i have this thing with finding eagles

[burglarifyoulike]

this weekend i headed with my family and many extended family to my parents' cabin in the mountains of beautiful WV. i had hoped to detect at the site of my dad and his siblings' old school which is there no longer, but property is owned by a girl scout camp. i am still hopeful that i can obtain permission to hunt there, but have had no calls back after 3 messages left with caretaker and girlscout administration. anyway, that plan thwarted, i headed to the cellar hole on my parents' property where i dug many canning jar lids (i hate those things) and shotgun caps (i hate them a little less than the jar lids), one cute little bayer aspirin bottle that i found by the lid, and a plow blade. being rather discouraged with the finds, i decided to head to another property owned by my uncle's family where i've found a few interesting items that i hope someday to post on "what is it?", but where my imagination always runs wild since my relative's daughter-in-law found a $20 gold piece while planting flowers!!! there has been no house there for many years, but my dad says he thinks had been built in the late 1800's. i was there for several hours and was ready to call it a night (my finds had been few, a thimble, with the top cut or corroded off, 2 unidentifiable scraps, a large piece of old clock innards, and some other various trash) when my cousin happened by, saw what i was up to and brought out his head lamp. i considered leaving due to my lack of success, but thought i'd try detecting with a headlamp. it was great! i could get hooked! and thanks to the headlamp i found this eagle thing. i must say that i nearly gave up, it was deep, the ground was hard, even after the snow had soaked in, it was partially wedged in under a large rock, and i thought it must be a plumbing device when i could tell its elbow shape. even after i finally got it out, i thought it was more funny than neat. my dad, though, thinks its really a good find, he thought maybe it was a cane topper. it is my third eagle find in about two months, which is why i thought this find was funny, none on old coins, though. well, thanks for reading this lengthy post!

 

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[EuropeonX]

Burglarifyoulike, What a awesome find ! I also seen BuckleBoys "link" Sweet ! (Eagle)

You guy's and gal's are giving me the bug to try this Metal detecting out, in a big way.

Thanks for sharing your finds with me.
Jeff

 

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[BuckleBoy]

Thanks, burglar--You have a nice saddle pommel there--and I'm assuming you read most of the thread on the second link I sent. Worth a decent amount of money, too.


Regards,



Buckleboy

 

[burglarifyoulike]

Hey I think I know what you have there. It is a horn (i think that is what it is called) from a saddle dated pre civil war. My father in law (civil war collector) bought a saddle many years ago because it had the exact eagle head as the horn. Can't tell you much more than that however I do recall it dated pre civil war (spanish war?)

thanks, ceseward. you knew it all along!!