Can't describe the feeling

[Gunsmoke47]

Pitfinder and I went on a hunt today for Military and/or Indian artifacts. He has a 2 section hunting lease that is very close to one of the main rivers used by both Indians and Military alike. We had walked over a mile with our detectors all the while looking for flint chips, and we hadn't seen 1 piece of flint nor had 1 good metal target with our machines. We were both walking up a ridge together talking about going home or at least someplace else when my detector went off. I knew it was a ferrous metal and figured it was a piece of oilfield trash but thought what the heck, could be a metal arrowhead. The first picture shows the vastness of the land we were hunting and it is nothing short of a miracale that one of us happened to walk over that spot. There was no other evidence of a camp of any kind. One of my better finds![]

 

[Gunsmoke47]

Flintlock

 

[Gunsmoke47]

Found this brass piece 10 feet away from it. Possibly a part of the ramrod? That's what it looked like to me. Thanks, Kelley[]

 

[capsoda]

Hey Kelley, Great story and great find.[]

 

[IRISH]

Interesting find, the rest of it is probably near by somewhere too.

The iron is in great condition too by the look of it.

 

[bearswede]

Possibly a part of the ramrod? That's what it looked like to me. Thanks, Kelley

Is it hollow and open on both ends? Possibly the piece that attaches to the barrel to help hold the ramrod in place?


Ron

 

[Gunsmoke47]

Hey Irish, yes the iron is in great shape ! After some research I believe it is the India Pattern Brown Bess but I'm not 100% sure.

Bear, I believe that is exactly what it is but I haven't been able to get a good closeup of one off the net. Here is a better pic of mine. Kelley

 

[Gunsmoke47]

nuther

 

[capsoda]

Ron is right on target. That is on of three ferruls that hold the ramrod tube on a brown Bess style muzzel loader.The barrel is probably around there somewhere if a farmer didn't use it for a fence post.

Man if that stuff could talk.[]

 

[bearswede]

Here's an interesting article, Kelly...

http://www.texasranger.org/dispatch/12/Pages/SimeonNorth.htm


Ron

PS... Once you get that lock plate cleaned up it should reveal the manufacturer