What is it?

• Jun 22, 2014

• #1

Jranger

Senior Member

I found this the other day in my garden after a big rain came through. It's brass or appears to be. I live in New Hope area. Major battle occurred here before they got to Picketts mill. Any ideas?

 

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• Jun 22, 2014

• #2

SGADawg

Senior Member

Jranger said:

I found this the other day in my garden after a big rain came through. It's brass or appears to be. I live in New Hope area. Major battle occurred here before they got to Picketts mill. Any ideas?

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My guess is that it is the decorative end of a curtain rod, desktop flag pole or something of that nature. If the left end has a hole, especially threaded that would support my theory.

I have no guess how old it might be. I suspect that if it is solid brass that would indicate it is fairly old.

 

• Jun 22, 2014

• #3

Jranger

Senior Member

SGADawg said:

My guess is that it is the decorative end of a curtain rod, desktop flag pole or something of that nature. If the left end has a hole, especially threaded that would support my theory.

I have no guess how old it might be. I suspect that if it is solid brass that would indicate it is fairly old.

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Had one guy also tell me it might be a flag finial. It has no threads on then end, but it does have sort of a bump. Threaded part may have broken off if so. Just curious if anyone had found or saw anything similar. I was unable to find anything similar on the net.

 

• Jun 22, 2014

• #4

BubbaFett

Senior Member

Looks like the finial off of a cap pouch or a cartridge box.

 

• Jun 23, 2014

• #5

shakey gizzard

Senior Member

Might be worth renting a metal detector!

 

• Jun 23, 2014

• #6

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westcobbdog

Senior Member

The men in gray put a beat down on the yanks at New Hope, with some fighting from behind the headstones of the cemetery. Hood turned down an offer for reinforcements he had such a good defensive position. Cool find.

 

• Jun 23, 2014

• #7

Jranger

Senior Member

shakey gizzard said:

Might be worth renting a metal detector!

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I've got one...
Had a few big hits out behind the house with no luck getting deep enough to retrieve what ever I was hitting. Part of our neighborhood was something called "- I AM A POTTY MOUTH -- I AM A POTTY MOUTH -- I AM A POTTY MOUTH -- I AM A POTTY MOUTH - Hole" this place is about 400 yds from my house. I'm about 1.5 miles from New Hope Church.

 

• Jun 24, 2014

• #8

Dixiesimpleman32

GONetwork Member

cool find

 

• Jul 10, 2014

• #9

ncrobb

Senior Member

Looks like a Sam Browne button.

 

• Jul 22, 2014

• #10

forestrytech

Member

Lots of old fireplace tools had ends on them like that.

 

• Oct 10, 2015

• #11

Clifton Hicks

Senior Member

Cap box finial

 

• Oct 11, 2015

• #12

shakey gizzard

Senior Member

Clifton Hicks said:

Cap box finial

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Nice work!

 

• Oct 11, 2015

• #13

Jeff C.

Chief Grass Master

shakey gizzard said:

Nice work!

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Indeed!

 

• Oct 12, 2015

• #14

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westcobbdog

Senior Member

JR with your proximity to the H Hole you probably have many more artifacts around. There was a lot of carnage and hot lead flyin' there. Gen Hiram Granbury (TX) led a column of incensed Rebs on a sudden night bayonet charge at a thousand or more blue bellies cowering for cover in the ravine. Reb's heard their canteens and metal clinking and knew they were trying to sneek back to their lines. The Northern press had recently published newspapers stating Reb's had lost their will to fight and the Southern boys were pretty hot about it.

 

• Oct 12, 2015

• #15

Jranger

Senior Member

Great info! thx guys!