For the answer to last week’s Mystery Feature, click here.
Try your hand (read: keyboard) at identifying an artefact found at Grand-Pré. Post your guesses below, and the correct answer and the name of the first correct guesser will be posted on Thursday of each week. (Note: competition not open to those on the crew!)
Ready to try?
WHAT IS THE MYSTERY ARTEFACT SEEN IN THE PICTURE BELOW?
Congratulations to K and Jennifer Ferguson, who were absolutely on the right track!
This piece, found at Grand-Pre, is the metal lock plate from a musket.
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Since that hunk of metal may be a bit obscure, here’s what it looks like on being x-rayed:
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Make your guesses in the comments below. Please include your name and geographic location in your post, so that we can post your name and city, if you guess correctly.
Good luck, armchair archaeologists!
Miriam L. C. Fry
Jonathan Fowler
Sarah-Marie McDonald
Stéphane Noël
Hi!
I’m Denise from Saskatchewan, Canada. I am currently studying Classic and Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Saskachewan in Saskatoon, and have completed first year.
Looks to be some kind of daggar, or knife. The holes in it look like they’ve been machined in somehow.
Interesting! Looking forward to finding out what it is!
By: Denise on June 4, 2009
at 8:46 pm
Looks like a piece of rifle assembly
By: K on June 6, 2009
at 12:27 am
I would have to agree with K. It is the wooden lock plate of a flintlock fireing system with the metal priming pan and shear spring still attached. Looks like a brow bess because of how flat the locking pan is. Not that I would really know. Really if I hadn’t read K’s post I would have guessed that it was a door lock.
By: Jennifer on June 7, 2009
at 2:37 am
Wow. I have so much to learn.
By: Denise on June 7, 2009
at 2:55 am
I am dead sure it is the lock plate of a flint gun Jennifer. I’m not sure if it would be a Brown bess though, maybe slightly older the spring gives it away. I only guessed because my Uncle owned a couple and taught me how to fix them
By: K on June 14, 2009
at 3:31 am
Oops I didn’t read that we were right ha
By: K on June 14, 2009
at 3:31 am