Lead head possibly roman??

joemole · Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:18 am

Out yesterday on a new permission. Can anyone help put an age to these lead items . The lad i detect with found 3 grots and 2 roman pins in the same field so could be roman .

Blackadder43 · Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:23 pm

No idea on the age of that head Joe, but i almost see a Roman nose on the fella

Nice array of diggable signals from your field though, nice one

Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:47 pm

Ohh double musket ball thingy. Like those! Rarely seen so assuming a civil war site?

Love the lead head. It could be difficult to date I suspect but love it!

joemole · Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:43 pm

Oxgirl wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:47 pm Ohh double musket ball thingy. Like those! Rarely seen so assuming a civil war site?

Love the lead head. It could be difficult to date I suspect but love it!

Double musket ball is that what it is . I've never heard of them . Cheers for the info . I thought it was a toggle.

Bors · Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:56 pm

There`s a few Lead Heads around my way but they've still got their body attached and walking around

joemole · Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:29 pm

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Bors wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:56 pm There`s a few Lead Heads around my way but they've still got their body attached and walking around

DaveP · Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:06 pm

joemole wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:43 pm Double musket ball is that what it is . I've never heard of them . Cheers for the info . I thought it was a toggle.

Have a look here under dum-bell shot. They are sometimes referred to as bar-shot. I've got one in pristine condition (in some box somewhere) but you can only age them if found in context.

https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsreco ... -bell_shot

Just had a scan through the link and it appears not to include the Brown Bess musket of the Napoleonic wars (1803-1815). It's said that after the war many of the muskets were sold off and used by farmers etc. Still plenty of ball shot of various calibres around in the 1800's.

joemole · Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:15 pm

DaveP wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:06 pm Have a look here under dum-bell shot. They are sometimes referred to as bar-shot. I've got one in pristine condition (in some box somewhere) but you can only age them if found in context.

https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsreco ... -bell_shot

Just had a scan through the link and it appears not to include the Brown Bess musket of the Napoleonic wars (1803-1815). It's said that after the war many of the muskets were sold off and used by farmers etc. Still plenty of ball shot of various calibres around in the 1800's.

Cheers DaveP . We learn something new every day. .

DaveP · Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:16 pm

Found it!

Easylife · Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:59 pm

The lead head looks a bit creepy. Nice buckles and livery button.

https://www.myfamilysilver.com/pages/cr ... me=Ragland

joemole · Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:07 pm

Easylife wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:59 pm The lead head looks a bit creepy. Nice buckles and livery button.
https://www.myfamilysilver.com/pages/cr ... me=Ragland

Cheers Easylie .yeh creepy alright i was expecting another musket ball till i rubed it and seen a face

coal digger · Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:41 pm

joemole wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:07 pm Cheers Easylie .yeh creepy alright i was expecting another musket ball till i rubed it and seen a face

Looks like it was originally a musket ball and some bored soldier fashioned a head. The neck looks the same width as the connecting bit on the dum dum jobby. 17 th century trench art.

joemole · Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:22 am

coal digger wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:41 pm Looks like it was originally a musket ball and some bored soldier fashioned a head. The neck looks the same width as the connecting bit on the dum dum jobby. 17 th century trench art.

Cheers coal digger. Thats what we originally thought until we noticed iron in the bottom of the neck .