HEAVYMETALNUT
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*UPDATE*ID ON SILVER PIECE* ABSENT AWHILE SO HERE'S SOME OF MY LATEST FINDS
Been kinda lazy lately so here's some finds from recent past hunts.Can anyone id the hand etched hallmarked piece of colonial silver in the 1st pic?
67 coppers on the year now.my record was 80 3/4's last year.gotta beat it!
***UPDATE** silver hand etched piece has been identified as a 18th century hair bodkin*link below
18CV60 Angelica Knolls MI Bodkinn.
some history on bodkins....
A bodkin is a large, blunted needle with a long eye to accommodate ribbons and laces. In the 17th and 18th centuries, bodkins were important personal items for women. They were used to lace ribbons, decorative trims, corsets, and drawstrings, but sometimes women
also displayed bodkins like jewelry by wearing them in their caps (Beaudry 2006; Sullivan 2004). According to Randall Holme’s 1688 Academy of Armory, bodkins were used by women to bind up their hair, and they were usually made of silver or gold, though the inferior classes had brass bodkins (Alcock and Cox 2000). Many women of high status owned inscribed silver bodkins, often pierced with a second hole to string on a decorative bauble or to accommodate threads or small cords (Beaudry 2006). Over time, bodkins seem to have lost their inscriptions and personal significance, though they continued in use as sewing tools.
Been kinda lazy lately so here's some finds from recent past hunts.Can anyone id the hand etched hallmarked piece of colonial silver in the 1st pic?
67 coppers on the year now.my record was 80 3/4's last year.gotta beat it!
***UPDATE** silver hand etched piece has been identified as a 18th century hair bodkin*link below
18CV60 Angelica Knolls MI Bodkinn.
some history on bodkins....
A bodkin is a large, blunted needle with a long eye to accommodate ribbons and laces. In the 17th and 18th centuries, bodkins were important personal items for women. They were used to lace ribbons, decorative trims, corsets, and drawstrings, but sometimes women
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SEPT 11 COPPER & COLONIAL SILVER 011.webp -
SEPT 11 COPPER & COLONIAL SILVER 012.webp -
SEPT 11 COPPER & COLONIAL SILVER 013.webp -
SEPT 11 COPPER & COLONIAL SILVER 022.webp -
SEPT 3RD 2 MORE COPPERS 66 ON THE YEAR 019.webp -
SEPT 2ND NJ HALF CENT AND SPANISH SILVER 016.webp -
SEPT 2ND NJ HALF CENT AND SPANISH SILVER 018.webp -
SEPT 2ND NJ HALF CENT AND SPANISH SILVER 021.webp -
AUG 27TH 3 COPPER DAY 011.webp -
AUG 27TH 3 COPPER DAY 012.webp -
AUG 27TH 3 COPPER DAY 014.webp -
AUG 27TH 3 COPPER DAY 013.webp -
AUG 27TH 3 COPPER DAY 017.webp -
AUG 4TH VIRGIN CELLAR HOLE 2 MORE COPPERS 017.webp -
AUG 4TH VIRGIN CELLAR HOLE 2 MORE COPPERS 018.webp -
AUG 4TH VIRGIN CELLAR HOLE 2 MORE COPPERS 015.webp -
AUG 4TH VIRGIN CELLAR HOLE 2 MORE COPPERS 016.webp -
AUG 11TH CIVIL WAR STORE CARD 016.webp -
AUG 11TH CIVIL WAR STORE CARD 017.webp -
AUG 11TH CIVIL WAR STORE CARD 011.webp -
AUG 11TH CIVIL WAR STORE CARD 013.webp -
AUG 223RD SPORTSMANS BUTTON 002.webp -
AUG 223RD SPORTSMANS BUTTON 019.webp
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