Unexpected Find Curious About Age

[Ahab8]

There's a guy here in Maine who recently bought a T2 SE. He got ahold of me and was asking me for some pointers about his new machine. I told him to just bring it up and I'd take him out. Much easier to show than to tell. So out we went to a field and started swinging. I was happy that I could observe a few things and make some recommendations. He was psyched with the lesson and he was a great student. Super nice guy :-)
Now to the part where I actually pulled something cool out of the ground. It looks like some sort of a mini hatchet to me. I'd love to know if anyone knows anything about its age and what it was used for. I love the shape of it. It only measures about 4 1/2". I also found a pewter button that looks pretty old. Thanks for the help guys and best of luck out there, Abe

 

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[dutchtoga]

Broken belt ax and possible bale seal

 

[romeo-1]

Arrghh...too bad the trade axe is broken...would have been a beauty!

 

[Ahab8]

Arrghh...too bad the trade axe is broken...would have been a beauty!

Romeo how old are those? Colonial I'm assuming?

 

[jewelerguy]

I don't know nuthin about them, but looks like 1700's stuff to me

 

[ATpro5]

That looks to be a 1700s cast pewter button . Nice find!!

 

[Chimacum87]

Cool finds mate but I think the button looking thing is most likely a bag seal as well. The pewter buttons or atleast the ones I get are usually a lot smoother . I could be wrong though I'm no expert still cool though and that tomahawk looking thing

 

[Ahab8]

Yeah it's def a really old pewter button. In very bad shape but it's got a shank that's tough to see in the pics.

 

[MaineRelic]

Nice Colonial Artifact Ahab ! Like buckles ax's are kinda dated in 40 year blocks ! My estimation is 1770 to 1810 give or take another decade ! MaineRelic

 

[AQUA]

HI Ahab...

Good to see you got out and helped a fella in need !

That is the end off a old trade axe ....as Romeo-1 said. Found a couple here last year....cool find !!

I haven,t been out for 4 or 5 days now.....grrrrrr...busy with work / surveyors/ rain etc .....

But thats ok...lotsa time to our thing.. summer just starting !!!