanized. And the tales it could tell.

 

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[Hvactech19]

Cool!!!

 

[xcopperstax]

Very cool find. My friend found one of those at a colonial spot and threw it away. I still give him crap for that!

 

[Molewacker]

Roll out the barrel - You had a barrel of fun!

Very cool find!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Awesome relic, big congrats!

 

[smallfoot]

Damn, they must have sold it by the buckets..sure looks like a bucket hook on the spigot end!

 

[A2coins]

Party was over a long time ago. Nice find There is a field I do well in when they do the controlled burn but those weeds grow back quick 200 LC wow I've wanted one for many years my bucket is still empty. Great post

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Party was over a long time ago. Nice find There is a field I do well in when they do the controlled burn but those weeds grow back quick 200 LC wow I've wanted one for many years my bucket is still empty. Great post

I wonder if they did keg stands back in the day... O those crazy Colonials...

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice complete one. I'd date it somewhere in the first half of the 19th C.