1562 silver hammered and more...

Hi all!  I haven’t been posting much as the family, job, affairs and house have been keeping me busy but, I still find time to get out and hunt.  So many fields are open and so little time, LOL.  Have done several hunts lately so I went through the bags and dug out some interesting relics.  A few buttons.

A broken silver ring, 1937 brass/aluminum 5 Pfennig coin and a German WWII military button with a strange backing, a first for me.  The button cleaned up nice.

A few buckles I have not dated.

Six lead seals.

I always find plenty of musket balls but every once in awhile an unusual ball pops up.  This extra large ball, 23mm or 1-1/8”, iron filled lead coating, was fired from a small shoulder cannon called a hook gun (hackenbuechse), it had a hook on it that was mounted over a wall to absorb the recoil.

Several relics.

An interesting horn or bugle.  The shank is bent and is seen above the horn.  My first thoughts were military but I have not researched it.

Two nice weights.  Left is a cube with a Dram/Drachm ℥ symbol, an “S” and bottom has a “1 CZ” and weighs 14 grams.  Right is a bowl weight, shaped to fit inside the next size weight so they stacked within each other.  It weighs 16 grams and has a “1” and a small hallmark in the bottom.  I have found nearly two complete sets of these now.  Both weights use a style of a “1” I would place into the 1700s.

Three silver coins, left is a 3 Kreuzer 1723 from Bavarian King Maxmilian Emanuel, looks to have been made into a button.  Date is at the 0700 (17) 0600 (3) 0500 (23).  An 1853 and an 1835.

Reverse of the coins.

My best find in awhile, obverse of a silver 1562 hammered.  Ugly and broken but old, LOL.  There is a small chance it could be milled as Germany was developing coin mills around this time period.  I am not sure what it is yet, have to research it.

Reverse, date of 1562 at the 1100 position.  HH, Mike

Hi,

again nice things  The thimble seems to be an old one ! Could you show us a picture from the side of it ?

Nice finds Mike, shame you´ll not still up this way to do some hunting 

Hi Mike,

thanks for sharing! Too bad the coin broken! A real pitty!

I think the Hackebüchse musketball is a pretty rare find, too. Congratulations!

Regards,

Christian