April Fools Day Hunt - found a cool Powder Flask!

[Steve in PA]

Took Friday off and it rained all day. Saturday started off wet and it finally stopped about 3:00. I managed to get a couple hours in at a mid 1800s cellar hole (if you can call it that) since its just a flat spot dug into the side of a hill in the woods. I had been here once before, but it was pretty overgrown the first time. Conditions were better this time. I had already dug a few odds and ends, including the first coin from this site, a badly worn large cent. I was planning to leave soon when I got a strong signal under a spill of flat stones on the hillside. I started removing stones and stuck my pin pointer in the hole I had made and heard the hollow sound of the pin pointer hitting sheet brass. Expecting a piece of junk sheet brass, I was pleasantly surprised to pull this out.................


A nice civilian powder flask. A little smashed, but both sides intact with a dog and a pheasant surrounded by scrollwork.


The rest of the finds - one piece convex flower button, large cent, spoon pieces, sash buckle, harmonica reed, etc

 

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[mikefromIllinois]

A very nice find. Congrats.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Cool relics! Love the powder flask. Finding a LC is on my list for my treks into the PA woods this year.

 

[Diggin Dude]

Nice hunt, cool finds, love the powder flask. Congrats and HH

 

[Truth]

Nice find!!! Congrats


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[trapperart]

Nice finds for sure congrats

 

[Kurios1]

I've tried to reply to your post three times now and keep clicking on the pictures and loosing my progress as I hit the back button. So, Nice brass powder flask. Love the dog & pheasant design. I've only managed 2 LC's since 2008 when I began metal detecting. Cool assortment of relics for sure. Well done skipper.

 

[relic nut]

Cool find! Congratulations![emoji106]

HH, RN

 

[Steve in PA]

I've tried to reply to your post three times now and keep clicking on the pictures and loosing my progress as I hit the back button. So, Nice brass powder flask. Love the dog & pheasant design. I've only managed 2 LC's since 2008 when I began metal detecting. Cool assortment of relics for sure. Well done skipper.

Thanks. The hunting scene with the dog and pheasant is nice, but I think a patriotic theme with an eagle, cannon, and maybe a drum would have been even cooler

 

[ARC]

Great hunt... WD.

 

[BIENER]

Nice recovery!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Nice powder flask Steve. Reminds me of a similar one I dug a few years ago with the image of a grouse. Sorry the silver eluded you, but looks like you still had a fun hunt.

 

[joeyfresh]

Cool powder flask Steve. I've never found a whole one but I'm certain the thousand pieces of flat ornate brass I find are part of powder flasks...at least that's my go to identification, lol

 

[Steve in PA]

Cool powder flask Steve. I've never found a whole one but I'm certain the thousand pieces of flat ornate brass I find are part of powder flasks...at least that's my go to identification, lol

It would be almost impossible to find even a partially intact one in a plowed field, which is where you do most of your hunting. This one was protected by the stones and even kept somewhat dry since the stones drained quickly.

 

[Z.K.]

Really nice looking item. Good to see you getting out.

 

[Relicific]

Very original find

 

[SC Keith]

Very cool find Steve! Thats a nice site you found there. HH
Keith

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Sweet flask Steve! Never found one of those

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

Congrats on your finds!
That is a really sweet flask! Love the details.
Good story & pics!

 

[Scrappy]

Hey now, that's a beauty Steve! I've only been able to find mangled little pieces of those. Excellent recovery bud