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  1. Steve(Can)

    Need help with this mystery item...

    Any details on the sword it came from, fwc?
  2. Steve(Can)

    Hatchet head?

    Another similar bronze age flat axe, slightly smaller, also from England, Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service. Also with a similar flaw on the back edge. Early Bronze Age flat axehead An incomplete copper alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date. The axe is small, plain and flat...
  3. Steve(Can)

    Hatchet head?

    Scaling from the large cent, it appears the piece is 3-3/4 long and 2-1/4" wide across the face? From the large cent, assume you are in the US? From the shape and size, was gonna suggest possibly a piece broken from a cast brass pipe tomahawk, but it would have a tapered top and bottom view...
  4. Steve(Can)

    14 inches down, Missouri State Guard Camp

    Geological Map of Missouri Showing the Location of the Principal Stone Quarries (1904), based on Broadhead Map of 1873, and Keyes Map of 1896. The following types of features are shown on the map: Limestone, Sandstone, Lime-kiln, Silica and Tripoli, and Granite and Rhyolite. Limestone quarries...
  5. Steve(Can)

    14 inches down, Missouri State Guard Camp

    This puts a couple limestone quarries in the immediate neighbourhood: https://quarriesandbeyond.org/states/mo/mo-quarry_photos_13_a.html also more info about plugs and feathers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_and_feather Not sure about the connection to the civil war earthworks, other than...
  6. Steve(Can)

    14 inches down, Missouri State Guard Camp

    Wow, how exciting DWild! Not sure if this includes the type of earthworks or quarry the owner's father spoke of or goes back that far.... but maybe worth a look.... a map of abandoned mines in Missouri...
  7. Steve(Can)

    14 inches down, Missouri State Guard Camp

    Depends on the rock, DWild. The plugs and feathers were generally used to split quarried stone into blocks or slabs. The piles of rock you are talking about could have been rubble, chunks discarded in the process, in which case they'd have sharp edges and signs of working. If the rocks in the...
  8. Steve(Can)

    14 inches down, Missouri State Guard Camp

    A plug, used with feathers, for splitting rock
  9. Steve(Can)

    Need help with this mystery item...

    Got a couple more views from different angles?
  10. Steve(Can)

    Thick cast brass finial & decorative work near 1812 tavern site - date/Early US design style??

    I pulled those two because they are such a good example of the similarities. Ha, that's funny, Ronstar, what other goodies you got tucked away in that coin box? :ROFLMAO:
  11. Steve(Can)

    Thick cast brass finial & decorative work near 1812 tavern site - date/Early US design style??

    No way! :ROFLMAO: Ronstar, you're killing me here. You post a rusted chunk of twisted wire and got those two beauties tucked away. Fantastic finds and both in great shape! The pair of them would make an great shadow box display!
  12. Steve(Can)

    Thick cast brass finial & decorative work near 1812 tavern site - date/Early US design style??

    Thanks FH, this old stuff has a beauty all in it's self, but also a meaning that goes beyond words, a story we vaguely understand instinctively somehow. Sometimes it's in code, like the ancient Christian fish symbol, but when the meaning is revealed, it makes perfect sense and all begins to tie...
  13. Steve(Can)

    Thick cast brass finial & decorative work near 1812 tavern site - date/Early US design style??

    You are welcome, FindingHistory, glad you found it useful. Way back, I took courses in Art History and though I thought it was interesting and all, kinda doubted it was anything practical. Kinda funny how intertwined it all is though in the history of people and ideas. I agree with your...
  14. Steve(Can)

    Thick cast brass finial & decorative work near 1812 tavern site - date/Early US design style??

    Hey FindingHistory... The leaf design of your find is known as a "scrolled acanthus leaf" This design is based on a plant that grows in Greece and was a popular motif since ancient times, appearing on columns and decorative work in Greece and Rome. During the the renaissance and a renewed...
  15. Steve(Can)

    Jeweler’s Mark ID

    For what it is worth, here's the link, someone else asking for info about the mark on a fox ring, but no replies https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47226
  16. Steve(Can)

    Jeweler’s Mark ID

    Ron, the maker's mark looks incredibly similar to the SV "Fox" ring posted above; Even in the "STERL ING"... notice how the R and L lean into each other leaving the space between the L and the ING? Looks like the same stamp. Comparing the faces, the rose and the fox are very similar in...
  17. Steve(Can)

    Jeweler’s Mark ID

    No help with the id, but similar.... SV https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47226
  18. Steve(Can)

    Brass topper or.....?

    A drop pull cabinet/drawer handle? Possibly with a glass knob?
  19. Steve(Can)

    Found this Today

    2 OUNCE CLOCK PENDULUM WEIGHT https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ounce-clock-pendulum-weight-2840945807
  20. Steve(Can)

    Found this Today

    Lead fishing weight?
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