more junk?????

[dirt diva]

Any ideas on these
No markings on any of them.

 

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[chipveres]

Depending on size, the bottom object might be a concho used to decorate leather.

Chip V.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

i dont know what it is but i see an acorn.

 

[Blacksheep]

The acorn thingy, turned around, could be a picture/utility hook (looks like the hook is broke off)

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Picture 4 looks like heel plates

 

[Monty]

I don't see any junk! All of that is possibly CW relics. I recognized the heel plates right off, very common for soldiers of either side if the Confederacy soldiers even had shoes that is. The first item could very well have been a uniform badge with fasteners on two posts on the back. The other stuff Could be junque as we don't have junk on tnet. The proper terms are crappe' and junque. Monty

 

[woody50]

Taking a guess at the size and the weight (you didn't mention that) of the artifacts (sounds better than junk doesn't it?) I think the following

Photo 1/2
-That could be a shield applied to thick leather or wood.
-Second guess is the plate from an iron, or what is left over from an flat iron (used to iron clothes).

The second choice could be better because the fastening points appear quite massive.
I go for the second...

Photo 3
They both appear to me to be broken handles, although the left hand one could be a leg of something.

Photo 4
Yes, both are heel plates, as Monty and Gypsy mentioned.

Photo 5
don't know

Photo 6/7
Looks like a horse bronze to me. These were fastened to thick leather, made of bronze, and contained
the owners initials.

Only really guesses.... I think Crusader could help much better....

BTW, none of it is JUNK!

 

[dirt diva]

Thanks for all info on these ARTIFACTS.Hey, that does sound pretty good.Here's a few more pics. on size.

 

[woody50]

Here is a photo of a horse brass, this one is rectangle, but they come in all forms, round, square, this shape, etc...
This one I found and gave to the Farmers wife, this was her grandfathers farm and those are his initials.
I am told this one was attached to the horses blinders. Looking at the attachment points here on this and then looking at your first photo, I can think that that item also was a horse brass, seeing that the points are about the same size..

The second photo show examples of the forms the horse brasses took....

 

[romeo-1]

Looks like some musket parts...including a butt plate...all excellent finds!

 

[baspinall]

I found one of the little shield things. I believe it is horse tack. There's a thread somewhere back. About this one.

Brian

 

[dirt diva]

Thanks for all the info.Now I have some names to attach to these ARTIFACTS.
Thanks for being patient with all of us newbies.

 

[BuckleBoy]

I found one of the little shield things. I believe it is horse tack. There's a thread somewhere back. About this one.

Brian

The shield-shaped things are called Harness Bosses.

Check out my reply #12 in the link below:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,118603.0.html


Yes, the heel plates are correctly identified.  Now, lemme look at these other goodies...


Ok. I think the acorn things are musket parts too. I'm looking for them now. These are FAR from "junk" finds--in fact they're pretty darned Great finds!



-Buckleboy

 

[woody50]

I found one of the little shield things. I believe it is horse tack. There's a thread somewhere back. About this one.
Brian

The shield-shaped things are called Harness Bosses.
Check out my reply #12 in the link below:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,118603.0.html
Yes, the heel plates are correctly identified. Now, lemme look at these other goodies...
Ok. I think the acorn things are musket parts too. I'm looking for them now. These are FAR from "junk" finds--in fact they're pretty darned Great finds!
-Buckleboy

Buckleboy I do agree with you, but over here Harness bosses are called a Horse Brass, what's in a name. I guess a Saddle boss would be somewhat smaller too. The Sexfoils from Crusader appear to be smaller and lighter to used on a persons belt, not on a thick belt or piece of leather on a horse, where something heavier like this would be used.

 

[dirt diva]

Thanks BuckleBoy!!

I vote BuckleBoy for President

Just moved back from Kentucky,Western part.Sturgis.
Was there last year when the leaves were changing,it was breath taking. Not like lower SC where they just die and fall off tree in a day or so.No changing,most of the time.Thanks.

 

[BuckleBoy]

I found one of the little shield things. I believe it is horse tack. There's a thread somewhere back. About this one.
Brian

The shield-shaped things are called Harness Bosses.
Check out my reply #12 in the link below:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,118603.0.html
Yes, the heel plates are correctly identified.  Now, lemme look at these other goodies...
Ok.  I think the acorn things are musket parts too.  I'm looking for them now.  These are FAR from "junk" finds--in fact they're pretty darned Great finds!
-Buckleboy

Buckleboy I do agree with you, but over here Harness bosses are called a Horse Brass, what's in a name.  I guess a Saddle boss would be somewhat smaller too.  The Sexfoils from Crusader appear to be smaller and lighter to used on a persons belt, not on a thick belt or piece of leather on a horse,  where something heavier like this would be used.

The Sexfoils are older time frame than anything we find here.  But over here, these pieces mentioned in my link above are called Harness Bosses.  "Horse Brass" could mean anything to me--from Saddle Bosses to Bridle Buckles to Bridle Buckle Shields to Martingales.  See?     Same thing with the term "Horse Furniture."  It's so generic...it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!  


-Buckles


P.S.--Thanks, diva.    I'm enjoying the leaves here so much.  I'll be enjoying them more when they get some of my "target" fields cut so that I can view the panorama from the center of a giant bean field with the '66 on my arm. 

 

[romeo-1]

The acorn and the other piece in the same pic is part of a musket trigger guard assembly...just check my American Revolution Encyclopedia and found the exact matches. Together with the butt plate those a stellar finds!!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

The acorn and the other piece in the same pic is part of a musket trigger guard assembly...just check my American Revolution Encyclopedia and found the exact matches. Together with the butt plate those a stellar finds!!!

Dang! You just beat me to the ID by minutes.

 

[romeo-1]

The acorn and the other piece in the same pic is part of a musket trigger guard assembly...just check my American Revolution Encyclopedia and found the exact matches. Together with the butt plate those a stellar finds!!!

Dang! You just beat me to the ID by minutes.

I actually found that last night but completely forgot to post...next time BB!

 

[Marc(NB)]

3rd pic from the top are musket trigger guard parts,nice finds