Follow the "hoover boys" they kinda put this guy to shame.. but when it comes to metal detecting it is what it is.. but hoover boys do a great job in their editing and content
I have followed you for years, and I really enjoy the inset photos of things after they are cleaned up. Really makes it better when the cleaning shows what the piece with dirt on it looks like, helps us to see what it was used for. John
The small iron oval item is a trivet for a child's toy iron. They often were supplied together. Many children's toys were designed to teach them to do things they would be doing as an adult. We have been collecting the Irons and trivits for years.
I'm sure the final item is from a walking stick. Covers and strengthens the joint between the shaft and the handle. My father used to make walking sticks.
It could also be a walking stick tip. Slipped over the bottom to keep the end from mushrooming/splitting out. Being on the bottom would explain why Brad finds them often.
Identifying the original diameter of the object might help in the ID. It looks like the flattened cylinder may be 3/4" wide which would make a diameter of just less than 1/2". Maybe a parasol/umbrella slider?
My father, who was born in 1888, had a ruler of that type. My father was not a woodworker, but did have other hand tools, few of which were from as recent as the 1940’’s. He was born in New Brunswick, far inland. His family, if they needed to reach town in the winter, would travel by dogsled. He came to the United States as a young man and joined the US Army, where he served for forty years. I don’t think any of his tools dated to the 1800’s, but I’m sure some came close to it. I have only a few left. I wish I had them all. Thank you for sharing the history of your region. It brings me a little closer to the lost history of my father’s youth.
The ruler threw me back to my childhood. I remember these always pinching my fingers! My father had one in his tool chest and I loved playing with all of his old tools…as a 70 year-old woman it reminded me of my 94 year old father who just died last month. Nice memory.
3:43 im pretty positive that is the stand for a small hot iron, the type for ironing collors and cuffs. I grew up in and around old houses in the 1970's as my mum was "in service" for a Lord and Lady and family of a former prime minister. The kitchens pantries etc where full of these and many other things, all laid out and ready, to be never used again. Old family stately homes never throw rhings out! When she left, as a parting gift they gave my mother a pendant and 3 very wonky tatty looking old green drinking glasses. Turned out they where 16th century (one most likely 15th century. And the pendant was 18th century and the green stone was a large emerald. When she contacted them to let them know they said thats ok we never knew we had them until you found them. Those item's paid the deposit on her house.
I love the calmness of your voice when hunting. It's about the history of the piece more than the money. Stay safe Brad and thank you for the knowledge you pass on.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Your obvious love and appreciation of the nature on display in the mountains of Vermont are enough to keep me coming back week after week. Your dedication to the art of your work is as great as your knowledge of metal detecting and of the articles that you discover. Again, thanks!
Yes, I do look forward to Friday mornings when I get to watch your video it’s the first thing I put on soon as I wake up with my cuppa coffee, you make me want to metal detect every day to do wish I knew if there is ginseng in those hills
10:56 leading on from my previous post of living in a 18th century house own by the same landed gentry in the Scottish lowlands for centuries. When they had social gatherings the Lord of the manor would only drink his whiskey with water from the houses internal well. My mother was the caretaker of the house and as kids we where expected to help. One of my tasks was to fill a large 2 gallon pot decorated with stags and hunting dogs with the well water in the Drawing room for him every friday for his return from london. It had tge tiniest tap on it as it was just for his whiskey and had been made for him purely for that purpose. I used to wrap wet hessian sheets around it to keep it cool in summer they made contact with the saucer base full of water which wicked it up and kept it damp. I know this isnt of that provenance, but i bet they used it every day for much more important things, most likely drinking water. *edit the tap on that one was silver made to look like a fox jumping over a log
Love the old sites like this one. Monetary value doesn't matter when I'm out detecting. The story the items tell about the time period and activities matter the most. Great hunt, Brad!
Hunting a once old homestead that stood 200 yrs ago, the artifacts you could find is mind blowing! Military button, escutcheon plates, barrel tap, etc. Great finds! I would definitely go back! Til next time, take care, and keep on digging...
I think you are spot on... I remember when I was a kid my uncle carried a similar snuff tin. Not sure how many folks under 50 would know what that is anymore 😂!
Received a detector for my 75th birthday. . Already found a few things around our apartment. Aluminum scrap, pot shard, and a fairly old brass plumbing fitting.
