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  1. J

    Kettle Points/Tinklers or Old House Flashing ???

    ***Update: Got confirmation from the state archy on these pieces being worked pieces, most likely Tinklers in various stages of manufacture. The site will be recorded and researched further. An 1830s wagon trail runs not far from this site at all so that could definitely be related. According...
  2. J

    Kettle Points/Tinklers or Old House Flashing ???

    Thank you! Pretty neat little things to find for sure! Your trade silver was pretty amazing!
  3. J

    Kettle Points/Tinklers or Old House Flashing ???

    Here are a couple of links to other finds and some photos. I understand these are from other detectorists however there is a lot of information out there from historian/archeological roots...
  4. J

    Kettle Points/Tinklers or Old House Flashing ???

    Thanks for responding CT Todd! I respect your view and appreciate the opportunity to debate these. I agree that they do resemble cut flashing no doubt. I have found plenty of that and occasionally you do find pieces that are of interesting shape. I’ve thrown many in the scrap pile. However...
  5. J

    Kettle Points/Tinklers or Old House Flashing ???

    I spoke to and forwarded pictures of these onto a person that could be called an expert in Native American/ancient archeology and he confirmed that these are worked pieces, both points and Tinklers, mostly likely from the Ioway tribes that resided here until the 1840s or so but could date as far...
  6. J

    Kettle Points/Tinklers or Old House Flashing ???

    Thank you for your response! I work in the construction field and am apprised of the gutter ferrules. I agree they do have that appearance but these pieces I have found are much too small to be used for anything of that nature.
  7. J

    Kettle Points/Tinklers or Old House Flashing ???

    Thank you for your input and response! Have you ever looked very far into the fur trade era or kettle culture stuff with the Native Americans? Very interesting stuff. I’m still on the fence on the brass pieces but they definitely resemble Kaskaskian points, Tinklers, and Kettle points from...
  8. J

    Kettle Points/Tinklers or Old House Flashing ???

    Posted in another forum and got crickets for responses. It amazes me how a person can find a wheat penny or a merc in a tot lot and it garners multiple comments and a multitude of inputs but when you post potential relics with actual intentions of learning and getting valuable opinions on them...
  9. J

    Now that's what I am talking about

    Great finds like this keep history and the people that made it alive for years beyond its creation. 160+ years and this young man and soldier and the family that he had are still being honored. That’s why we do this hobby! Great button Jeff!
  10. J

    Another early silver

    Pretty cool find!
  11. J

    Button Information

    Im not lobbying for find of the year by no means here as I’m sure the majority of you find these buttons very commonly and are encyclopedias in regards to information about them. I’m posting for guys/gals like me that just don’t find them that often in our areas or on our sites. I have found...
  12. J

    History Never Dies

    I cross posted in another forum and that was the consensus there as well.
  13. J

    History Never Dies

    Here is another picture of it
  14. J

    Pretty little button

    That is a Jacksonian button. The one you have is considered a Patriotic version. Non-Military related. Date range from the 1820s-1830s or so. These were the first 2 piece brass buttons made. Nice button! I have found two but both had the face wiped out.
  15. J

    History Never Dies

    House sites from the mid 1850s aren’t an easy thing to come by or research in my area of the Midwest. There were certainly people homesteading here in this time frame but unfortunately mapping is not available and the records can be tough to sort through. Through genealogy research and census...
  16. J

    Small change

    Just now saw this Jeff. It was definitely a fun day and we appreciated the invite to be a part of it. Here are some pics of the other finds from the day. There is much more there to find!
  17. J

    10 Escados Counterfeit Coin/Game Token

    Curious if anyone has come across one of these detecting? Pretty interesting piece of history. Pretty interesting article in Coin Week about it and other variations. https://coinweek.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-contemporary-counterfeit-coins-from-the-reign-of-queen-isabel-ii/ Thanks...
  18. J

    2024 Year End Wrap Up

  19. J

    2024 Year End Wrap Up

    Dedicating much more time to researching older sites, 2024 turned out to be a fruitful year for relics. Subsequently I had a down year in the coin department. I did not dig one silver coin but the coins that I did unearth were predominantly 1800s, excluding a handful of wheat cents. My first...
  20. J

    Holidays are over. Tell me what

    My find from 2024 that was a personal favorite/bucket lister would have to be my first ever Civil War Breast Plate. It was found on a site that gave no indication in the research that it would produce any civil war relics. When I first saw it pop up out of the plug, I did not think there was...
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