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MangoAve

MangoAve

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Thursday I tried to get permission to hunt a field. I was too late to find the guy who owns it. Friday I went up on a hunt in the woods, nothing but iron around the cellar holes. Only good thing was knowing not to bother going back. It was hit real hard. I been itching because it's been over a week and a half since I got out. Today I found the guy. He wanted me to do him a favor to find a property marker on another site. I did that, and then went to the field. It was maybe 20 min before I found a button and a strange cast piece.The button has some green patina. I thought it was a pin at first. After that was a clad. They were near a house built 1936. Then I checked the field. I found quite a bit of can-slaw. After about another 20 min I found two different size musket balls. I ended up digging up the big piece of iron which was a blade from the tractor. I took a pic of it before I threw it out. Any idea about the small cast piece? It's got like a nipple piece, and as I said it has a slight line as it was cast.Musket and button.jpgTop button, piece.jpgView attachment 38679
 
Interesting. Is the cast piece solid ? I wonder if it could have been used in the manufacturing of clay pipes?
 
That button looks old. Any pattern on it? The musket balls are cool- I'd love to find one of those.

Sorry I couldn't hook up to hunt with you this weekend. We'll definitely get together at some point.
 
Lodge Scent said:
Interesting. Is the cast piece solid ? I wonder if it could have been used in the manufacturing of clay pipes?
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Yes it's solid. Besides the fact it didn't ring up as iron, I used a magnet near it and it definitely wasn't iron/nickel. It is heavy for its size. You may have a good idea on what it is. Otherwise I was thinking they used weights for measure. One side is round. The other looks like it's had slices removed. I was thinking material removed to make its weight a particular value. Your guess is as good as mine here. Lol.
 
kpmoose said:
That button looks old. Any pattern on it? The musket balls are cool- I'd love to find one of those.

Sorry I couldn't hook up to hunt with you this weekend. We'll definitely get together at some point.
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It might have a slight pattern. I am unsure my phone cam can pick up on what my eyes see. There is a small area that looks like it's printed and the epsilon for an 'E'. It's thin..but I can't fathom how the pattern would be gone but I can see a beveled edge around entire thing.

The musket balls are two different calibers so maybe one who knows better can say if the smaller was pistol and larger was rifle. And u will find some as long as u are near house older than 1850 give or take a few years when they changed the shape of the projectiles. Yes, we'll have to get out. Np about this weekend.
 
Hey Jim , the cast round piece is an odd one :thinkingabout::thinkingabout::dontknow: perhaps it went to a decorative piece of some kind. the button looks pretty old , hope you get out with Kevin sometime soon .

hey on another note theres a Y.T.C. club meeting tuesday the 15th this month if you and or Kevin would like to get together with me , its a great place to meet other people , talk about the hobby and show off finds.let me know.

Dan
 
del said:
Hey Jim , the cast round piece is an odd one :thinkingabout::thinkingabout::dontknow: perhaps it went to a decorative piece of some kind. the button looks pretty old , hope you get out with Kevin sometime soon .

hey on another note theres a Y.T.C. club meeting tuesday the 15th this month if you and or Kevin would like to get together with me , its a great place to meet other people , talk about the hobby and show off finds.let me know.

Dan
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Dan, I was planning on going to that meeting & joining up. Hope to meet you then.
 
Hey..you're doing better...some good finds :thumbsup01:. Patience and persistence...it's like dating....:lol:
 
del said:
Hey Jim , the cast round piece is an odd one. Perhaps it went to a decorative piece of some kind.

hey on another note theres a Y.T.C. club meeting tuesday the 15th this month if you and or Kevin would like to get together with me , its a great place to meet other people , talk about the hobby and show off finds.let me know.
Dan
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Dan, I may get there for YTC. Just checked it's Thurs. I can bring the two weird pieces I found lately and you can still be stumped as what they are. haha. I did see your post on the Museum. Wow, that's a lot of reads there.

RobW said:
Hey..you're doing better...some good finds :thumbsup01:. Patience and persistence...it's like dating....:lol:
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Rob, with MD I agree with persistence, but in comparison to dating the coins might be easier than scoring, don't cost you tons of $ to get lucky, and the coins don't nag or get jealous when you find another one. I'd make a comment about coming home with your arm hurting from swinging when you dont get lucky..hoping no one takes that the wrong way.
 
MangoAve said:
don't cost you tons of $ to get lucky.
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I don't know about that...If I figured on how much I've spent over the years on all my detectors, gear, boots, batteries, gas....gas.....gas.......and gifts to the wife to get out of the dog house for being gone longer than I said I would be....and being out of cell phone range......:pirate:
 
But as I tell my wife...I could really be into fishing...and need a $40,000 boat, a new BIGGER truck to pull it with $50,000, equipment and gear $$$, gas, and beer.....and I'd be drunk all weekend.....she assents....:lol:
 
del said:
its definitely on Tuesday the 13th this month.
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Dan, read your earlier post. I actually did see you write correct day of the week, but the incorrect date. I went by the date.

RobW said:
I don't know about that...If I figured on how much I've spent over the years on all my detectors, gear, boots, batteries, gas....gas.....gas.......and gifts to the wife to get out of the dog house for being gone longer than I said I would be....and being out of cell phone range......
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Yes, but a wife can cost you half your $. hahah. Sometimes It's good to be out of cell range. I know with the gf I get messages while detecting and it's not so easy having to pull down detector, pull off gloves, and reply. I like the second post, too. Just as long as she doesn't come back with any similar retort for something she wants.
 
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