I owned an old English cane from the 1800’s. It had a silver ornate sleeve just like this. It also have the makers mark on it.. It was a very thin cane.
One of the reasons I love metal detecting is because it takes me back. Every time I pull something old out of the ground, the area I’m in just feels a bit different. Sort of pulls me back to the past and my imagination can run wild. Who owned this item, what happened leading up to this item being dropped, lots just room for possibilities
Love the naval button. The crushed cylinder isn’t big enough to be a napkin ring. I deal in antiques and have several old pewter and silver napkin rings. They also at always are approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Did any of the old parasols have a decorative band on the handle or shaft?
Wonderful video! I love all the different things you find! I like to speculate how these items were used too! Historical finds are fun! Fun to find, fun to research! Fun to finally figure out how an item was used in it's time! All so cool. Good job again!! Love your videos very much! Thanks for doing what you do!
It's a trivet for the small cuff iron. My Granny had one -she was born in 1800's. She used 2 different sizes of sad irons -large for regular sized clothes. The small one when she ironed gramps white dress shirt cuffs. I'm in my 70's & remember them well.
The piece with feet could be for placing a hot clothes iron. The Navy button is awesome find. Cool spigot handle. Nice pitch pipe find & brass ruler hinge.
Brad, you teach us so very much about what’s buried and lost. You’re one of the reasons I got into detecting down here in northern PA last year. Even though I’ve got LOTS more to learn, I’ve started a detecting TH-cam channel…creating even MORE things for me to glean from your fabulous channel. Keep up the great work, as so many of us both learn from and enjoy your videos!
Love the comment about the value is in the story. I have always felt the same way. I love finding a new, old homestead and figuring out the way it might have looked in its day. Homes, outbuildings, what they valued and did to survive. One of my all time favorite finds is a 1909 dog tag. It was issued by the township not the county also. Most likely because the county seat was just to far away. The home stead started right after the civil war and was gone within 50 years. I was amazed they licensed dogs that far back. Found they did it to establish a fund to pay farmers for livestock killed by running dogs.
In old jewelry, floral pieces were stacked in layers. This could have been any flower, but the layers of flowers were assembled one by one with the stamen being the last. The stem of the stamen went down through the middle hole to hold it all together.
That old navy button gave me chills! So cool. It looks similar to NA-26H in the Alberts button book, but the lack of back mark makes me think it is early. There are 16 stars around the eagle, not sure when that started. The 16th state was admitted in 1796, so my guess is after that.
At 16:30, the ornate collapsed cylinder; my first guess would be a fancy cloth napkin holder. Probably not for everyday use but maybe brought our for company coming for dinner.
Your cylinder looks like a Victorian era Napkin ring. The napkin was cloth and was folded then put through the ring and set near the plate. Very high style in the late 1800's.
I’m from Vermont and a map lover and it would be great if you gave us a general idea of your location because without it you could be in any state in the Northeast. And the Vermont part is what got me interested in the first place which makes this video about just another treasure hunter which I’d rather do myself rather than watch someone else. And no I have no intention of destroying any historical sites or any site if I came upon them.
Very good again Brad. I love to follow the music behind the video, I am like Pavlovs dog when I heard the music change up I am so excited. I think you have us all in your evil power.
I was just thinking that if there are some time period homes in the area you could tour. Maybe you could take some of the items you find to see if there is a docent or someone who could tell you what they are?
Thank you for showing the items you were able to clean up a little better than in the field. I enjoyed this video because it had a lot of personal items. Just gets me thinking...
I think the brass tube is from a lipstick holder/stand, used to keep them from rolling off of table. The iron trivet cleaned up beautifully. As always, great video Brad!
If they could buy rolled cigars back then, that is what I think it is. Decoration around a cigar. Sure, why not. Look at the old fancy containers they use to store them, still do, so it might not be too much of a stretch.
My Great Aunt,born in Ireland, in1860s,had an old umbrella shaft, that had a decorated piece around it.That’s what I thought of immediately,when you dug the flattened piece up. Maybe no relation,at all. The handle was also worked.
