Revolutionary War Era Stirrup

[comfyinvermont]

Got out to a beautiful old house today for a few hours. The house is probably mid to late 1800's. Coins have been hard to come by for me recently and I believe it is because I have been detecting farmhouses outside of town. My brother has a theory that if you want to find the coins, you need to search the homes in the town. I think he is correct. I did locate a wonderful Revolutionary War era stirrup which is identical to the one shown in Neumann and Kravic's Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, on page 157 #13. This house is not that old by any means, but the road which it's on used to be the Baily Hazen Military road that was built during the revolutionary war. I wonder if this stirrup is from that time period. If only it could talk. Also found a great brass nozzel from an early milk line, (got milk!!!), a boot toe plate a very nice horse bridle rosette, and brass plate to some old screens which says, Porter Screens, Burlington Vt. and a cap that says, "Sold only at the Rexall store". And true to form....no old coins. Thanks for looking....Lance P.S. It's snowing out and supposed to all night. Hope it melts by next weekend.

 

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[jfx55]

nice stirrup comfy-!

 

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[trk5capt]

Lance, Very Nice Finds, Congrats. trk5capt...

 

[2country]

Nice finds . What time frame were the toe plates used ? I"ve found several and can"t find any info on them .

 

[GoingDown]

Hey Lance....

What a neat coincidence.....a couple of hundred miles away....I found a stirrup also....on the same day!!

 

[Mainedigger]

Comfy...VERY nice relics, that stirrup is sweet!! loved your post , except for that nasty horrible "S" word...don;t wanna even think about that crap for a while...
Don;t discount the homes away from town for coins, the farmsite I am hitting of late has produced over 50 1800's/early 1900's coins and it's NO where near town, in fact, nearest town is not only miles away but not only do you need a car to get there, but also a boat. Could be the coins are down deeper than what you are reaching right now, go back after you;ve cleaned the junk and bigger stuff out and take your time and you may find the coins are there, they just were lurking under the junk and/or just down a little deeper.
HH!!!!
MD

 

[birdman]

Now that is history! New England is the place!

 

[Postalrevnant]

Congratulations on that GREAT relic. I sure love the history potential in the ground up your way. Like the picture of those quaint looking houses as well.

Rev