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  1. Steve(Can)

    Ace head ID

    You saw this in the link above.... "many "french axes" of the Vizcayan design have been recovered from archeological sites in east Texas. Pretty cool, Terry! :thumbup:
  2. Steve(Can)

    Ace head ID

    No worries, you are more than welcome, Terry. Thank you for posting your axe find, I consider the ones I dug as some of my oldest and best finds. I did quite a bit of research on the these a few years ago, but that centred mostly on information pertaining to the French trade in North America and...
  3. Steve(Can)

    Any idea what this is?

    Take a look at "hay trolley slings" or "hay carrier slings". Haven't found an exact match, but these are close, particularly interlocking slings
  4. Steve(Can)

    Any idea what this is?

    Maybe closer?... hay trolley part.... something like this:
  5. Steve(Can)

    Any idea what this is?

    Puts me in mind of a part from a manure carrier... any words or part numbers on it at all? http://www.jeffersoncountyiowa.com/barns/pp/ppmaasdam-litter.htm
  6. Steve(Can)

    Ace head ID

    A side note, Terry.... I have found three of these axes. Two were recovered with a detector, one I recognized in a basket of old rusted hammer and axe heads in a yard sale. The area I live was at one time an active part of the french fur trade and I've heard tell that farmers here have been...
  7. Steve(Can)

    Ace head ID

    The French fur trade was active from 1600 to 1763, thereabouts, when the French were defeated by the English in North America and gave up claim to their holdings. So that's a span of 150 years or so, that these axes were being produced and traded with the natives. Now those axes were also used...
  8. Steve(Can)

    Ace head ID

    Thanks Terry... from what I can see, you have a french trade axe, also known as a biscayne axe. These axes were made by forging a strip of wrought iron around itself to form the poll and the eye of the axe head. A stip of carbon steel was often inserted into the cutting end and forge welded so...
  9. Steve(Can)

    Ace head ID

    Hey Terry, can you post a few more pics please, showing top and bottom view and side views that show the entire axe along side a tape measure or ruler. Thanks!
  10. Steve(Can)

    A star of ?

    Sorry, need to clean my glasses CPSS not PCSS... doh. A Cumberland Presbyterian Sunday School pin, (CPSS) but with the lack of any religious symbols on your pin like on every example of sunday school pins posted on ebay and elsewhere, not convinced this is on the right track... :( .
  11. Steve(Can)

    which has been your favorite garrett?

    GTA 1250, a nice light, reliable, dig everything machine.... eventually upgraded to the 2500 which I like a lot as well. Over the years though, have dug many more keeper finds with the 1250... maybe the advanced imaging of the 2500 tends to make a person lazier and more prone to cherry picking?
  12. Steve(Can)

    A star of ?

    Pawnee City Secondary School pin? Pawnee City Secondary School is a public high school of the Pawnee City Public Schools located in Pawnee City, NE. It has 130 students in grades 7th through 12th. Pawnee City Secondary School is the 156th largest public high school in Nebraska and the 19,327th...
  13. Steve(Can)

    A star of ?

    Maybe on the right trail, Laplander... a Congregational Sunday School pin that is similar. Probably would have been enamelled like the sample beside it. The same pins were used in a number of protestant churches, Methodists, Baptists, Congregational, etc, typically with the name of the...
  14. Steve(Can)

    A star of ?

    Hey laplander, what part of the country was it found in?
  15. Steve(Can)

    Age of copper bracelet ?

    Curious minds need to know... As a side note, some of you may have wondered where some of these reference pics come from. Short answer, lotsa places. This one from the archives, a picture of @Guvner as a young dude. Not sure about the pants but 50 years later, he still has the same haircut...
  16. Steve(Can)

    Possible gripped edge liberty cap?

    Another outstanding find, Boxcar! Thanks for posting. :thumbup:
  17. Steve(Can)

    Possible gripped edge liberty cap?

    From the link below: ...This variety features a plain edge on the coin. This means the edge doesn't have any groves but is perfectly smooth unlike the gripped edge variety. An example of the gripped edge is depicted below...
  18. Steve(Can)

    Bullet ID

    Interesting article... Buffalo Cartridges of the American Frontier By Chuck Hawks https://www.chuckhawks.com/buffalo_cartridges.htm
  19. Steve(Can)

    Bullet ID

    50-90 Sharps? The .50-90 Sharps rifle cartridge is a black-powder cartridge that was introduced by Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company in 1872 as a buffalo hunting round. Bullet diameter was typically 0.512 inches (diameter. Bullets weighed from 335 to 700 grains...
  20. Steve(Can)

    Any help or suggestions appreciated

    The 1770-1775 British George III halfpenny is about the size of a US large cent. (posted above) The faint profile on your coin most closely resembles the bust on the 1774-1776 and 1781-1782 Irish halfpenny (below) Of interest, the Virginia Halfpenny, an official regal minting of the Irish...
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