Brad, another fine day in the Green Mtn's hunting relics of the early Vermont settlers with you at the helm .. The brass back-plate, or drawer pull back plate, dates from the early to mid 18th century and is very probably of the Queen Anne or early Chippendale period, or possibly earlier .. In the rural areas of the expanding country there was a tendency by country cabinet makers to not only follow the trends popular in urban areas, but also to "carry over" popular forms / designs of case pieces, or utilitarian furnishings, well beyond the next "new" design form .. And yes, it does have a current market value, as found and shown .. If someone had a piece of period furniture with the same configuration of drawer hardware, minus one back plate, they would be thrilled to discover that piece to complete a set already on the chest of drawers, or what ever the item is that maybe missing that particular form of 18th century brass period hardware .. Thanks for posting this video .., Your day in the Green Mountains starts my Friday morning off in Hurricane ravaged SW Florida, and we all appreciate it.
I appreciate editing in a photo and information of the pieces after you are home and get them cleaned up. Thanks for the history lessons!
Follow the "hoover boys" they kinda put this guy to shame.. but when it comes to metal detecting it is what it is.. but hoover boys do a great job in their editing and content
Love Brad's work, like Hoover Boys.
I love Brad and the areas he searches. He's very personable and the landscapes are beautiful!
I have followed you for years, and I really enjoy the inset photos of things after they are cleaned up. Really makes it better when the cleaning shows what the piece with dirt on it looks like, helps us to see what it was used for.
John
Friday mornings with Brad, going over a bit of mountain history..... Doesn't get better than this.
Unless u add morning coffee to the mix.
The small iron oval item is a trivet for a child's toy iron. They often were supplied together. Many children's toys were designed to teach them to do things they would be doing as an adult. We have been collecting the Irons and trivits for years.
Hi, I tend to agree with you on that. 🙋♀️
Totally agree! Child's trivet for doll iron!
Thats cool! I was thinking a trivet of sorts, but its too small. That makes total sense!
Also a tie iron and hair iron.
Nuthin' more fun than ironing! 😁
Coffee & Brad its finally Friday
I'm sure the final item is from a walking stick. Covers and strengthens the joint between the shaft and the handle. My father used to make walking sticks.
I think it covers a group of silverware with a cloth napkin around the silverware
One always had a walking stick back then.
It could also be a walking stick tip. Slipped over the bottom to keep the end from mushrooming/splitting out. Being on the bottom would explain why Brad finds them often.
Identifying the original diameter of the object might help in the ID. It looks like the flattened cylinder may be 3/4" wide which would make a diameter of just less than 1/2". Maybe a parasol/umbrella slider?
There's something very calming about Brads Videos
Literally a trip through time in every vid- that early Navy button is simply spectacular!
Your soothing voice and Vermont’s natural beauty make this my favorite channel. Thank you.
My father, who was born in 1888, had a ruler of that type. My father was not a woodworker, but did have other hand tools, few of which were from as recent as the 1940’’s.
He was born in New Brunswick, far inland. His family, if they needed to reach town in the winter, would travel by dogsled.
He came to the United States as a young man and joined the US Army, where he served for forty years.
I don’t think any of his tools dated to the 1800’s, but I’m sure some came close to it. I have only a few left. I wish I had them all.
Thank you for sharing the history of your region. It brings me a little closer to the lost history of my father’s youth.
Vermont is very close to lake Champlain Perry defeated the British in 1814. The button could have been from one of the U.S sailors.
My thoughts as well.
It was actually MacDonough who beat the British at the battle of Plattsburgh. His ships were built on the bank of Otter Creek in Vergennes, Vermont.
The ruler threw me back to my childhood. I remember these always pinching my fingers! My father had one in his tool chest and I loved playing with all of his old tools…as a 70 year-old woman it reminded me of my 94 year old father who just died last month. Nice memory.
Young man you are one of my favorite TH-camrs.
Those ornate tubes are napkin holders. The cloth napkin would be semi folded and pulled through it to hold it.
Seems too long and narrow?
My thoughts exactly
I think they would have the napkin cloth wrapped around the silverware, and then the tube around that to hold it all together
Pictures of “antique parasol handles” searched on Google has many results that look like unblemished versions of the cylinders still on the shafts.
3:43 im pretty positive that is the stand for a small hot iron, the type for ironing collors and cuffs.
I grew up in and around old houses in the 1970's as my mum was "in service" for a Lord and Lady and family of a former prime minister.
The kitchens pantries etc where full of these and many other things, all laid out and ready, to be never used again.
Old family stately homes never throw rhings out!
When she left, as a parting gift they gave my mother a pendant and 3 very wonky tatty looking old green drinking glasses.
