johnnyi
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- Jul 4, 2009
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I was housebound today so naturally I decided to backdrag another pit in the garden. 
It's a 1680's location with mix of farm junk until you get below a foot down, but then you hit exclusively colonial stuff usually (unless you happen to hit one of the many 1930's trash pits strewn every ten feet or so down here in this "easy digging" sand (why the mob loves S. Jersey!)
) This spot I hit happened to be virgin.
Anyway, this pewter broken piece was all I found besides a huge button (over 1.35 inches with a ring of arrows around border which you can't see in the scan). the rest of the signals were a lot of spikes and square nails.
The pewter piece measures roughly an inch and a quarter across. You can see the base directly under the plain top (the rest is flower design) and that base once measured a little over half an inch. It is unclear whether there was another piece broken off near the side or whether it is just plain broken apart . It looks way too clumbsy for a walking cane handle and it doesn't seem to fit a style of any pewter serving dishes from the colonial period. There wouldn't have been fireplace implements here with such handles at this time period. I know we always want such things as this to be weapon related, but still I'm wondering if it could possibly be part of the pommel to a 1700's French sword? (I've found two separate pommel and hilts here before from different periods.)
It's a 1680's location with mix of farm junk until you get below a foot down, but then you hit exclusively colonial stuff usually (unless you happen to hit one of the many 1930's trash pits strewn every ten feet or so down here in this "easy digging" sand (why the mob loves S. Jersey!)) This spot I hit happened to be virgin. Anyway, this pewter broken piece was all I found besides a huge button (over 1.35 inches with a ring of arrows around border which you can't see in the scan). the rest of the signals were a lot of spikes and square nails.
The pewter piece measures roughly an inch and a quarter across. You can see the base directly under the plain top (the rest is flower design) and that base once measured a little over half an inch. It is unclear whether there was another piece broken off near the side or whether it is just plain broken apart . It looks way too clumbsy for a walking cane handle and it doesn't seem to fit a style of any pewter serving dishes from the colonial period. There wouldn't have been fireplace implements here with such handles at this time period. I know we always want such things as this to be weapon related, but still I'm wondering if it could possibly be part of the pommel to a 1700's French sword? (I've found two separate pommel and hilts here before from different periods.)
Johnnyi
does it match yours 
