Todays finds.
goldrush00013
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Went back to the river today and was fortunate to find a good silver relic and my first religious medal. (not so good)
My first signal.
Here it is cleaned up as good as I could get it. A little jewelry whatzit found close by is on the right.
I figured this was trash because the signal was so long and drawn out , but to my surprise it was sterling silver.
It has the initial "D" on the front.
The back side has the Gorham silver company makers marks and was also engraved "07" .
According to the marks this spoon was made in the latter part of the 19th century.
Also found this strange seal or lid?
I'm gonna try to get back tomorrow before the rain sets in.
HH and thanks for looking!
My first signal.
Here it is cleaned up as good as I could get it. A little jewelry whatzit found close by is on the right.
I figured this was trash because the signal was so long and drawn out , but to my surprise it was sterling silver.
It has the initial "D" on the front.
The back side has the Gorham silver company makers marks and was also engraved "07" .
According to the marks this spoon was made in the latter part of the 19th century.
Also found this strange seal or lid?
I'm gonna try to get back tomorrow before the rain sets in.
HH and thanks for looking!
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Been there, got one of those.
Remember Round 5 of VTH2?
The alpha and omega and chi-rho symbols will likely be the key to unlock this riddle. I strongly suspect Catholicism, but having been raised outside the Christian faith, I'm not up to speed on all their traditions.
PS- because your medal has the alpha and omega on it like mine, I am merely assuming yours also has the chi-rho on it somewhere, but you didn't show the other side of yours. I suppose it could be entirely different than mine but the similarity of design is quite noticeable if you look at the shape, the apha/omega, the portrait, and so on. Is yours one-sided? Mine is only aluminum and is in rougher shape than yours looks to be, but yours looks like it might also be? Though not identical, you have to admit they are strikingly similar.
<< <i> Could that be the lid of an old condom tin? >>
I posted it on the Relic forum on another site and was told that is what it is.
Rob , the medal has all the same markings as yours it would appear. It's slightly different with the holes but pretty much the same.
Being raised in the church, and having studied numerous religions in college, I zoomed in on this one. The Alpha and Omega is a reference in Revelations by Christ
" I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last." Revelation xxii. 13.
The Chi-Rho and IHS is another reference to Christ and Jesus. Several interpretations have developed over the years, but in 1541 the Society of Jesus (commonly called Jesuits) formally adopted this IHS symbol. A more extensive reading is at this link I quickly found.
IHS monogram info
Looks to me like a Jesuit religious medallion one would wear.
But I have been wrong. Maybe it isn't a medallion to be worn around the neck. Could be what's left of a campaign medal with the fabric and top clasp gone. Maybe some WW1 soldiers received a medal from the Order Of Loyola or something.
Gary
Nice finds.
Nice site. Have you started filling a mud bucket with bullets and crusties yet?
<< <i>Todays finds. >>
Needs an apostrophe.
Loditom's thread title:
<< <i>My 2006 find's >>
Has an unnecessary apostrophe, as usual.
Maybe you guys can get together, and Loditom can loan you some of his surplus apostrophes.
Or, as he would say, "Maybe you guy's can get together, and Loditom can loan you some of his surplus apostrophe's."
The annoying ex-English major will now leave this thread, before any rotten tomatoes hit him, or before he makes a spelling/grammatical/typing error of his own.
Seriously, though, thanks for the input, Gary. These are an interesting riddle.
I have found two Saint Christophers and they were fairly self-explanatory. The two Miraculous Mary medallions I later found had me a little more puzzled at first, but they were easy enough. These are a little tougher.
Apropos of nothing, I notice a piece of old glass in John's hole, at top right, in the picture where he's digging the medal. I love "action shots" for that reason- you get all the little details and ambience of the find. Like the big maple(?) seed-spinner things in the second picture of his spoon. Makes me wanna get out and put my own nose to the dirt for a little while.
Gary
Or, as CoC would say,
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LOL..Yes That''is rite! ! !
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<< <i>Relic hunting on a riverbank site sure sounds familiar
Nice finds.
Nice site. Have you started filling a mud bucket with bullets and crusties yet?
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I got the idea from a mighty detector weilding master!
I've found enough junk to fill it 1/3 of the way.
I will say that this sight was once a very popular place for model glue sniffers. I've recovered no less than 15 old spent "Testors" glue tubes!
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You'll have to pardon my illegitimacy.
BTW-Thanks for the great info Gary!