Turned out they where 16th century (one most likely 15th century. And the pendant was 18th century and the green stone was a large emerald.
When she contacted them to let them know they said thats ok we never knew we had them until you found them.
Those item's paid the deposit on her house.
I love the calmness of your voice when hunting. It's about the history of the piece more than the money. Stay safe Brad and thank you for the knowledge you pass on.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yes, he does have a very nice voice. You could probably be one heck of an actor or radio dj
You're so correct on his voice I've always thought that.
I agree about his voice...some metal detectors grunt and groan and no calm comments.
let's go let's go treasure ✌👵
the small piece with legs is called a trivett yes it is to sit hot items on
Seems too feminine for kitchen use...Possibly a boudoir trivet to set a curling iron.
Hey bud. Im stroke victim. I watch alot. Thank u. I cant get out there. Been watching about 4 yrs. Thank you
Your obvious love and appreciation of the nature on display in the mountains of Vermont are enough to keep me coming back week after week. Your dedication to the art of your work is as great as your knowledge of metal detecting and of the articles that you discover. Again, thanks!
Fridays are the best days! Always love your videos Brad. Thanks for your passion and hardwork. ❤
Yes, I do look forward to Friday mornings when I get to watch your video it’s the first thing I put on soon as I wake up with my cuppa coffee, you make me want to metal detect every day to do wish I knew if there is ginseng in those hills
HEY! Good morning Brad and thumbs UP!!
Much enjoyed as always Brad. Thanks for taking us along...
10:56 leading on from my previous post of living in a 18th century house own by the same landed gentry in the Scottish lowlands for centuries.
When they had social gatherings the Lord of the manor would only drink his whiskey with water from the houses internal well.
My mother was the caretaker of the house and as kids we where expected to help.
One of my tasks was to fill a large 2 gallon pot decorated with stags and hunting dogs with the well water in the Drawing room for him every friday for his return from london.
It had tge tiniest tap on it as it was just for his whiskey and had been made for him purely for that purpose.
I used to wrap wet hessian sheets around it to keep it cool in summer they made contact with the saucer base full of water which wicked it up and kept it damp.
I know this isnt of that provenance, but i bet they used it every day for much more important things, most likely drinking water.
*edit the tap on that one was silver made to look like a fox jumping over a log
Coffee and treasure hunting every Friday morning. Thank you sir. Really enjoy your content
I do the same thing that’s so funny
Love the old sites like this one. Monetary value doesn't matter when I'm out detecting. The story the items tell about the time period and activities matter the most. Great hunt, Brad!
Beautiful location, surely it will be difficult to find something like this in Indonesia, congrats bro, and good luck with the findings👍👍👍😊😊😊
Hunting a once old homestead that stood 200 yrs ago, the artifacts you could find is mind blowing! Military button, escutcheon plates, barrel tap, etc. Great finds! I would definitely go back! Til next time, take care, and keep on digging...
I have been enjoying your videos every week for years. Thanks! I think the little box lid may be from a snuff box.
I think you are spot on... I remember when I was a kid my uncle carried a similar snuff tin. Not sure how many folks under 50 would know what that is anymore 😂!
1st thing that came to mind
that first iron item is a clothing iron stand
Seems like it is very small to be that , but 🤷♂
My grandmother had one of these to rest her flatiron on!
Yes, for a small sad iron!
That’s what I think it is as well. My great aunt kept her toy cast iron and it had a trivet stand and I think that may be for a child’s toy iron.
Ouiji planchet!!! LOLZ. They buried in in the garden because of the evil it brought! That sounds good. Print it. Hahaahaahaha!!!!
Thank you ! I look forward to my Friday adventures with you ☺
Received a detector for my 75th birthday. . Already found a few things around our apartment. Aluminum scrap, pot shard, and a fairly old brass plumbing fitting.
I owned an old English cane from the 1800’s. It had a silver ornate sleeve just like this. It also have the makers mark on it..
It was a very thin cane.
You are the best. Thank you for taking us along.
One of the reasons I love metal detecting is because it takes me back. Every time I pull something old out of the ground, the area I’m in just feels a bit different. Sort of pulls me back to the past and my imagination can run wild. Who owned this item, what happened leading up to this item being dropped, lots just room for possibilities
Me too, I love history and digging old stuff.
