Well apparently its a civil war sword...

[Johnnybegood]

Well after a correction its a 1860 Civil War field officer sword pommel. Dug about 12 inches down into a hillside in Georgia ,found this, really excited

 

[pepperj]

Cool recovery, very nice!

 

[wv hilljack]

Congrats that's a real nice save.

 

[villagenut]

I'm liking it Johnny, it looks good.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

CW Swords & or any weapon parts that are relative to military history are keepers where I come from ," ya done Good !"

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice find.

 

[jewelerguy]

go back and find the rest of it!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Very cool find, congrats.
ZDD

 

[tennessee]

Great find. Thanks for posting.

 

[Scrappy]

Very nice find. Took a good whack and is separate from the rest of the sword. Seems like a story but we'll never know. Great recovery!

Steve

 

[gwdigger]

Thats really a neat find!

 

[terpfan]

Wow, that's a sweet pommel. Nice ID work as well, Johnnybegood. Go Johnny Go! (I guess I'm dating myself, lol)

 

[H-D 1]

Cool find it would be nice to find the rest a few feet away

 

[Peyton Manning]

looks pretty soft - what is it made of?

 

[johnnyblaze]

Killer find man

Love those personal relic finds..Where is the rest..That's the big question

~Blaze~

 

[retire05]

Sweet History!! Thanks for unearthing it for us...Brad

 

[parsonwalker]

Never seen one of those before! Well done!

 

[sutphin]

JOHNNY BE DAMN NICE FIND ...