Help identify old piece.... west Texas find.

[J-Fish]

I am hoping that someone can give me a solid lead of what this is and what Era this came from...





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[Efren]

Cool find. Good luck

[Jcjohnson]

Don’t have a clue what it is, looks like a special find though in for the answers

[J-Fish]

Lets just say that it was found out near Menard TX and I know that was Calvary country with all the forts, but also there were even older Spanish missions. I would assume it would be related to one of these eras...

[rvd]

Very cool, what is it made of?

[rsquared]

you might send a pic to the fort mckavett folks and see if they have any ideas.

[Starman]

The Texas Rangers Company D under the command of Captain Dan Roberts was based in Menard County in the mid-to-late 1870’s also.

Kind of a long read, but very interesting:

https://www.frontiertimesmagazine.com/blog/dan-w-roberts-was-gallant-texas-ranger-j-marvin-hunter-sr

[J-Fish]

you might send a pic to the fort mckavett folks and see if they have any ideas.

I have toured the fort before... I did not think of that. Good idea.

[1369]

Is it just me or does that look vaguely masonic?

[bowtecmike]

How the hell can anyone call Menard "West" Texas? Its 40 miles from the dead center of the state.

As for the article, I think it's more modern than you might think. Possibly pressed tin from the 50s or 60s. Hard to say without knowing what its made of.

pray for rain

[Chew]

Kind of reminds me of the Freemason symbol...but I doubt that's it




Edit: I guess 1369 thought the same thing.

[Shane]

Kind of reminds me of the Freemason symbol...but I doubt that's it




Edit: I guess 1369 thought the same thing.

It's not Masonic. It's a henway. Pretty cool to see one that old!

[J-Fish]

How the hell can anyone call Menard "West" Texas? Its 40 miles from the dead center of the state.

As for the article, I think it's more modern than you might think. Possibly pressed tin from the 50s or 60s. Hard to say without knowing what its made of.

pray for rain

Well why don’t you school us old wise one...



Don’t know about you but this lines up with my texas history and geography classes from high school.

Cant tell if it’s “pot metal” or silver but it was cast, not stamped


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[BlackHogDown]

Well why don’t you school us old wise one...

Don’t know about you but this lines up with my texas history and geography classes from high school.

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Yup. The exact image that popped in my head when I read his post.

Cool find. In for answers

[Landrover]

Well why don’t you school us old wise one...

Hey, hey...……..maps are fake news......lol!!!