✅ SOLVED Sword hilt?

[john845]

. I dug this up today near a cellar hole. I thought it was a sword hilt as soon as I pulled it from the ground. I am not sure what type of metal it is. One side of the guard is broken. There is a nice design on the handle. The handle is hollow like a tang went through it. So am I right or is this just a fancy letter opener? The site it came from is old and located in newburgh ny. A few 1700s coins came out of the ground at this spot. There was a lot of activity in this area during the revolution. Could this be from the revolution?

 

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[creskol]

There is something amusingly out of place about the second photo ..

It looks more like a broken hilt from a boot knife, or sword hilt dagger, similar to this one:

 

[HuntinDog]

Yeah I think I'll meet you at the dinner for coffee...
Great find!!
and great ID

 

[john845]

That is very close. I can marked this solved. Thanks!!