ENTRY/NOMINATION THREAD: SEPTEMBER , 2005 "QUALITY" AWARDS (Best Coin/Jewelry/Relic/Wildca
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Please enter your finds (or nominate somebody else's finds) for this month's four Metal Detecting Forum "Quality" awards:
The four "quality" award categories are:
Best Coin/Token
Best Jewelry Item
Best Relic/Other
Best "Wild Card" Find
There is no limit on the number of entries per forum member. If your find seems humble in comparison to some of the others, don't sweat it- we like to see what everybody's found, be it humble or fantastic. Just post your item and a brief story of how you found it, or a link to your thread about the find, if there was one. If you can, post a picture of your item (small to medium-sized pictures of single items, please, rather than large groupings, since the pictures will be used in the poll threads at the end of the month). If you make a neat find and do not post it here, we might miss it later when we put the award polls up, so be sure and post your better finds here even if you already posted your own thread about them. Also, let us know what category you're entering for.
Best Coin/Token: this category is pretty self-explanatory. Note that it is for detector finds only, though- if a coin or token was found in circulation or by eyesight, it belongs in the "Wild Card" category. The award is for single coin finds, though if a cache is found all in the same hole and/or same container at the same time, it may be entered as a single item.
Best Jewelry Item: also pretty straightforward, but if you find coin jewelry, you can choose to put it here or in the Coin category. Also, if you find lost jewelry and return it to its proper owner, you still get to enter it in the competition, even though it wasn't "finders keepers". (See if you can get a picture of it, though).
Best Relic/Other: this category pretty much covers anything found with a detector that isn't a coin or jewelry.
Best "Wild Card" Item: this category is only for finds made without a detector. It may include coins or jewelry, but if you found those with your detector, they go in the categories above. This is for surface "eyeball" finds, circulation coin finds, and pretty much anything else, including nonmetallic finds like arrowheads, bottles, fossils, gemstones, gold nuggets, minerals, natural history specimens, pottery, prehistoric artifacts, and so on. Be sure and mention that the item you are entering is a "Wild Card" find, so we'll know which category to put it in when the polls go up at the end of the month.
The four "quality" award categories are:
Best Coin/Token
Best Jewelry Item
Best Relic/Other
Best "Wild Card" Find
There is no limit on the number of entries per forum member. If your find seems humble in comparison to some of the others, don't sweat it- we like to see what everybody's found, be it humble or fantastic. Just post your item and a brief story of how you found it, or a link to your thread about the find, if there was one. If you can, post a picture of your item (small to medium-sized pictures of single items, please, rather than large groupings, since the pictures will be used in the poll threads at the end of the month). If you make a neat find and do not post it here, we might miss it later when we put the award polls up, so be sure and post your better finds here even if you already posted your own thread about them. Also, let us know what category you're entering for.
Best Coin/Token: this category is pretty self-explanatory. Note that it is for detector finds only, though- if a coin or token was found in circulation or by eyesight, it belongs in the "Wild Card" category. The award is for single coin finds, though if a cache is found all in the same hole and/or same container at the same time, it may be entered as a single item.
Best Jewelry Item: also pretty straightforward, but if you find coin jewelry, you can choose to put it here or in the Coin category. Also, if you find lost jewelry and return it to its proper owner, you still get to enter it in the competition, even though it wasn't "finders keepers". (See if you can get a picture of it, though).
Best Relic/Other: this category pretty much covers anything found with a detector that isn't a coin or jewelry.
Best "Wild Card" Item: this category is only for finds made without a detector. It may include coins or jewelry, but if you found those with your detector, they go in the categories above. This is for surface "eyeball" finds, circulation coin finds, and pretty much anything else, including nonmetallic finds like arrowheads, bottles, fossils, gemstones, gold nuggets, minerals, natural history specimens, pottery, prehistoric artifacts, and so on. Be sure and mention that the item you are entering is a "Wild Card" find, so we'll know which category to put it in when the polls go up at the end of the month.
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Jerry
Jerry
It has been determined to be a Roman brooch dated to the second half of the 1st Century. I had no idea on the age of the item but I posted this on another site and the experts there agreed that it was that time period. I will attach a link to that thread.
UKDN link
Thanks for the nomination. I think we may have to agree that it is a dragon/wolf button as Grip pointed out earlier in the original post.
(can't post pic, computer problems)
Still an ultracool find, if you ask me.
<< <i>The Maple Leaf he found was a tease... it's fake. Still an ultracool find, if you ask me. >>
GOLD ???
http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=28&threadid=425689
Jerry
Staff officer button
Printing plate
Wildcard
Chinese clay marble
HH,Tom
1 for relic,this Navy button
and this one for wildcard as I eyeballed it
1870-1880 D.Klein & Bros.Phila police cuff button
HH,Tom
Sterling panda ring
Best relic
Bear and rifle suspender buckle
baseball player
HH,Tom
Anyone have a "Clue" what category this falls into?
<< <i>Not a coin, Not jewelry, Not exactly a relic but I did find it with my detector.
Anyone have a "Clue" what category this falls into? >>
Look's like a candle stick holder,how big is it???HH,Tom
Edited to add Clue...I was getting my board games mixed up.
Professor Plum in the study.........
My 17 Silver War Nickles I purchased for 85yen (approx 81cents) which are 85c face value!!! I will hopefully get some pics up.
Bull Durham
HH,Tom
14k ring weighed in at 5.694 grams.
(original thread)
10K CZ
HH,Tom
1886 V nickel
1891 dime
1826 large cent
1806 George
1845 Half dime
Relics
Old cufflink
Military button 1790-1820 picture is upside down
Jewelry
Old ring
<< <i>Here's one for relic or jewelry not sure what it is.
Bull Durham
HH,Tom >>
I've seen several of these that have been dug. They were give aways in Bull Durham tobacco. Origionally Gold plated.
BULL DURHAM TOBACCO PLATED PENDANT OR CHARM
Looks like Phut will bring home the Best Coin trophy this month unless some weird miracle happens. Lots of nice jewels too and Loditom is still the Ring man! You da man, Phut. I have been kind of busy with school work there is little time for metal detecting but I will be back. Love to see those coin pics please keep them coming!
Best of luck to everyone and happy hunting! Huey
Sorry I have been remiss in my pollster duties.
Is anybody up to the task?