Estima8tor
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So I went out to some woods this morning that were once part of a colonial era homestead / farm. This area was first settled in the 1630's as part of a land grant from King George. I found what looks to be a colonial shoe buckle and a iron sword or cutting instrument (it's shaped more like a sword or bayonet than a machete or farm tool so I'm calling it a sword). I also found a small brass pin that that was probably used to secure a handle to the sword.
I found the sword when digging up the buckle, the buckle showed up as a quarter on my old coin-master but the sword didn't register at all as I had iron discriminated. For reference the sword is 18" long from tip to back and looks like it had a metal tang that went into a handle but the tang has broken off. The buckle size and shape looks just like the typical colonial shoe buckle that I've seen others dig up.
Edit: After examining the sword more closely, it looks like this is the front part a full length sword that was broken in two. Basically the front half of some type of sword. The nub on the end is just how it broke and it's not a tang as I originally thought.
Any thoughts on these finds and the best way to clean them up would be appreciated.
I found the sword when digging up the buckle, the buckle showed up as a quarter on my old coin-master but the sword didn't register at all as I had iron discriminated. For reference the sword is 18" long from tip to back and looks like it had a metal tang that went into a handle but the tang has broken off. The buckle size and shape looks just like the typical colonial shoe buckle that I've seen others dig up.
Edit: After examining the sword more closely, it looks like this is the front part a full length sword that was broken in two. Basically the front half of some type of sword. The nub on the end is just how it broke and it's not a tang as I originally thought.
Any thoughts on these finds and the best way to clean them up would be appreciated.
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