Glen's Loyalists
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- Jan 7, 2024
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It was my birthday last week, so my son and I decided to spend a few hours detecting to see if we could get a little extra luck. And we did! Here are a few nice Naval relics we found:
Pride of place has to go to this 1827 Pattern British Naval Sword Handguard. Heavily gilt, they still make this pattern sword today. On this one the crown is Victorian or earlier so it's Nineteenth Century, I would expect pre 1860 to give it time to be used and maintained and then abused and broken and lost.
Also found is this silvered coat button. I'm told it's likely British Naval Marines, circa 1790. I wanted a British Marines Button, this is the first I found. It was under a tree and in the same hole with an ox shoe. So good on the Deus, and mine's an old one, the battery's dead on the head unit, so I've been going by ear. The back is only marked with some stars and an S, likely for silver I would think.
My son found this, the best bit of broken spoon we've ever found. I'd love to know where it came from. It's pewter and the back is marked YAT that is visible. That might be Yates, we have found pewter of his before in various places. He was active up until the 1820's, I think, when the mark changed. Somehow this looks earlier to me. Has anybody ever seen one?
He also found this, what we think is part of a military buckle. The rampant lion in the shield is the symbol of Scotland, but we haven't found more than that. Does anybody have any references on these type of buckles? It would have been snazzy when new, there are traces of where the lion was gilt and it looks like it had a pierced silver overlay in the fields.
Other than that, we found a small rifle bullet that has some age but I don't know what. A 1913 British Penny, a demolished coin that is most likely a Georgian Halfpenny, a couple other demolished cents, 1934 and and 1940. And a couple of Hildebrandt #3 fishing attractors.
So two nice finds each. That's fine by me, it was a good day out.
Pride of place has to go to this 1827 Pattern British Naval Sword Handguard. Heavily gilt, they still make this pattern sword today. On this one the crown is Victorian or earlier so it's Nineteenth Century, I would expect pre 1860 to give it time to be used and maintained and then abused and broken and lost.
Also found is this silvered coat button. I'm told it's likely British Naval Marines, circa 1790. I wanted a British Marines Button, this is the first I found. It was under a tree and in the same hole with an ox shoe. So good on the Deus, and mine's an old one, the battery's dead on the head unit, so I've been going by ear. The back is only marked with some stars and an S, likely for silver I would think.
My son found this, the best bit of broken spoon we've ever found. I'd love to know where it came from. It's pewter and the back is marked YAT that is visible. That might be Yates, we have found pewter of his before in various places. He was active up until the 1820's, I think, when the mark changed. Somehow this looks earlier to me. Has anybody ever seen one?
He also found this, what we think is part of a military buckle. The rampant lion in the shield is the symbol of Scotland, but we haven't found more than that. Does anybody have any references on these type of buckles? It would have been snazzy when new, there are traces of where the lion was gilt and it looks like it had a pierced silver overlay in the fields.
Other than that, we found a small rifle bullet that has some age but I don't know what. A 1913 British Penny, a demolished coin that is most likely a Georgian Halfpenny, a couple other demolished cents, 1934 and and 1940. And a couple of Hildebrandt #3 fishing attractors.
So two nice finds each. That's fine by me, it was a good day out.
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