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« on: April 30, 2013, 09:57:15 PM »
Some of this weeks finds. Any ideas on the dagger or letter opener? the lead with the
tear drop shaped hole one side, and triangular on the other.

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« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2013, 10:05:47 PM »
Nice finds

The dagger looks like it could be a kilt pin. Found a silver one myself a while back. Does it have marks on the back where a pin and catch might have been?
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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2013, 10:29:57 PM »
No the back is just plain, I forgot to say it 's about  6 1/2 inches long and is  bronze/ brass.
The front has circles down the blade, If only it were silver , you must have been well pleased.
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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2013, 12:30:34 AM »
The bottom one if it is lead or lead substitue is a fishing weight
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« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2013, 09:51:36 AM »
nice finds I think maybe
(1) the dagger is A Indian brass ornamental letter opener
(2) bottle cap opener
(5) if hollow could be A bell of A cats collar or if solid as Drivertess says A lead or substitute drilled bullet weight for fishing
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« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2013, 09:59:04 AM »
the 3rd picture down is most certainly an 18th century georgian key

similar to this
http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/310656251519_1_1_1.jpg
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« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2013, 04:38:57 PM »
Yea, picture three is definitely the key to a Georgian Chastity Belt  Tongue
My Wife has one  Shocked
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« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2013, 10:13:10 PM »
No she hasn't Jeff I've got hers lol  Grin Grin
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« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2013, 10:47:59 PM »
thanks guys for the i d's Had the key identified as a slip lock key 14 century
which would tie in with the land I found it on. The bottom picture is a musket ball,
The dagger seems to have a bit of age to it so I'm still not sure, and the lead still
puzzles me. I personally like the head figure I'ts cast metal although it does have a
hole in the back of it.
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2013, 06:14:23 AM »
Who Id'd your finds Huh Grin
Alan is spot on with the key, it's an 18th night latch key.
Has your "musket ball" got a hole going all the way through? if so then it's a net weight and dependant on the location of the site would have been used for either birds or fish.
The sword is a scimitar and as you say probably a letter opener and probably no older than Victorian.
Difficult to call on the large lead item but my thoughts without seeing it in the flesh would be a trough plug. Undecided
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« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2013, 07:01:00 AM »
Interesting! Very nice. Does the hole go right through the ball? It reminds me of a fishing weight?
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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2013, 09:58:32 PM »
ooops I agolopise fropusely  Geoff, the round thing is not a musket ball it's as
everyone has said a net weight. The key I,m still not sure about as I have seen
an article on one of the antiquity sites with a near exact picture of another
one found and it states it's from the period 1120 - 1340.
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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2013, 10:27:41 PM »
Here you go, definitely only 18th century Undecided

LANCUM-01DC94" style="float:right;<acronym title="The Portable Antiquities Scheme">PAS</acronym> record number: LANCUM-01DC94

Object type: Key (locking)

Broadperiod: Modern

County of discovery: Cumbria

Stable url: <a href="http://http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/467806" title="LANCUM-01DC94: a Modern Key (locking)">http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/467806[/url]
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« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2013, 11:25:34 PM »
Thanks Geoff, Just as I said definitely 18th  Grin Grin
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