Braddocks Road Finds 1755 British officers Sword Hand Guard!!

louie088

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Hi,
Went to a private permission, lots of woods with a really good trace of General Braddocks Road circa 1755. I’ve found all sorts of stuff around from British coins to early 1900s silver.
So here’s my finds from Sunday.
I found what I believe to be a shoulder epaulettes / Scale at first but now am with the help of duggap on my Help me ID thread and then further research on my part maybe its part of a sword ? (See photo). I would love to be able to ID it. Early Braddocks road travelers were French, British soldiers, then later it was used by revolutionary was military and militia so I really don’t know who it was from just that it’s old and am 90% sure it’s a shoulder scale. Lol
 

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Louie congrats on the Barber. Not sure about the one piece but the heel plate is awesome. Good luck with the id. HH Mark
 
You, sir... are a detecting stud. A detectorist among detectorist so to speak.
 
You've now made the "cover of the Rolling Stone". You can buy a copy for your mother now :cool12:
 
Very neat posting Louie. The guard is a great find and you did some very nice work getting it identified. Congrats on the fame and fortune along with the other cool digs. Trapper
 
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