Don in SJ
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Excavated "Harness" Assembly ( more photos added)
While metal detecting this morning at a new, very isolated homestead in the woods, I had just recovered an 1835 Hard Times Token and approximately 5 feet away I got another diggable reading and to my surprise, I first unearthed at about 5-6 inches down pieces of thread like material and two very large Grommets with web material still attached. I continued digging, having still a good reading deeper and below where the grommets were I dug and pulled out this harness assembly, which is rather very heavy duty, almost like a pilots parachute harness assembly that I was used to seeing on our military pilots. I hung the material in the tree and took photos, I am going back to the site tomorrow (if I can find it again LOL) and bring it home with me this time, taking a gym bag along to put it in.
Now, what is it, used for, time period, I just don't know. I seriosly doubt it could be from a jet pilot's chute assy, so that would leave it being a "period" item from the homestead (1800-1840s) or from a modern logging operation done in the 1960s in this area.
I believe more of it is still in the ground, and remind that it was as deep if not deeper than the Hard Times token, so I cannot even venture a guess on its age, not knowing about how old harness and the grommets and the hook on this one can go back in history, so open for all guesstimates.
Don
While metal detecting this morning at a new, very isolated homestead in the woods, I had just recovered an 1835 Hard Times Token and approximately 5 feet away I got another diggable reading and to my surprise, I first unearthed at about 5-6 inches down pieces of thread like material and two very large Grommets with web material still attached. I continued digging, having still a good reading deeper and below where the grommets were I dug and pulled out this harness assembly, which is rather very heavy duty, almost like a pilots parachute harness assembly that I was used to seeing on our military pilots. I hung the material in the tree and took photos, I am going back to the site tomorrow (if I can find it again LOL) and bring it home with me this time, taking a gym bag along to put it in.
Now, what is it, used for, time period, I just don't know. I seriosly doubt it could be from a jet pilot's chute assy, so that would leave it being a "period" item from the homestead (1800-1840s) or from a modern logging operation done in the 1960s in this area.
I believe more of it is still in the ground, and remind that it was as deep if not deeper than the Hard Times token, so I cannot even venture a guess on its age, not knowing about how old harness and the grommets and the hook on this one can go back in history, so open for all guesstimates.
Don
