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Found at Fort Ticonderoga.

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Found at Fort Ticonderoga.
Group of four metal Revolutionary War period artifacts, found by noted archaeologist Frank Kravic at Fort Ticonderoga, probably dug in the 1970s: Two shoe buckles, 1 x 1 1/4. * Oxen shoe, tapered curve, maximum 1 1/4 x 4. Two original hand-forged nails present. * Horse bit piece, Celtic cross-shape, 5 x 5 1/4. All with much corrosion, but recognizable, with immense patina for display and as conversation pieces. Captured by the Americans just weeks after the action at Lexington and Concord, the taking of Ticonderoga has been credited to Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen, among others. Though called "the Gibraltar of America," it was retaken by the British in 1777; "American military leaders on the ground realized that Ticonderoga was impossible to defend..."--Boatner. (4 pcs.)