A Figure Eight Relic?

[Kirk PA]

I found this relic near where the four Colonial coppers were found last Sunday. Does anyone know what it could have been?

Kirk

 

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[DCMatt]

Infinity?

I also think it is a house number.

DCMatt

 

[savant365]

Pretty small for a house number but maybe a mailbox. I have seen numbers like that on utility poles. I don't know enough about colonial relics to say whether it came off of something from that period or not. I could see wagons or coachs back then being marked with numbers though.

HH Charlie

 

[gmanlight]

Sorry no relic there . Pole or house #

 

[RPG]

definitely from a colonial utility pole.

 

[gmanlight]

The funny thing is i found mine at a old colonial site also .

 

[stefen]

Pretty small for a house number but maybe a mailbox. I have seen numbers like that on utility poles. I don't know enough about colonial relics to say whether it came off of something from that period or not. I could see wagons or coachs back then being marked with numbers though.

HH Charlie

Geez...give the guy a break...its a small house


Sorry, I forgot the smiley face

 

[Mackaydon]

Maybe an apartment or room number.

 

[vayank54]

The numbers look like they are aluminum The military numbers were brass. I think these went on a utility pole.

 

[Breezie]

The font on the 5 looks like a modern font. The 8 looks older. Like vayank said, the CW numbers/letter were made out of brass, but in Crouch's book, Civil War Artifacts, there is a pic where the letters VA & Numbers were cut from an unknown 'zinc' like metal. BUT, these letters/numbers were FLAT, not beveled. Breezie

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I am wondering if they are lead filled on the backside.

 

[vayank54]

The font on the 5 looks like a modern font. The 8 looks older. Like vayank said, the CW numbers/letter were made out of brass, but in Crouch's book, Civil War Artifacts, there is a pic where the letters VA & Numbers were cut from an unknown 'zinc' like metal. BUT, these letters/numbers were FLAT, not beveled. Breezie

Whoa Breezie
You are top of things.

 

[Breezie]

Whoa Breezie
You are top of things.

Top is good; lol

 

[gmanlight]

My #s are aluminium don't know about Kirk PA #

 

[vayank54]

Whoa Breezie
You are top of things.

Top is good; lol

I'm almost afraid to comment on this one.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Whoa Breezie
You are top of things.

Top is good; lol

I'm almost afraid to comment on this one.

Doh!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Well, too bad it wasn't something cool. Never be afraid to post your relics, KKC. As old as the sites are that you guys dig, there will be something excellent that will need to be ID'ed eventually.


Best Wishes,



Buckles

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Kirk,

If we rule out aluminum for a moment (1890+), I would guess the stamping technology to make concave numbers / letters out of sheet zinc was available by the 1850's or so, at least in theory; this was the dawn of the era of mass industrialization. However, sheet zinc that old would have to have some good soil conditions to avoid becoming really brittle. I would therefore guess aluminum by looking at it.

Hey, it's a relic... just maybe not the era you're seeking.

Never know what you're gonna find!

Chris

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I notice there is no green check here so I decided to post some pics I came across. http://www.oldgreypole.com/uupp/gallery_us_ma_sunderland.html

Notice the nail holes in the number 8 are exactly the same.


Here is the 8 and 5 also the same nail holes.

 

[trikikiwi]

Spot On, BigCy

Mike