WINNERS!!: Best Relic/Other Found January , 2007

goldrush00013 · February 3, 2007 11:53AM

Looks like HKnJ and I will be sharing the honors this month!
Congrats HKnJ!!

Total Votes: 40
#1. HKnJ's WWI British Tank Corps enlisted personnel collar brass.
10 (votes) 25.00 (%)
#2. Lordmarcovan's late-1800s dinner fork.
1 (votes) 2.50 (%)
#3. Lordmarcovan's late-1800s oil lamp mechanism.
0 (votes) 0.00 (%)
#4. Riccar's WWI Infantry Collar Disc.
9 (votes) 22.50 (%)
#5. Goldrush00013's monogrammed Gorham sterling silver spoon.
10 (votes) 25.00 (%)
#6. 30AnvZ28's 1927 Brunswick, GA Licensed Chauffer badge #114.
6 (votes) 15.00 (%)
#7. Phut's name plate from a 1700s site in NewMarket NH.
4 (votes) 10.00 (%)
#8. Phut's Magic Yeast advertisement plate late 1800 to early 1900 3X6 inch porcelain.
0 (votes) 0.00 (%)

Please vote for best relic.

#1. HKnJ's WWI British Tank Corps enlisted personnel collar brass.

#2. Lordmarcovan's late-1800s dinner fork.

#3. Lordmarcovan's late-1800s oil lamp mechanism. Reads "MANHATTAN BRASS Co., NY" on knob.

#4. Riccar's WWI Infantry Collar Disc.

#5. Goldrush00013's monogrammed Gorham sterling silver spoon. Dated '07' with script "D" initial. (Gorham marks indicate it was made in the late 1890s)

#6. 30AnvZ28's 1927 Brunswick, GA Licensed Chauffer badge #114.

#7. Phut's name plate from a 1700s site in NewMarket NH.

#8. Phut's Magic Yeast advertisement plate late 1800 to early 1900 3X6 inch porcelain.

Zot · February 3, 2007 7:45PM

Tough choice! Many great finds!

Riccar · February 5, 2007 12:05AM

I chose HKnJ's WWI British Tank Corps collar disc... very cool to think about the guy
that wore that one... working with those early tanks! (WTG on that find HKnJ!)

Lots of cool finds this month everyone

HKnJ · February 5, 2007 9:05AM

<< <i>I chose HKnJ's WWI British Tank Corps collar disc... very cool to think about the guy >>

Thanks, Riccar. Your find has similar circumstances except it's not British. Or is it?

If it's not for you we would never have found out the history of the piece.

Riccar · February 5, 2007 10:32AM

<<...would never have found out the history of the piece. >>

Glad to help. Google is funny that way... sometimes you find stuff,
sometimes you don't.

<<Your find has similar circumstances except it's not British. Or is it?>>

From what I found (again, on Google), mine is from U.S. WWI infantry... and,
a lot more common or at least not as collectible. (worth of yours, if I remember
correctly, was about 4 or 5 times as much as mine... only one link about yours
but many similar to the infantry one)

Personally, I like the history of the tank a lot, how it ties to the cavalry and other
related history... very cool find.

pocketpiececommems · February 5, 2007 11:55AM

I like Goldrushs '07 silver spoon plus he found it the first trip out in '07

lordmarcovan · February 6, 2007 1:24PM

This was indeed a tough call this month.

Normally I would've probably gone with HKnJ's WW1 tank badge- that is ubercool, and I see it is battling John's silver spoon (another worthy choice) for the top slot.

However, since it was found in my hometown, with me present personally while it was dug, I have to vote for 30AnvZ28's chauffer badge. It's an enviable find- I do not have one from this city. He's from out of town and now he does! It looks better in person than in his picture, too.