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[CivilWarSaver]

Hello, I'm a 12 year old boy from Tn. My favorite hobby is metal detecting and saving history. I've been Metal Detecting for quite some time now and I Metal detect on my grandparents property that in the heart of the battle of Nashville. I was Metal Detecting in the woods today and found a bunch of mid 1800s era bottles and this unknown item. It says the name of "Spencer" any of you know what it is?

 

[Old Pueblo]

Also Right next to that 'spencer' suspender buckle, I started to heard a bunch of good metal signals. These are some of the bottles I found yesterday. View attachment 1499237View attachment 1499238View attachment 1499239

I like the little bottle there. Do you see and purple glass shards around where you found this bottle? Thats a good indication that you're on a site going back 100 years or more. Anyway, it looks like you found an early 20th century trash dump. Always a good place to look around.

 

[Old Pueblo]

And welcome to T-net.

 

[Mzjavert]

Big thumbs up on those finds.

 

[CivilWarSaver]

Also I today I was Metal Detecting at my grandparents house again. I found the other suspender buckle and these finds.

 

[Hal2k]

Congrats ypu are mopping up on great finds

 

[CivilWarSaver]

Thanks!

 

[CRUSADER]

Ogre do you know how old they would be?

I don't think anyone answered this, so I will - late 19th C, maybe tipping into 20th C.

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's a great little piece of history! Sounds like you've got a great place to hunt around your grandparents property. Keep at it, and please keep sharing your finds with all of us!

 

[CivilWarSaver]

Thanks for identifying them, by the way would you happen to know what that white glass top would've came off of?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very cool find, congratulations!

 

[CivilWarSaver]

Thank you

 

[highnam]

Finding a set of suspender buckles is really great...Usually if it is a set the pants are nearby and you can find buttons. if there is nails everywhere you might be at a site that burned, it is worth picking out the nails and other iron to find the goods. Good luck young man, saving history and learning from it is what it's all about. Here are some sets of suspenders I have found in a 1913 burned logging camp...these are from the same time period as yours. 1900-1920's

 

[Calabash Digger]

nice finds! keep it up.

 

[villagenut]

Thanks for identifying them, by the way would you happen to know what that white glass top would've came off of?

Most of these white glass pieces we dig are called milk glass and the majority of what I find is from cosmetic jars such as cold cream. It would seem a woman left these glass pieces behind, as it looks like you found her perfume as well. Nice job.

 

[sutphin]

NICE FIND

 

[CivilWarSaver]

So I was Metal Detecting a my grandperants again today. And I found over 10 more suspender buckles and an 1890 shotgun shell with the gun power still on it. Here are HALF of my finds today and that glass says dr. School and the bottle on the bottom has a flower sterling silver top

 

[CivilWarSaver]

Sry it's dr schol

 

[CivilWarSaver]

Also I'm using that " vineger electrolysis" on that belt buckle I found will it work?

 

[CivilWarSaver]

And I believe that the last photo is a model t valve stem

 

[Davers]

Also I today I was Metal Detecting at my grandparents house again. I found the other suspender buckle and these finds.View attachment 1499493View attachment 1499494View attachment 1499495

Sweet!
I love old key's the bottom one is 'different' yr 'Suspender Clips ' are very nice.

Welcome to the site.
BTW Anything Brass is a good find to me , well not modern 22 cases & SG Brass.
Keep it up .
Davers