Fertilizer. Soil itself is great. That site is at 57-58 on the Fe3o4 on the t2. Good mild dirt. Possibly more iron than actual dirt lol
Great link. I took time to study the USA bayonets. It may be wishful thinking, but I feel the one to closest resemble what I have is the “early colonial socket bayonet”. The curved “tang” of the blade, the blade shape at its base and the design of the “spine” down the blade. Sorry I’m no edged weapons guy so my terms are laughable I’m sure. Granted my specimen is pretty crusty, i can see what appear to be twist marks in the curve of the tang where I knocked some rust off. A gentlemen who has a lot of knowledge here in town, insists it’s CW era, he doesn’t have one in his collection to compare it too. In his 40 plus years detecting Iowa Illinois and Missouri, he’s never found one. Even at the battle of Athens site, near here he did not locate one. Which makes me feel very lucky to have found it basically visible from the surface. I still look at it every night since I found it.
Nagant, thank you very much for that educational link on "Socket bayonets of the World." I've added it to my relic-ID database in my Favorites folder's Relics section.
People here occasionally ask "how I know so much." Actually, I don't know so much. But I often know where to find the ID answer, because I've saved relic-education Links like that one. Let me politely suggest y'all do the same.