Love the naval button. The crushed cylinder isn’t big enough to be a napkin ring. I deal in antiques and have several old pewter and silver napkin rings. They also at always are approximately 1.5 inches in diameter. Did any of the old parasols have a decorative band on the handle or shaft?
My grandfather had ruler like that, what a beautiful memory for me, thank you.
The tuner thing…my music teacher and choir director both had one. They blew in it with the starting note. It was round and looked like a layer wafer.
A pitch pipe.
Cool dig Brad! Thx 4 Sharing! JJ
Thank You!
Wonderful video! I love all the different things you find! I like to speculate how these items were used too! Historical finds are fun! Fun to find, fun to research! Fun to finally figure out how an item was used in it's time! All so cool. Good job again!! Love your videos very much! Thanks for doing what you do!
It's a trivet for the small cuff iron. My Granny had one -she was born in 1800's. She used 2 different sizes of sad irons -large for regular sized clothes. The small one when she ironed gramps white dress shirt cuffs. I'm in my 70's & remember them well.
The ornate cylinders could be neckerchief scarf rings. They go in and out of style, and depending on the era, and could be lost or discarded.
This intro is my favorite tune...Love it love it love it. Let the imagination roam...thanks
That's what I like, it tells a story. Hard life back then.
Can we just get like a 10hr long episode please we the people need more🤣🤣🤣
Cool relics. Looking back through time is fun. Imagine people laughing at our lost plastic trash a hundred and fifty years from now.
Hi from Norway🇳🇴. Can the item you found 15 minutes into the video be a pocket matchbox? What’s in a pocket often fall out of a pocket.
The piece with feet could be for placing a hot clothes iron. The Navy button is awesome find. Cool spigot handle. Nice pitch pipe find & brass ruler hinge.
Agreed. They worked several flat irons at a time when ironing. My grandma in Scotland usually had 3 going. Nice touch with heart.
Right you never had to wait on the only one to get hot again.@@zworm2
Brad, you teach us so very much about what’s buried and lost. You’re one of the reasons I got into detecting down here in northern PA last year. Even though I’ve got LOTS more to learn, I’ve started a detecting TH-cam channel…creating even MORE things for me to glean from your fabulous channel.
Keep up the great work, as so many of us both learn from and enjoy your videos!
Love the comment about the value is in the story. I have always felt the same way. I love finding a new, old homestead and figuring out the way it might have looked in its day. Homes, outbuildings, what they valued and did to survive. One of my all time favorite finds is a 1909 dog tag. It was issued by the township not the county also. Most likely because the county seat was just to far away. The home stead started right after the civil war and was gone within 50 years. I was amazed they licensed dogs that far back. Found they did it to establish a fund to pay farmers for livestock killed by running dogs.
Hey Brad! You got a mention from “The Scottish Detectorist”! He knows quality when he sees it, all the way from “the fields of Perthshire”!
The decorative metal piece at the beginning reminds me of a trivot for resting a hot iron on.
Brad, I’ve come to look forward to Fridays even though I retired two years ago! Love your videos and your accompanying music. Thank you
In old jewelry, floral pieces were stacked in layers. This could have been any flower, but the layers of flowers were assembled one by one with the stamen being the last. The stem of the stamen went down through the middle hole to hold it all together.
That old navy button gave me chills! So cool. It looks similar to NA-26H in the Alberts button book, but the lack of back mark makes me think it is early. There are 16 stars around the eagle, not sure when that started. The 16th state was admitted in 1796, so my guess is after that.
Another outstanding video, and please don't ever stop your background music it is so fitting for the places you detect.👍👏
At 16:30, the ornate collapsed cylinder; my first guess would be a fancy cloth napkin holder. Probably not for everyday use but maybe brought our for company coming for dinner.
attaboy Brad! this was discovery of treasure we don't normally see on the channel. thanks for mixing it up and, as always, thanks for taking us along.
would love to see you add on to the end what all these items look like in good lighting after you get them home and clean them up
Love all your finds. Thanks for sharing
Your videos are always so pleasant to watch!! The beautiful Vermont woods and so many interesting finds! Thanks again Brad!!❤❤❤❤❤
Great show. The iron stand is for the old irons they would heat on the stove. It kept you from burning things.
Good morning from Copperhill Tn.
