The "expediant" kind was the only one I could recall ever having seen. One
of the problems with scrap lead in the archaeological record is it that is
SO easy to reuse into something else that we only find the bits accidentally
lost or squirreled away and forgotten.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Bob Skiles <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Smoke,
>
> There was a lead "gunflint wrap" recovered at the Battle of Fallen Timbers
> site (Toledo, OH), reported here:
>
> http://www2.heidelberg.edu/FallenTimbers/FTFinalMaster.html
>
> And illustrated here:
>
> http://www2.heidelberg.edu/FallenTimbers/FTArt/Final/Plate15.JPEG
>
> But is appears more as an expedient adaptation of sheet lead than a
> manufactured item.
>
>
> Bob Skiles
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Smoke
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:00 PM
>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Lead gunflint wraps ....
>
> Put my thinking cap on and did a google search for "lead gunflint wraps".
> Well, I learn something new every day. Seems there WERE manufactured ones.
>
> http://www.treasurenet.com/treasures/askmarkparker/200501.htm
>
> and urls of other examples of where they have been found archaeologically.
> I have never seen them mentioned in the reprints of old military manuals
> from the early 1800s but those are devilishly hard to find.
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Mark Branstner <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> Hi,
>>
>> Posing a question for one of my colleagues, Rob Hickson ...
>>
>> We are doing some research on the sheet lead washers that were used to
>> wrap
>> gunflints in order to secure them in the jaws of a flintlock firearm ...
>>
>> Now, some of these are clearly homemade, but some appear to be
>> manufactured
>> specifically for this purpose, often with a hole relieved at the folding
>> point at the back of the gunflint.
>>
>> (1) Is there a standard term for describing these? I have heard
>> "washer", "wrap", "cap" ....
>> Is there a contemporary term? Perhaps out of the fur trade or
>> shorekeeper literature?
>>
>> (2) Any references that people can remember? From either domestic or
>> military sites?
>>
>> Any help or leads will be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mark C. Branstner, RPA
>> Historic Archaeologist
>>
>> Illinois State Archaeological Survey
>> Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
>> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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>>
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>>
>> When you think of that perfect retort five minutes after the conversation
>> is over - that's when you're:
>>
>> "... bursting with the belated eloquence of the inarticulate ..."
>>
>> Edith Wharton in the "The Age of Innocence"
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Smoke Pfeiffer
>
> There is nothing in the middle of the road
> but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.
>
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