recondigger
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- Jul 12, 2012
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I found this a while ago and haven't been able to find a match and its driving me nuts. The site I found it was a cellar hole dated between 1790-1870. It's very heavy silver plate almost a sheet of Tin foil thick no base metal under the silver with a lead back that is very brittle it has a small iron piece left from a hook. Now my first thought was a bridle rosette but then I thought about a hat pin of some kind. I thought that back in the early days masons were a lot more secretive and wouldn't have a rosette on their horse tack I don't know much about them and I could be wrong. Any help on age and purpose would be highly appreciated. I know it's old I have found lead filled rosettes from around the early and mid 1800's and the lead is in much better shape. And it next to a quarter
Dig until your arm falls off
Dig until your arm falls off
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