Finds from Another NV Ghost Town

[oldmxrat]

Miguel and I hit another old mining town yesterday. Tough place to get to, but had a really good time there.

Pulled an old wood scaled eating utensil with one of the scales still attached,
a lock box keyhole escutcheon,
some odd square nails,
a fancy garment fastener with oak leaves,
a pocket watch winder,
a crystal,
a mystery item, and several buttons, including what I believe is a U.S. Army General Service Great Coat button 1820-1839.

The mystery item on the lower left looks to me like half of another type of valve stem protector for those early long threaded stems.

The Army button:

Hard to see in the pic, but it says United States on the back.

Miguel came over to me kinda bummed because he found a seated dime with the back scratched off and initials inscribed. Say what!!!! He got himself a beautiful love token! Be sure and check out his post.

Thanks for looking!

 

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[Conito@55]

Miguel and I hit another old mining town yesterday. Tough place to get to, but had a really good time there.

Pulled an old wood scaled eating utensil with one of the scales still attached,
a lock box keyhole escutcheon,
some odd square nails,
a fancy garment fastener with oak leaves,
a pocket watch winder,
a crystal,
a mystery item, and several buttons, including what I believe is a U.S. Army General Service Great Coat button 1820-1839.

The mystery item on the lower left looks to me like half of another type of valve stem protector for those early long threaded stems.
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The Army button:
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Hard to see in the pic, but it says United States on the back.
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Miguel came over to me kinda bummed because he found a seated dime with the back scratched off and initials inscribed. Say what!!!! He got himself a beautiful love token! Be sure and check out his post.

Thanks for looking!

You found some very interesting things. Especially that military button, I liked it too much. You did a good job, buddy.

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the recoveries.
Liking the Button and the watch winder.

 

[xr7ator]

The fancy garment fastener with oak leaves sure looks like silver to me.

On the lower left, I'm thinking it is half a set of those deals you use when you drill a hole in masonry and want to attach something with a bolt or screw. Like a lead lag shield anchor.

I did see his post and the love token is a sweet seated find for sure.

 

[oldmxrat]

The fancy garment fastener with oak leaves sure looks like silver to me.

On the lower left, I'm thinking it is half a set of those deals you use when you drill a hole in masonry and want to attach something with a bolt or screw. Like a lead lag shield anchor.

I did see his post and the love token is a sweet seated find for sure.

The oak leaf fastener is brass, unfortunately.
Def not a lag-screw anchor, it's cast iron.

 

[Glen's Loyalists]

The bent nail is either a door nail, which were bent so they couldn't be pulled out, or a homemade pipe tamper.