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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[Steve in PA]

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

Thanks Keith. It was nice to get out and find something. Lately all the new leads have not panned out, and I have been relegated to chasing iffy signals ant pounded spots

Sweet flask Steve! Never found one of those

Thanks Brad. I dug one years ago when I was in high school, but I was digging bottles and it wasn't glass, so it eventually disappeared.....

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

Thank you Stretch. I was happy to get a decent powder flask.

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

Thanks Steve. I believe the rocks protected it and kept it dry. It was basically laying on the surface of the ground under the rocks.

 

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[metalev4]

That's a nice powder flask Steve. I cant seem to walk over one. I have found the top to 3 but no actual flask. Great recovery.

 

[Steve in PA]

Thanks Evan. If you're finding the top part, a complete one shouldn't be far behind