Shako crown,artillery button, Native stone tool and few more items.

[Aureus]

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share some of the finds from the last week end as I haven't had a chance to write the post before.

Few interesting finds,

My favorite being a British shako crown. Was a little bent when I found it but I managed to fix it without damaging it.




An artillery button (1830's-1840's) and a few nice flat buttons.



A neck clasp and few other copper items, also a piece of an early pewter spoon.




A nice cannonball. I very rarely find them in the ground. Made me work to get it out ...



A few 1837 Lower Canada Halfpenny's and an unknown copper coin. (Maybe a Civil War period token, seems to have an Indian with ''Liberty'' writing)




What I believe to be a piece of a stone arrowhead,spearhead or a knife.



A nice fossil. I try to collect them from the fields when I get the chance.



Thanks for the comments!

 

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[Aureus]

very cool finds, very interesting and sweet finds

Thank you.

 

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[Aureus]

Another amazing hunt man! That shako piece and artillery button are awesome.

Check out this site for identification on that possible cannon ball. SolidShotEssentialsMod (I believe one of the authors is a member on here)

Here is a quote from that article:

"The general surface of a cannonball should be smooth unless heavily pitted by corrosion. There should be no wide belts or raised bands at the mold seam, but a faint trace of the mold seam (if any) as the previous picture of the 12 Pdr. shows. There should be no flat spots, egg-shape or out-of-roundness to the object."

What seems a little off to me is how pronounced that mold seam is. That ball would have a lot of play to fit in a cannon, however I am by no means well versed in artillery... so i could be TOTALLY wrong here! As I understand, after casting, the artillery balls were "finished" where they would clean the seam and sprue. However, on smaller canister shot, they wouldn't take the time to "finish" them since canister was loaded as a group. That article was written based on American Civil War shot, so perhaps it doesn't apply here.

Thank you. I believe this is the description of an Civil War period solid shot. All the cannonballs I have found dating from 1812 and later period are as described in the article. Very smooth and without the flat surfaces. Earlier cannonballs seem to have a much harsher surface, with a very pronounced mold and sprue. They would also sometimes have a Broad Arrow mark. It might be an earlier one or a very large grappe shot type as you have suggested.

 

[Aureus]

Have you IDed the Crown type yet? At first I thought Will IV but I'm not so sure.....

No. Didn't have the chance to look into it. But I believe you might be right as the buttons match the period. Thanks.

 

[pepperj]

Very nice assortment! You really seem to get a lot of military related items, I'm to look like the grass with envy. Now that's they're called Shako Crown, I'll have to have a look at my past finds as I believe I have a few buried in the keeper box. Congrats on the ball and button as well not at all shabby when they come out looking so fine.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Thats definitely a projectile point. Good find to go with your metal relics. When do you think the ball is from? War of 1812?

 

[ClovisOak]

Nice Finds! I personally like the spearpoint the most. Kind of beat up but I see a flute along the broken base putting into the paleo range in age. Possible small Clovis. Could also be an Archaic type point with a broken base that once broken created some type of impact flute mimicking a flute.
HH

 

[Aureus]

Those are some incredible finds!! Congrats and HH

Thank you.

 

[Aureus]

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Thank you.

 

[Aureus]

Another clinic on "awesome digging." Nice recoveries, Anton!

I'm very curious about that "liberty" token. I don't recognize it at all. Hope more folks can chime in on that, maybe hit up Mackaydon or Bramblefind if no ID is forthcoming.


PS - you know you're good when Casper breaks out a GIF ^

Thank you Ken. Looks a bit similar to 1863 civil War token. I.P. helped out as I had no idea they existed. Here's a similar coin I have seen online.

 

[Z.K.]

Well, I've seen civil war tokens before and I guess I should have ball parked that...but yours is so crude (in a good way) it doesn't look like anything else I've seen. Almost like a hobo nickel version of a CW token. A great save.

I had work brain earlier and didn't express my enthusiasm for seeing a pan-collector trifecta: fossil, indigenous, and detected. If you had found a crystal specimen as well, something official would have to be done.

 

[Aureus]

Do you ever have a bad hunt buddy? You certainly have your research game locked down. I'd love to put a couple cannon balls in my collection. Very unlikely but I'll hold out hope. Love that artillery button

I do have uneventful hunts. I just don't post them. Many hours and days researching and checking the new fields and woods sure makes me sometimes come home empty handed. I hope you find the cannonballs soon, they make a great display and are awesome to dig.

 

[Aureus]

Very nice assortment! You really seem to get a lot of military related items, I'm to look like the grass with envy. Now that's they're called Shako Crown, I'll have to have a look at my past finds as I believe I have a few buried in the keeper box. Congrats on the ball and button as well not at all shabby when they come out looking so fine.

Yes, we are privileged in Quebec to have some amazing military related activity. Thank you.

 

[Aureus]

Thats definitely a projectile point. Good find to go with your metal relics. When do you think the ball is from? War of 1812?

Yes, I believe it is a point. I have found this one in the same general area few years back. Seems to be a match. I showed the cannonball to an expert, he believes it's from French and Indians war period - 1750's or Revolutionary War at the latest.

 

[MadTom]

A little bit of everything! Nice!

 

[Aureus]

Nice Finds! I personally like the spearpoint the most. Kind of beat up but I see a flute along the broken base putting into the paleo range in age. Possible small Clovis. Could also be an Archaic type point with a broken base that once broken created some type of impact flute mimicking a flute.
HH

Yes, I really like finding those. They are pretty rare where I'm hunting. Only found 3 of them in 2,5 years of detecting. It is some type of small spear point. I posted a pic of a similar one that I have found 2 years ago in the previous reply. Thanks for the comment!

 

[Aureus]

Well, I've seen civil war tokens before and I guess I should have ball parked that...but yours is so crude (in a good way) it doesn't look like anything else I've seen. Almost like a hobo nickel version of a CW token. A great save.

I had work brain earlier and didn't express my enthusiasm for seeing a pan-collector trifecta: fossil, indigenous, and detected. If you had found a crystal specimen as well, something official would have to be done.

I just love those days when I'm able to find multiple types of finds. Makes the hunt complete. Better yet would be a nice colonial copper,one silver and one gold coin on the same hunt.

 

[against the wind]

Very nice variety, , the cannon ball is an incredible find. I have hunted 3 areas that are known Revolutionary War Battle Sites. Two of those sites have a record of cannon being fired. None of my fellow hunters know of anyone recovering a cannon ball. I guess they are pretty rare.
Congratulations on a really nice hunt.

 

[Aureus]

A little bit of everything! Nice!

Thank you.

 

[Aureus]

Very nice variety, , the cannon ball is an incredible find. I have hunted 3 areas that are known Revolutionary War Battle Sites. Two of those sites have a record of cannon being fired. None of my fellow hunters know of anyone recovering a cannon ball. I guess they are pretty rare.
Congratulations on a really nice hunt.

Thank you.
They are pretty hard to find as they tend to get extremely dip in the soft soil due to the weight. The good part is on the Deus they usually emit a medium non iron signal ( because of the round shape i presume) The one in the pic was found on Deus Fast, at the depth of 15''

 

[CRUSADER]

As far as I can tell it's not a Geo III Crown, So that only really leaves Geo IV or Will IV, as it's not a Vicky.