Gold, silver and the Bavarian lion...

[Bavaria Mike]

Had a tough work week of business being on the road, no time to detect and I was in some old areas. Also got some bad news at work, half of our staff was just laid off, I made the cut and will be moving close to the French border to continue employment. On the up side, the region I will be working in offers great detecting that dates back to the Bronze Age. I got out today on my home fields for about 3 hours, 34F/2C brrrr. Thought it would be a Ho Hum hunt but, the targets just kept coming and I found several interesting relics! I was concentrating on those deep faint signals and this is what came up. A pewter bell about 2.5

 

[Dale-IL]

n/t

 

[Tony (NC)]

I like that bell too, but I really like that button with the cannons. Great stuff!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

The round ball to the far right with a tip on it has been IDed as a Prussian Grenade from mid/late 1800s. Will do more research on it, trying to find a picture of one, it probably had a handle or a stem attached to it. Seems to be small for a Grenade. HH, Mike
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[Bavaria Mike]

This is definitely a knob and not a grenade! I found the bottom part on the same hunt and dug it out of my recycling bucket, not sure if they go together as it is two different metals but they do match up. Sorry about the hype and HH, Mike
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