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I found this trigger guard this morning. Half of the guard was under a buried rock, so when I was digging the plug, my shovel slid down the rock and broke the guard   It has an S or 8 below what looks like a crown or something. I found a barrel band with the same mark back in the spring. The trigger guard was about 20' feet from where I found the barrel band.  Any help with the mark would be greatly appreciated. Thank you 

Nice find Relic! Nice going on finding two pieces to what may be the same rifle too!!!!

Ed/ODF

Cool find- a makers mark of a British Made musket.

Can't see it very well but if you clean it up and get a close up you might be able to identify where i was made (London/Birmingham/etc)

Nice find!

Geez, you've got some spot on your hands, Medic. Those are the types of places that I get worked up about. Confession: Even after doing this hard core for almost 10 years, I still find it hard to sleep the night before a hunt at a potentially killer spot. Amazing catch on the trigger guard

P.S. - To my eye, it looks more like a B.

Joe

Thanks for the comments guys. Here's a pic of the barrel band. It has the same mark. 

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(12-04-2015 11:41 AM)NjNyDigger Wrote: [ -> ]Geez, you've got some spot on your hands, Medic. Those are the types of places that I get worked up about. Confession: Even after doing this hard core for almost 10 years, I still find it hard to sleep the night before a hunt at a potentially killer spot. Amazing catch on the trigger guard

P.S. - To my eye, it looks more like a B.

Joe

Thank you. My China cabinet is full of relics and coins primarily from the same two sites. Just a quick list of what came from this particular site:

5x 8 reales
11 pre 1850 coppers
3 copper rings
4 musketballs
2 early 1900 silvers
1841 monogrammed silver salt spoon
Musket parts
Numerous buckles
Pocket watch
2 flying eagles
Cufflinks
5 tokens
A handful of flat buttons
Victorian jewelry (all plated)
Silver thimble

GOT IT!!!  It's a model 1809 Prussian Potsdam musket

Cool find! that's on my metal detecting bucket list. I'd like to find a piece of a gun or even just some cool bullets! Grats on the find and nice job ID'ING it! 206 old gun piece...Pretty cool if you ask me