Went on a Road Trip to one of my Indian War sites this Week

[Mason Jarr]

After a very hot summer the weather finally was cool enough to think about detecting. I hauled the camper over to one of my private permissions and spent 5 days detecting at the old fort site. I've heard the soldiers in the IW campaigns didn't like shoulder scales since they were mainly for mitigation of mounted saber strikes and the Indians didn't use sabers. In addition they had to be polished for inspection and a lot of them were intentionally discarded. I don't know if that's a fact, but given the amount of scale pieces I find I think it has some merit. The only out of the ordinary finds this time were some sutler's tokens; three for 50 cents and one for 25. I gave one of the 50 cents tokens to the land owner. Now it's time to choose the better pieces and get them ready for my display case. Thanks for looking!

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

That's a lot of digging....

 

[Mason Jarr]

That's a lot of digging....

I've got the sore back to prove it!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on the excellent finds !

 

[Mason Jarr]

Congrats on the excellent finds !

Thank you!

 

[billb]

Congratulations on your nice finds
You are going to have arms like Popeye
Thanks for sharing..

 

[Mason Jarr]

Congratulations on your nice finds
You are going to have arms like Popeye
Thanks for sharing..

Gonna need some spinach!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great finds and varied! Congratulations! Thanks for sharing with us all!

 

[Mason Jarr]

Great finds and varied! Congratulations! Thanks for sharing with us all!

Thanks. Some of it I'm still trying to ID.

 

[cowetadan]

That's ALOT of History! Congrats!

 

[villagenut]

Very impressive haul....will make some nice cases for sure

 

[Mason Jarr]

Very impressive haul....will make some nice cases for sure

Thanks. That's my first carbine sling buckle. Its broken, but luckily the piece was in the same hole. That'll definitely go in the case.

 

[NightHawk88]

Wow. Great finds. Well done.

How many hours did it take you to dig all this?

 

[Mason Jarr]

Wow. Great finds. Well done.

How many hours did it take you to dig all this?

I was there 5 days and probably detected 4 or 5 hours a day. Thanks!

 

[Conito@55]

After a very hot summer the weather finally was cool enough to think about detecting. I hauled the camper over to one of my private permissions and spent 5 days detecting at the old fort site. I've heard the soldiers in the IW campaigns didn't like shoulder scales since they were mainly for mitigation of mounted saber strikes and the Indians didn't use sabers. In addition they had to be polished for inspection and a lot of them were intentionally discarded. I don't know if that's a fact, but given the amount of scale pieces I find I think it has some merit. The only out of the ordinary finds this time were some sutler's tokens; three for 50 cents and one for 25. I gave one of the 50 cents tokens to the land owner. Now it's time to choose the better pieces and get them ready for my display case. Thanks for looking!View attachment 2171496View attachment 2171497View attachment 2171498View attachment 2171499View attachment 2171500

Nice finds Congrats

 

[Mason Jarr]

Nice finds Congrats

Thanks!

 

[pepperj]

You had a great 5 days of digging. Congratulations

Now a couple of queries.
What is the iron object?

I dug the top portion this afternoon (or something very similar)

Now these items are most interesting.
Part of a link chain decoration, belt?

Nice catch on the watch winder.

Certainly you can fill a few quality frames.

 

[Mason Jarr]

You had a great 5 days of digging. Congratulations

Now a couple of queries.
What is the iron object?

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I dug the top portion this afternoon (or something very similar)View attachment 2171558

Now these items are most interesting.
Part of a link chain decoration, belt?
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Nice catch on the watch winder.

Certainly you can fill a few quality frames.

I'm not sure what the iron piece is. It's a ranch/farm now so it could be from machinery. I think those four pieces are some type of chain. Two of the four are braised together. All were in the same hole. That watch winder was just a light squeaker. I almost didn't dig it. Thanks!

 

[pepperj]

I'm not sure what the iron piece is. It's a ranch/farm now so it could be from machinery. I think those four pieces are some type of chain. Two of the four are braised together. All were in the same hole. That watch winder was just a light squeaker. I almost didn't dig it. Thanks!

If nobody gives an ID on the piece. Maybe post it up on the What is it section.
The chain links are really cool.

 

[Gare]

FANTASTIC FINDS Thanks for sharing with us When are WE GOING AGAIN ?