r/Artifacts

Possibly Civil War era, given how close it was found to the NCR Trail?

I found this object in Normandy. The area apparently saw fighting during the Battle of Normandy. The shape seems quite unusual for it to be leftover ammunition. What do you think?

UPDATE: First and foremost, I want to say thank you to everyone. A lot of you have given me great advice and I plan to contact a funeral home for more information!
For all of you telling me to open it, I will not. I am a spiritual person so throwing it away is not really an option for me
There is no tag on the outside or on the bottom of it. It does have some weight to it, my husband said maybe a couple pounds.
For those of you asking about the salt lines, i put lines of salt on a few of my steps. I do this for spiritual protection. I edited the post to clear up my original statement.
I am located in the US!

I want to reiterate that I’m asking for kindness on this post.

Original post:
Hey everyone! I recently bought a home and there is some type of urn living in the basement. The previous owners claimed they have never seen this urn in the 20 yrs they lived there. (I don’t believe this lol) I’m just wondering if anyone here has any ideas of what to do with it? I reached out to the village historian and I’m waiting to hear back. I’m just trying to get any information on the home I can.

It does have weight to it and it’s sealed, i will not be opening this! My uncle pulled it down from the shelf to inspect it and put it back.

It creeps my husband and I out, we’re kinda afraid of the basement. I have put so much salt in front of the basement door it’s in

Any advice is appreciated! I ask everyone to be kind as I’ve never dealt with something like this before. Thanks in advance!

This came from a miscellaneous lot at an online estate sale that just indicated a it included a couple of arrowheads and some stones….this was not pictured and I guess was just one of the “stones”. The sale included many 19th century items from a wealthy family in which “grand tours” to Europe were a thing. So I am thinking it may have been a souvenir from one of those tours. It is definitely solid stone but not sure what kind. It is smooth on the back so appears to be from a flat slab between 5/8” and 3/4” thick. Can anyone provide insight into origin and age? Or any other information? Those folks took their collecting seriously but not sure if it was a very nice replica made in the 19th century, something possibly older, or none of the above. Thank you!

This was found on an Isle of Wight beach. Its edges are sharp and somewhat serrated. Has it been worked?

I’m getting mixed results from my personal research. Some say as late as 1880s-90s and others are saying early as 1840s. The tiny “DUPRE.” Is what’s tripping me up. Found in Saratoga Springs NY

With how uniform the end here is, it doesn’t appear natural to me. Almost appears shaved down.

Found in central Texas in sudden eroded soil adjacent to creek bed. Ample scrapers, flakes, and scrapers present. Thoughts?

Can somebody help me out with these images? And kind of let me know if their artifacts or just something out of the ordinary, I would be really interested in knowing.Thank you all

Found in a garden in Moselle, northeastern France. About 2.5 cm × 2.5 cm, 5 grams. Made of iron/steel, heavily corroded. Found only a few centimeters underground. I initially thought it might be part of a Roman fibula because of its shape. There is a small, almost perfectly round intentional hole in the lower part.

It was dug up in a garden in South Wales in the UK in, approximately 1999. It remained caked in heavy Welsh mud until a couple of days ago when it was submerged in white vinegar for several hours. For added context the garden is only 9 km from what used to be Pembrey Munitions Factory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROF\_Pembrey)

I don't know why but, to my uneducated brain, it feels like it is made from concrete.

Dimensions (cm) and weight (g) are indicated in the pictures.

Basically my moms old boyfriend owns a trash company and I went with my mom to clean this lady's mansion after she died and they said we can keep anything besides some stuff they listed off, found these hidden in a closet and it wasn't listed so I took them.

I have been tasked with identifying if this is a real artifact or not. Anyone recognize what it is?

Nwa white river. River levels so low theres almost no water

I live near a creek and go walking from time to time. I went down yesterday and found this. The only thing I can think of is a primitive cup to heat things in the fire cause it has burn marks and the shape is odd