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<p>One of the million or more bricks used by the Army to build Fort Slocum. This example, from the edging of a sidewalk, has a raised anchor as a maker&#39;s mark and probably dates to the 1880s.</p>

Davids I Brick Anchor
<p>Examples of military uniform buttons found during the 2005-2006 archeological survey of Davids Island. This group includes (left to right) a small sleeve button; a First World War machine gun company collar button; and three blouse, jacket or pocket buttons, including one dating to the Civil War (far right).</p>

Davids I Button Examples
<p>Sherds of several types of 19th-century pottery found during the 2005-2006 archeological survey of Davids Island, including gray salt-glazed stoneware (top) and pearlware, redware with flat slip-trailing, and Rockingham-type yellowware (bottom, left to right).</p>

Davids I Ceramic Examples
<p>Examples of coins recovered during the 2005-2006 archeological survey of Davids Island. Left to right are 1946 U.S. nickel; 1954 Republic of India 1-pice coin; 1899 U.S. Indian-head cent; and 1838 U.S. large cent.</p>

Davids I Coin Examples
<p>Examples of expended ammunition found during the 2005-2006 archeological survey. Left to right are a .32-caliber slug, a .50-caliber cartridge, a Minié ball, and a .45-caliber slug. The Minié ball dates to or shortly after the Civil War; the other artifacts are from the late 19th or 20th centuries.</p>

Davids I ExpAmmo Examples
<p>Examples of fragments of 19th-century smoking pipes recovered during the 2005-2006 archeological survey of Davids Island, including pieces of pipe bowls and stems with cast decorations (top row) and an unglazed kaolin pipestem stamped &#34;McDougall&#34;, a manufacturer who was located in Glasgow, Scotland (bottom).</p>

Davids I Smoke Pipe Examples
<p>Small plastic toy soldiers dating to the 1950s or 1960s found during the 2005-2006 archeological survey of Davids Island.</p>

Davids I Toy Soldiers