Cleaners, clip, buttons, bottle, & others
Still gridding off the horse pasture during lunch at my plantation site. Yesterday it was raining a bit so I ventured off into the woods until it let up. I stumbled upon two small crumbled stone foundations piled up very close to the pond and creek, and a large deep hole (old well?) . I think these may have been slave shacks. I did a bit of swinging and came up with an old button fairly quickly. Good sign.
I then spotted a bottle 1/2 buried next to a tree. I think it is from the late 1800's? I scanned over one of the foundation piles and pulled out one of those decorative cast iron pieces that holds the logs in the fireplace, a piece of a cast iron stove with "Stove" and "Range" cast into it, some horse harness pieces, a wagon wheel ring, etc. To heavy to drag out of the woods, so I'll try to take my camera back in there next time around.
Here are my finds:
*Two CLEANER BULLETS- night & day as far as patina on them.
ID'd by Civilman below.
*A small clip of some sort with a design and "Pat. Oct 15, 89' " on it. Inventor: Jacob Gump. (Forrest's Dad?)
Any idea? ID'd by PBK below.
*A 5-sided decorative piece for harness or leather bag (?).
I've found these in the past at other CW areas, but they were a lot bigger than this one.
*14mm flat button - "Imperial Standard" back mark.
*18mm flat button (circa 1800-1830) - This one has me puzzled.
It is a better quality metal than most that I find. I think it is brass. It has a beveled edge too. It has three words as a back mark. One is "Stand" , one is "Best", and the other is driving me nuts!!! 
On the third word I can see "ST
?"
Any idea what this third word is?
Any idea on the age?
ID'd by PBK below.
*20mm flat button w/shank and wreath back mark.
*Asst'd relics: umbrella rod slide piece ? , possible utensil handle? (very thin though), etc.
*An old bottle - 9" tall with LYRIC on the base. Circa 1915-1929.
Any idea of the age?
Bottle ID'd by PBK below.
Thanks for looking,
MM
Still gridding off the horse pasture during lunch at my plantation site. Yesterday it was raining a bit so I ventured off into the woods until it let up. I stumbled upon two small crumbled stone foundations piled up very close to the pond and creek, and a large deep hole (old well?) . I think these may have been slave shacks. I did a bit of swinging and came up with an old button fairly quickly. Good sign.
I then spotted a bottle 1/2 buried next to a tree. I think it is from the late 1800's? I scanned over one of the foundation piles and pulled out one of those decorative cast iron pieces that holds the logs in the fireplace, a piece of a cast iron stove with "Stove" and "Range" cast into it, some horse harness pieces, a wagon wheel ring, etc. To heavy to drag out of the woods, so I'll try to take my camera back in there next time around. Here are my finds:
*Two CLEANER BULLETS- night & day as far as patina on them.
ID'd by Civilman below.
*A small clip of some sort with a design and "Pat. Oct 15, 89' " on it. Inventor: Jacob Gump. (Forrest's Dad?)
Any idea? ID'd by PBK below.
*A 5-sided decorative piece for harness or leather bag (?).
I've found these in the past at other CW areas, but they were a lot bigger than this one.
*14mm flat button - "Imperial Standard" back mark.
*18mm flat button (circa 1800-1830) - This one has me puzzled.
It is a better quality metal than most that I find. I think it is brass. It has a beveled edge too. It has three words as a back mark. One is "Stand" , one is "Best", and the other is driving me nuts!!! On the third word I can see "ST?"Any idea what this third word is?
Any idea on the age?
ID'd by PBK below.
*20mm flat button w/shank and wreath back mark.
*Asst'd relics: umbrella rod slide piece ? , possible utensil handle? (very thin though), etc.
*An old bottle - 9" tall with LYRIC on the base. Circa 1915-1929.
Any idea of the age?
Bottle ID'd by PBK below.
Thanks for looking,
MM
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