My Most Enigmatic Find from Weekend Hunt with Colonial Jersey Bandits

[Erik in NJ]

Had a great weekend in South Jersey getting together with NJLargeCent and GrantHansen (both of TNet)...we hunted some interesting properties and made a varied array of finds including coins, some great buttons, and interesting relics.

I found this enigmatic relic in a large field across from a church that we gained permission to. The finds in this field were sparse other than the plethora of Coke and Pepsi screw on caps and then I got a deep signal on my SE Pro. It read at 8" inches but I had to dig at least 12" to recover it. It's dimesions are approximately 3.5" long (including hinge), 1.5" tall, and 3" wide.

It appears to be a VERY (1.5 to 2 lb.) heavy hinged lid made of pewter with a beautiful floral motif on top. The first thing that came to mind was that it may have been the cover for a beer stein or a sugar dish, but the weight would seem to be quite oppressive for this application. It has some beautiful detail on it and I am posting it here first to try and get some opinions as to what it may have been part of.

I'll post a group post of my finds from the weekend and perhaps Grant will make a post of all the items we unearthed as a team. Regardless of the finds the company was great and we had a blast. One of the high points of the weekend for me was dining with the guys at an authentic English Fish & Chips House in the area that was fantastic.

Thanks for viewing.

 

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[huntsman53]

Erik,

Although your' find is seriously heavy, you might want to look into 18th Century Tankards and/or Flagons with hinged lids or covers! The tankards and flagons were used for a lot of different liquids from beer, to wine, to coffee, to water, to some possibly for holding lamp oil and more. Considering that some of the larger ones have some real heft and size to them but small necks and lips at the opening for pouring. The larger ones with hinged Pewter lids is the closest I can find to yours!

Good luck!


Frank

 

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[granthansen]

Erik,

Although your' find is seriously heavy, you might want to look into 18th Century Tankards and/or Flagons with hinged lids or covers! The tankards and flagons were used for a lot of different liquids from beer, to wine, to coffee, to water, to some possibly for holding lamp oil and more. Considering that some of the larger ones have some real heft and size to them but small necks and lips at the opening for pouring. The larger ones with hinged Pewter lids is the closest I can find to yours!

Good luck!


Frank

This is a great lead.