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[Athens]

Good morning everyone,
I couldn't wait to get back to the spot I found my last Connecticut copper and walking liberty.I found a few more relics wanted to share.I found the other matching suspenders buckle, another great heal boot plate,and the last item,I have no clue.The object is about 3 inches square on bottom,smaller at top sides are on a 45 degree angle,it's extremely heavy for the size.It appears to have a reversed S in it ? At first I thought it was silver but not sure,I kinda doubt it.Any thoughts? Thanks everyone.

 

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[Digger RJ]

Good morning everyone,
I couldn't wait to get back to the spot I found my last Connecticut copper and walking liberty.I found a few more relics wanted to share.I found the other matching suspenders buckle, another great heal boot plate,and the last item,I have no clue.The object is about 3 inches square on bottom,smaller at top sides are on a 45 degree angle,it's extremely heavy for the size.It appears to have a reversed S in it ? At first I thought it was silver but not sure,I kinda doubt it.Any thoughts? Thanks everyone.

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[pepperj]

The photo of the back is blurry.
So is there any indication if it was attached to something?
Nice heart heal plate.

 

[Athens]

The photo of the back is blurry.
So is there any indication if it was attached to something?
Nice heart heal plate.

Sorry bad photo,No indication that it was attached to anything,no other markings I can find on it looks like whatever metal it is was poured into mold,I did put a ice cube on object with another ice cube next to it and it definitely melted faster on the object in question? IDK mysteries drive me nuts.lol

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Great finds - congrats !

I read that the "Hearts In The Sand" Heel Plate like the one you found were often worn by Prostitutes.

 

[GaRebel1861]

At first, I thought your square item might be an apothecary weight but, it may be too big to be that.

 

[pepperj]

Sorry bad photo,No indication that it was attached to anything,no other markings I can find on it looks like whatever metal it is was poured into mold,I did put a ice cube on object with another ice cube next to it and it definitely melted faster on the object in question? IDK mysteries drive me nuts.lol

Imprint block for something.
Letter S
Looks like casted aluminum/zinc.

 

[Athens]

Great finds - congrats !

I read that the "Hearts In The Sand" Heel Plate like the one you found were often worn by Prostitutes.

Yes I read that somewhere as well,I believe the term Hooker comes from Hookers army supposedly following the heart shaped prints in the dirt led to a good time .. 😂 😂 I laughed when I found the 2 I have, because that's the first thing I thought of is someone had a litterly toss in the hay field.I am curious if these heel plates,where specifically worn by women of the night or it was a popular style for women in that time frame?

 

[Athens]

Imprint block for something.
Letter S
Looks like casted aluminum/zinc.

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That's probably what it is ,it is strange shape for I thought a printer block as the edges are beveled towards the s mark,the s is not raised in object,but sunken in ,like a mold , someone was pouring a bunk of S 's. Lol 😂

 

[Athens]

That's probably what it is ,it is strange shape for I thought a printer block as the edges are beveled towards the s mark,the s is not raised in object,but sunken in ,like a mold , someone was pouring a bunk of S 's. Lol 😂

It is extremely heavy for size,so probably zinc,It seems crude for anything manufactured

 

[pepperj]

It is extremely heavy for size,so probably zinc,It seems crude for anything manufactured

It could be some sort of block that was in a mold press. Where it could be switched out for other letters or designs.

 

[UnderMiner]

Keep hitting that site, it's definitely got alot of history going on there. 👍

 

[Athens]

Keep hitting that site, it's definitely got alot of history going on there. 👍

I'm going there now ,lol .It's about 250 acres.Ive done a bout half so far.

 

[Surfline]

Good morning everyone,
I couldn't wait to get back to the spot I found my last Connecticut copper and walking liberty.I found a few more relics wanted to share.I found the other matching suspenders buckle, another great heal boot plate,and the last item,I have no clue.The object is about 3 inches square on bottom,smaller at top sides are on a 45 degree angle,it's extremely heavy for the size.It appears to have a reversed S in it ? At first I thought it was silver but not sure,I kinda doubt it.Any thoughts? Thanks everyone.

Could the inverted S be an ink stamp? If you put ink on one side it should produce a correct S on the paper. If you could find out the owner(s) of that property it would be interesting to know if their last name started with ‘S’

 

[oldmxrat]

Nice finds, love the heel plate, congrats!

 

[Red-Coat]

Great finds - congrats !

I read that the "Hearts In The Sand" Heel Plate like the one you found were often worn by Prostitutes.

Yes I read that somewhere as well,I believe the term Hooker comes from Hookers army supposedly following the heart shaped prints in the dirt led to a good time .. 😂 😂 I laughed when I found the 2 I have, because that's the first thing I thought of is someone had a litterly toss in the hay field.I am curious if these heel plates,where specifically worn by women of the night or it was a popular style for women in that time frame?

Heart heel plates may well have been regarded as having an association to hookers with a partiality to fancy footwear, but certainly weren’t worn only by ladies of ill-repute. It’s more a case of likelihood that such ladies might make them their preferred choice. They weren’t even confined to women’s footwear.

In 1851, the Army Board adopted the ‘Jefferson Brogan Bootee’, an ankle-length boot styled after a modified ankle lace-up brogan boot popularised after Thomas Jefferson began wearing them around 1801. There are many Civil War examples of the M-1851 which have heart heel plates (among other designs such as stars) although they are generally larger than those used for women’s shoes.

The term "hooker" may have gained a popular association to the low morality of the Army of the Potomac under the tenure of General "Fighting Joe" Hooker from around 1863 but that’s not the origin of the term. Apart from the literal meaning of "one who hooks" it was in use with a meaning of “prostitute” prior to 1845.

Norman E. Eliason in "Tarheel Talk" (published 1956) quotes a letter written in 1845 from North Carolina in which the writer advises a friend: “If he comes by way of Norfolk he will find any number of pretty Hookers in the Brick row not far from French's hotel. Take my advice and touch nothing in the shape of a prostitute when you come through Raleigh, for in honest truth the clap [i.e. gonorrhoea] is there of luxuriant growth."

John Russell Bartlett’s 1859 “Dictionary of Americanisms” attributes the term to “Corlear’s Hook”, a disreputable neighbourhood of New York City on the East River, frequented by sailors:

"HOOKER. A resident of the Hook, i.e. a strumpet, a sailor's trull. So called from the number of houses of ill-fame frequented by sailors at the Hook [i.e. Corlear's Hook] in the city of New York."

In Mike Wallace and Edwin G. Burrows’ “Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898” (published 2001), the authors wrote: “At Corlear’s Hook, adjacent to the shipyards, coal dumps, and ironworks, droves of streetwalkers brazenly solicited industrial workers, sailors, and Brooklyn ferry commuters. So notorious was the Hook’s reputation as a site for prostitution that the local sex workers were nicknamed “Hookers,” generating a new moniker for the entire trade.”