Brown Bess Lockplate 1756 - 1777 Timeframe

[MonkeyBoy]

Ok.. I think this counts as a find for today... my digging buddy found a relic I had a few of.. so i was looking through my box of them, yes.. I'm being vague so he can post the item later, and I pulled out the lockpalte that has been.. well.. in a box of "stuff" for years... i looked at it a few years back.. thought "cool, I need to research this" and here we are today.... so.. here are the pics..

The date range.. lenght.. design.. screw placement etc.. all match up to the bess...
MB

 

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[RPG]

How did you find it? Looks pretty well preserved. Did you dig it?
Randy

 

[MonkeyBoy]

How did you find it? Looks pretty well preserved. Did you dig it?
Randy

no.. not dug... came down through the family.. in a netshell.. the stock exist too.. I just need to pick it up and double check that it fits... but it is suppose to be from the same rifle..

MB

 

[RPG]

How did you find it? Looks pretty well preserved. Did you dig it?
Randy

no.. not dug... came down through the family.. in a netshell.. the stock exist too.. I just need to pick it up and double check that it fits... but it is suppose to be from the same rifle..

MB

WOW...That is a real treasure. Passed down from generation to generation. Wish I had something like that Passed down to me.
Randy

 

[PA]

ive found 2 of those lockplates. sweet artifact.

henry

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

That is a beautiful piece! The closest I have come is a musket ball fired from a Brown Bess, possibly fired during a skirmish in June of 1778.

Great Photos!

 

[dcinffxva]

For your reference, here is a lockplate from the 1780-1800 time frame. This is an early third model Brown Bess. If you need better pics, let me know.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice find. Definitely an oldie

 

[RELICDUDE07]

That one pic has the word tower on the end.This one is a bit older,like this 1760s

 

[MonkeyBoy]

That is a beautiful piece! The closest I have come is a musket ball fired from a Brown Bess, possibly fired during a skirmish in June of 1778.

Great Photos!

thanks!! That is what I need now!! To find a musketball either dropped or fired to go with the display!!!

MB

 

[allen]

that is an awesome piece of history...

 

[shaun7]

nice! beats a coin any day!...............well over here anyway

 

[MonkeyBoy]

that is an awesome piece of history...

thanks!! It was one of those things that when I realized what I had... I flipped out!!! It was in a box of misc relics of years... so i will be going through EVERYTHING I have over the next month..

MB