Kelly,
Is it possibly a machete?....Possibly related to sugar cane cultivation in Florida?  That seems more likely than the sword/battle scenario.
-Jack Eastman

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Date:    Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:32:40 -0400
From:    Kelly Driscoll <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: FW: Sword identification help - draft

We have rusted fragments of what appears to be a sword recovered from an
area in central Florida not known to have been a battlefield.  The
pieces are highly oxidized and fragmented in a way that it is hard to
tell the original length, thickness, or material of the weapon.  A local
informant has suggested that it may be related to a Masonic lodge known
to have existed in the area in the early 1920s.  It may also be a Civil
War sword or not a sword at all.  Does anyone know of a reference or
person who might be able to help in this identification?  Pictures are
available upon request.  

 

Thank you.

 

 

Kelly A. Driscoll, RPA

Senior Archaeologist

Florida History, LLC 

12157 W. Linebaugh Avenue #167

Tampa, Florida 33626

phone (813) 891-6340

fax (813) 891-6369

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