ENTRY/NOMINATION THREAD: DECEMBER , 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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Just good looking :-)
Jerry
This is a bus/train token from L.A., Calif. 1984
Jerry
1841o seated half dime
HH,Tom
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Nothing.
Just like the previous two months.
I guess the detector isn't too good at finding stuff when you don't take it out. (If they ever build a detector robot that goes out and finds stuff on its own- I'm buyin' one! It might not be as much fun, perhaps, but certainly would be profitable.)
Anyway, maybe I can get out at least once before the end of the year and edit this post so it actually includes something.
Is yet another Celtic gold, this time a quater stater weighing 1.6 grams (usual quarter weight is 1.5)
This is a very early imported unit from Gaul, and classed as a Gallo Belgic CD.
Dating to 80-60 BC, there are only 15 or 16 known in the Celtic Coin index at Oxford University.
It was found in change in Madison, WI past week. The young girl at Midway Foods didn't care much after seeing the excitement the coin gave me. She, the coin I mean, actually looks better in person!
1922 California Chauffeur Badge
(original post)
Zot's decorative button
Canadian Tombac from a CoinStar.
This might be it for me this month. Been burried in snow since the 1st.
I can't figure out how to post these as pictures so will have to ask you to copy and paste the following links.
Front:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/8c699ee718.jpg
Back:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/def00f6c6d.jpg
You can post the pictures simply by clicking the image icon (fourth from the left, between "underline" and "http" icons) and paste a link into the pop-up window that opens.
Edit: There seems to be some problem in getting the images to come through to the board from the site where they are hosted. They can be viewed by going directly to the addresses mentioned by Silversanta though. Very strange...
20 Centavos Front
20 Centavos Back
Here- I had to shrink it down a wee bit and I merged it into a single picture.
WTG, silversanta!
Finding one of those would put a big smile on my face. They are cool little coins- I have always liked that denomination, too.
That one's in lovely shape. I would imagine it came home with a WW2 sailor or something like that.
I'll have the polls up mid-week so we all have time to recover from the holidays.
Besides we need to see the "Mighty Phut" chime in with his goodies. If he doesn't happen to get back online before the polls I'll gladly nominate his finds.
There's no way I can compete with Gold(insert drool icon here), but what the heck, I'm glad I made it out in December and am able to add a little variety.
Coins
1934 Liberty Head dime
1867 Shield nickel
1847 Seated Half dime
1891 IHC(pre olive oil bath)
Jewelry
Bronze ring. I'm guessing it's from the 1800s because of where it was found(no markings)
This old marble I found on top of the ground while detecting at an 1860s house site (12/27).
John
Great US Coat Button. Used 1830's - 1850's military
Third Bullet from the Left
Sharps Carbine breechload bullet sometimes called the .56 cal. The wide ring would compress to take the riflings of the Carbine.