Mowed my back field,colonial surprise!

Hi All,
Havent had much of a chance to really detect with work,family duties ect.Finally got around to cutting the back field.And grabbed my T2 for a quick spin before I had to take my son to baseball practice.Got a nice higher repeatable signal,dug down and out pops a copper!I had a feelin about this field,but never got around to cutting it to really check it over.I have detected my main yard quite a bit,but not the back field.It does border a stream,which has a lot of revolutionary history to it.I have heard talks of shillings being taken from the creek.Shortly after getting the copper,I got a high pitched signal,out pops this item I have no idea what it is.If anyone knows please chime in.Sorry bout the pic quality.Gonna spend more time in the back field this summer.

Wow, what a great yard you have! The copper is in nice condition too. The mystery item looks silver to me and very old. Perhaps a match safe or something similar? What does the back and bottom look like?

Tom congrats on the copper , any reference you can give us on the sixe or lencth of the other piece ??

Hi Del,
Its 2 inches in length.The wide end has some material in it,like wood or leather.Not really sure tho.

I'm thinking end of a powder horn! Does the cap come off?

Not bad for a chance hit. I'm real curious about the other piece.

I just checked,the top doesn't come off .it appears to be silver,not positive tho.Someone possibly a Indian artifact.

Lookin at a couple books,the one item it may be is a brush for musket gun,connected to a chain and on other side would be a pick for cleaning.

Now that's nice to have a back field that gives up such nice Coppers!

Excellent find on the ole copper and silver piece :thumbsup02:

Do you hay that field Tom? I hope there are more goodies for you :)

Actually I used to brush hog it,now I have it to a point where I can cut it with a lawnmower.Easy to detect now.

Very nice Copper & the mystery item! Looks like silver to me as well.

Very cool! Would love to find out what the mystery item is.

Nice work. The coin is in great shape too

nice copper and love the silver piece.it's def silver you can just tell! nice job!

Nice finds can we all come over and mow your lawn and do some digging?

Tom , I'm not really sure what to make out of the silver item . To me it don't come across as Native American but maybe more as an item associated with a jewelry piece or pocket watch ( an elaborate winder part or a charm off a chain ) . Its an interesting piece to say the least.

Dan