Hi all,
New to metal detecting and to this site, but I'm super excited about my first finds. I searched an old suburb of Boston (private land with permission) known for farming as far back as the 1700s. I unearthed the following things:
![2016-08-17 19.13.40.jpg 2016-08-17 19.13.40.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1239/1239410-778c7006ba57559c9fe5639e43134030.jpg)
![2016-08-17 19.14.02.jpg 2016-08-17 19.14.02.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1239/1239426-f008446bf6fa6c2f27b70533c3bcc60f.jpg)
![2016-08-17 19.13.48.jpg 2016-08-17 19.13.48.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1239/1239440-2df93215b0a54884176bb5347680cc9b.jpg)
I'm particularly interested in what those large (and heavy!) matching brackets might be used for... and also how old you think the log-splitting wedge might be (on the left). There's also a silver ring with leftover leather on it--kind of interesting. They were mostly found together next to old, buried barbed wire. The metal detector pinged "gold/bronze/silver" for most of these (my first time with a metal detector, sorry for the novice remark!). There were also a few bullet casings, some nails, bolts, a lure, and what looks like some old wheels (or parts of wheels) from farming equipment.
Either way, it was super fun and I look forward to going out again! Thanks for your help ID-ing!
New to metal detecting and to this site, but I'm super excited about my first finds. I searched an old suburb of Boston (private land with permission) known for farming as far back as the 1700s. I unearthed the following things:
![2016-08-17 19.13.40.jpg 2016-08-17 19.13.40.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1239/1239410-778c7006ba57559c9fe5639e43134030.jpg)
![2016-08-17 19.14.02.jpg 2016-08-17 19.14.02.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1239/1239426-f008446bf6fa6c2f27b70533c3bcc60f.jpg)
![2016-08-17 19.13.48.jpg 2016-08-17 19.13.48.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1239/1239440-2df93215b0a54884176bb5347680cc9b.jpg)
I'm particularly interested in what those large (and heavy!) matching brackets might be used for... and also how old you think the log-splitting wedge might be (on the left). There's also a silver ring with leftover leather on it--kind of interesting. They were mostly found together next to old, buried barbed wire. The metal detector pinged "gold/bronze/silver" for most of these (my first time with a metal detector, sorry for the novice remark!). There were also a few bullet casings, some nails, bolts, a lure, and what looks like some old wheels (or parts of wheels) from farming equipment.
Either way, it was super fun and I look forward to going out again! Thanks for your help ID-ing!