How do you tell how old something is?

[Tledoux]

I have seen a lot of videos of people digging Civil War artifacts Rivets musket Balls and the like How can you be so sure it is from the Civil war era? here is my Civil War stuff, What do you think LOL

 

[oldranger]

Nice Finds Tieoux WTG!!

Ive not found anything "old" yet so
im just makin a suggestion. A local
hisorical society or collge campus
may give you info. And of course
theres the internet

Just few ideas

Ron

Rangers Lead The Way

 

[Flintstone]

JUST RAISE IT,S TAIL

 

[Tledoux]

JUST RAISE IT,S TAIL

If you don 't have something intelligent to say Flintstone, SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE

 

[Flintstone]

Seams like i frond what was under the tail.

 

[jazzman58]

Some items can be given an age just by their size, like railroad spikes for example. Others not so much. Even depth of an item found can be somewhat misleading. I have found wheat pennies at less than 2 inches and modern/clad coins deeper than 6 inches. I would research any and all Internet possibilities, perhaps a local library if available, to research the area in which the item was found. Hope this helps.

Good luck and HH

Jeff

 

[metalhead]

Just curious if you've tried the "Whatzit" forum here at Finds.

http://www.findmall.com/list.php?40

Lots of knowledgeable folk willing to help identify anything and everything.

Best of luck to ya! Happy Hunting!

 

[Tledoux]

Yes we did YOU