A Great Start to 2012! Sword Guard!

[romeo-1]

Woke up this morning to several vultures circling our house...thought that wasn't a good sign but decided to go detecting anyway. I'm glad I did because it was a good hunt! The only thing I like finding more than musket parts is sword parts and today I found only my second part...the hand guard. Found it in the same area I found the Royal Fusiliers button so may be 1812 era. Also added a couple musketballs to the collection, two tombac buttons with their shanks intact, another shoe buckle piece and the back from a silver wristwatch...

Looking out my window the vultures are still circling but I'm tucked away safe inside with my booty!

 

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[Wldbil]

Re: A Great Start to 2012!

Congrats on the finds...

 

[romeo-1]

Re: A Great Start to 2012!

Congrats on the finds...

Thanks Bill...I'm quite pleased with the sword guard!

 

[thrillathahunt]

Those flat buttons are cool too. I don't find those down here.

HH 2012

 

[romeo-1]

Those flat buttons are cool too. I don't find those down here.

HH 2012

I get a lot of tombacs' but not many with their shanks intact.

 

[Steve in PA]

All in all a very good day. Your sword guard looks similar to the one JohnnyBlaze found recently.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,438154.0.html

 

[romeo-1]

All in all a very good day. Your sword guard looks similar to the one JohnnyBlaze found recently.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,438154.0.html

Yep...definitely similar.

 

[olekyground]

Really cool find! CONGRATS

 

[romeo-1]

Really cool find! CONGRATS

Thanks...it's the type of find that gets my blood pumping!!

 

[The Patriot]

Love finding those old sword guards! Congrats for great finds and even getting out...crazy weather up here too

 

[romeo-1]

Love finding those old sword guards! Congrats for great finds and even getting out...crazy weather up here too

Still detectable here...all of the frost that was in the ground last week is out and the sun is shining...no snow at all. I have a feeling that will change real soon.

 

[kuger]

Odd that the sword wasnt there??Neat find!

 

[{Sentinel}]

Nice Finds Romeo, congrats and I nice way to start the year

 

[romeo-1]

Odd that the sword wasnt there??Neat find!

These things probably had a tendancy of breaking off. This is only the second sword piece I've found with the first being a French quillon.

 

[kuger]

Odd that the sword wasnt there??Neat find!

These things probably had a tendancy of breaking off. This is only the second sword piece I've found with the first being a French quillon.

Very true.I imagine one could "recycle",the broken blade as well.One of my very first finds with a detector was a 1850's,sword scabbard......in a Chinese camp!Never did find any part of the sword...sure it was cut down,into a smaller blade

 

[ossi]

good hunting. Hey. Ossi

 

[Hunthicks]

Sweet! Lucky to still be getting out, we've been having pretty decent weather!

 

[Iron Patch]

To get an intact one you'd have to be able to detect the guard, yet the blade never having been higher than the plow line. So odds are probably against... although I have dug an intact scythe and witnessed another so it is possible. Of course both of those finds had me thinking sword! (They were old too... 1720-50 range)

 

[MaineRelic]

Very nice finds Romeo ! Love the sword gard Conrad ! M.R.

 

[romeo-1]

To get an intact one you'd have to be able to detect the guard, yet the blade never having been higher than the plow line. So odds are probably against... although I have dug an intact scythe and witnessed another so it is possible. Of course both of those finds had me thinking sword! (They were old too... 1720-50 range)

As happy I am with this find when I was digging it I thought it was something else...I saw the unbroken side and for a couple seconds thought belt plate!