1907 indian and a lead soldier

[lee]

ill post pics later but a question for you all, did thay make lead toy soldiers back in the 1700s ? coz although this soldier is in bad condition (legs missing and rifle over right shoulder gone apart from the butt section) it looks realy old , it still has paint on it ,a red coat with white sashes going across each shoulder and crossing in the middle.
sorry if this is a bit long winded.
lee

 

[del]

Lee i believe they had lead toy figures that far back but it will be pretty difficult to pin down an era when it was made . hoping to see it soon .

 

[dalewestaby]

in germany there were lead toys since the 1600's so, it could be old..... but the paint is still on it which makes me think its not that old

 

[aloldstuff]

Lee, have you ever seen the movie, The Patriot with Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger. In that movie one of the sons gets shot and he had a bag of lead soldiers. Through out the movie Mel's character kept making musketballs by melting the lead soldiers. Can't wait to see the pictures.

 

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on the Indian, I love those old soldiers, WTG |:cheering:

 

[CTDirtFisher]

Lee.... :grin:

 

[lee]

that first bloke looks like you paul....lol..
ill take some pics today mate , me and chrisinct are going to hit the freshly plowed field behind the house today , incidently this house was john oldhams (one of the 10 adveturers) tavern back in 1637 and the place i found the 1799 large cent.
if anyone wants to join us today feel free to message me.

 

[MIKE54]

Lee are you sure Chris didn't find those goodies? LOL

 

[lee]

so here is a few pics as promised also a nice gold ging i found today whille hunting with ctdirtfisher and chrisinct but ill let paul post the video and tell the story of the day.

 

[CTDirtFisher]

so here is a few pics as promised also a nice gold ging i found today whille hunting with ctdirtfisher and chrisinct but ill let paul post the video and tell the story of the day.

Lee... You shaking your money maker will tell all the story anyone wants to know... :happy:

It was a fun day 22-26 all day as were out for a good 6 hours... It snowed for half of it...

Everyone got jewelry... and we nabbed a few buttons...

Pictures and video will be forthcoming...

Paul

 

[ChrisinCT]

That sure is a nice ring. Did the wife confiscate it ?

 

[dave in iowa]

looks like a British toy solder , lead ?
|:cheering:

 

[lee]

yup its lead dave.

 

[coinhunter]

Amazing !!!

 

[CODY]

Sweet!

 

[starman2]

erfect10:! Nice find on the toy soldier and I.H. It looks pretty old to me.

 

[jkress]

Great finds and gorgeous pictures Lee. :drool: :smitten:

You always pull up some incredible keepers and I enjoy following your posts. :-> Congrats.