Terrific Finds, Brad! Wow! They must have used those musical tuners for a long time as I remember them being used in school and I'm only 69. LOL
Could the brass lid be from a match container, and the material in the middle was for striking the match….🤷♂️
Your cylinder looks like a Victorian era Napkin ring. The napkin was cloth and was folded then put through the ring and set near the plate. Very high style in the late 1800's.
I’m from Vermont and a map lover and it would be great if you gave us a general idea of your location because without it you could be in any state in the Northeast. And the Vermont part is what got me interested in the first place which makes this video about just another treasure hunter which I’d rather do myself rather than watch someone else. And no I have no intention of destroying any historical sites or any site if I came upon them.
Wish I had a place to do that metal Detect 😕
Very good again Brad. I love to follow the music behind the video, I am like Pavlovs dog when I heard the music change up I am so excited. I think you have us all in your evil power.
Another amazing trip filled with awesome relics ❤
Brass piece from 16:00ish looks like a match holder. Thanks as always for your fun and fascinating videos!
Interesting items with a story. Thanks Brad. 👍
I was just thinking that if there are some time period homes in the area you could tour. Maybe you could take some of the items you find to see if there is a docent or someone who could tell you what they are?
Brad great day for you outdoors nice fines 👍🙏
Thank you for showing the items you were able to clean up a little better than in the field. I enjoyed this video because it had a lot of personal items. Just gets me thinking...
Great adventure Brad. Thanks man.
Congrats on all tge Relics and Buttons you found. Really Love the last Ornate piece you found Brad Take Care
Always enjoy your video. I believe the fancy is a match safe. Thanks for sharing.
Regarding any button, where you see stars then you know it is a great find! Wow! great find.
The compact case could possibly be a snuff box and the mashed decorative cylinder might be a sewing needle case.
The little kitchen tool could have been for a child or possibly a sample nice find ⚒️❤️🗝️🇺🇸
Great day
Great video this week. So many interesting finds.
Like the new gloves! About time 😂.
Brad, Thank you!
Fun variety of finds. Love the pitch pipe. Thanks for sharing!!!
Nicely done Brad, I enjoyed the video. 🇺🇸
That dandy iron thingy with feet and hearts, is a trivet for keeping liquids hot, but not boil
I love Braday.
I think the brass tube is from a lipstick holder/stand, used to keep them from rolling off of table. The iron trivet cleaned up beautifully. As always, great video Brad!
Oh, just read your comment after posting mine... bright minds! Totally agree with you, lipstick case.
I think it’s a holder for a group of silverware with a cloth napkin around at the silverware
If they could buy rolled cigars back then, that is what I think it is. Decoration around a cigar. Sure, why not. Look at the old fancy containers they use to store them, still do, so it might not be too much of a stretch.
More awseome finds Brad!!
That has been such joy to see. The lid might have been a spice box. The military button was a great find.
Could that fancy tube be a crushed cigar holder? Or part of one. Sure, is beautiful in the mountains this time of year. Thanks Brad.
My Great Aunt,born in Ireland, in1860s,had an old umbrella shaft, that had a decorated piece around it.That’s what I thought of immediately,when you dug the flattened piece up. Maybe no relation,at all. The handle was also worked.
I never get a notification I have to remember brad on Friday
Agree, that little iron thing looks like a trivet on which to put something hot. Like a tiny hot iron.
Great video as always Brad. The mystery fine just called a trivet.
BRAD I believe it's from a cane or walking stick. Decorative as part if the grip right below the know.
Great finds, thanjs for sharing!!
Brad, another fine day in the Green Mtn's hunting relics of the early Vermont settlers with you at the helm .. The brass back-plate, or drawer pull back plate, dates from the early to mid 18th century and is very probably of the Queen Anne or early Chippendale period, or possibly earlier .. In the rural areas of the expanding country there was a tendency by country cabinet makers to not only follow the trends popular in urban areas, but also to "carry over" popular forms / designs of case pieces, or utilitarian furnishings, well beyond the next "new" design form .. And yes, it does have a current market value, as found and shown .. If someone had a piece of period furniture with the same configuration of drawer hardware, minus one back plate, they would be thrilled to discover that piece to complete a set already on the chest of drawers, or what ever the item is that maybe missing that particular form of 18th century brass period hardware .. Thanks for posting this video .., Your day in the Green Mountains starts my Friday morning off in Hurricane ravaged SW Florida, and we all appreciate it.
Flattened brass cylinder, part of an ornate candle stick holder ?