Had a religious day detecting, maybe I need to say some more prayers
kevinstang
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Went back to the campground again today and its getting pretty much hunted out of coins I guess 
. Only found one wheatie- 1944 and a little over a buck in change. Did however find two small religious medals 
. One was pretty shiny coming out of ground- after cleaning it looks to have been silver plated bronze ( or some alloy of copper). Its inscription reads "O Mary concieved without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee" and has a date below of 1830 - could it be that old? 
On reverse is a cross and large "M" - Methodist maybe? The other is about the same size and looks to be bronze (or some alloy of copper)- possibly plated once as well. Its a St. Christoper medal - inscription reads "Protect Us St. Christopher" as one would expect. It looks more Victorian in design to me.
Lastly is a photo of the 1931 Canadian King George the fifth 1 cent I found yesterday at same site:
Its one of the lower mintage ones of the series, somewhere around 3 million made was what I think the gray book said the mintage was.
. Only found one wheatie- 1944 and a little over a buck in change. Did however find two small religious medals . One was pretty shiny coming out of ground- after cleaning it looks to have been silver plated bronze ( or some alloy of copper). Its inscription reads "O Mary concieved without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee" and has a date below of 1830 - could it be that old? On reverse is a cross and large "M" - Methodist maybe? The other is about the same size and looks to be bronze (or some alloy of copper)- possibly plated once as well. Its a St. Christoper medal - inscription reads "Protect Us St. Christopher" as one would expect. It looks more Victorian in design to me.
Lastly is a photo of the 1931 Canadian King George the fifth 1 cent I found yesterday at same site:
Its one of the lower mintage ones of the series, somewhere around 3 million made was what I think the gray book said the mintage was.
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I thought the same thing the first time I found one of those, but it's just the date of a Catholic story.
It's called a:
Miraculous Medal
I've found that I tend to remember this kind of non-coin finds much better afterwards. They make a nice collection
That Canadian cent looks nice too.
I've never found a religious medal.
HH