Flint with lead holder

Matchlock · 25th August 2014, 02:36 PM

Hi Marcus,

Thousands of those lead-wrapped flints used in the cocks of military flintlock muskets are found by farmers every year; several of them are preserved in The MICHAEL TRÖMNER COLLECTION.

Only the so-called BLOND flints, also called HORN flints, are quite rare to detect. The best chances to detect blond flints are when searching in France (they were quarried in great numbers near St. Etienne), Belgium, Germany and Austria.
There are dozens of all sizes of blond flints in my collection.

The GRAY (in British English: grey) and BROWNISH colored flints, and especially the BLACK colored Podolian (German: podolisch) types, are very common; they were mostly used in the Netherlands and in the area of what is Great Britain and Ireland today.

Prices for the latter vary from 1-5 euros per piece.

Best,
Michael

Matchlock · 25th August 2014, 02:59 PM

A few more, the last two from my my collection.

m

fernando · 25th August 2014, 04:12 PM

Yes, Michl,
But none of those lead cases now posted is decorated; am i right ?

Matchlock · 25th August 2014, 04:45 PM

Of course you're right, Nando,

They must be on some older back-up disc dating back about 8 years, and saving my data from an earlier computer of mine.

Actually I have seen many of them but never integrated one with my collection, as they strictly belong to the Ottoman cultural area starting with Romania, Macedonia and Albania, instead of the Western European sphere.

I attached a sample which I copied from this site:
http://www.echad.info/uifinds/?to=vi...&find_id=45369

For more on Western gun flints and their usually undecorated coatings or wrappings, please cf.:
http://www.minutemantreasures.com/5139/11401.html

Some samples from the latter site attached below.

Best,
m

25th August 2014, 02:36 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Hi Marcus, Thousands of those lead-wrapped flints used in the cocks of military flintlock muskets are found by farmers every year; several of them are preserved in The MICHAEL TRÖMNER COLLECTION. Only the so-called BLOND flints, also called HORN flints, are quite rare to detect. The best chances to detect blond flints are when searching in France (they were quarried in great numbers near St. Etienne), Belgium, Germany and Austria. There are dozens of all sizes of blond flints in my collection. The GRAY (in British English: grey) and BROWNISH colored flints, and especially the BLACK colored Podolian (German: podolisch) types, are very common; they were mostly used in the Netherlands and in the area of what is Great Britain and Ireland today. Prices for the latter vary from 1-5 euros per piece. Best, Michael Attached Images

25th August 2014, 02:59 PM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A few more, the last two from my my collection. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 25th August 2014 at 03:27 PM.

25th August 2014, 04:45 PM	#4
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Of course you're right, Nando, They must be on some older back-up disc dating back about 8 years, and saving my data from an earlier computer of mine. Actually I have seen many of them but never integrated one with my collection, as they strictly belong to the Ottoman cultural area starting with Romania, Macedonia and Albania, instead of the Western European sphere. I attached a sample which I copied from this site: http://www.echad.info/uifinds/?to=vi...&find_id=45369 For more on Western gun flints and their usually undecorated coatings or wrappings, please cf.: http://www.minutemantreasures.com/5139/11401.html Some samples from the latter site attached below. Best, m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 25th August 2014 at 05:59 PM.

25th August 2014, 04:12 PM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Yes, Michl, But none of those lead cases now posted is decorated; am i right ?