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ENTRY/NOMINATION THREAD: February, 2007 "QUALITY" AWARDS (Best Coin/Jewelry/Relic/Wildcar
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Please enter your finds (or nominate somebody else's finds) for this month's five Metal Detecting Forum "Quality" awards:
The five "quality" award categories are:
Best Non-U.S. Coin/Token
Best U.S. 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 Non-U.S. Coin/Token: This includes all world coinage with the exception of US minted coins obviously.
Best U.S. Coin/Token: this category is pretty self-explanatory. Note that it is for detector finds of coins minted in the U.S from 1776 to present - 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 five "quality" award categories are:
Best Non-U.S. Coin/Token
Best U.S. 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 Non-U.S. Coin/Token: This includes all world coinage with the exception of US minted coins obviously.
Best U.S. Coin/Token: this category is pretty self-explanatory. Note that it is for detector finds of coins minted in the U.S from 1776 to present - 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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(Certain to be outdone by the subsequent VTH3 diggers, but it was a find that put a big grin on my face, anyway.)
1870-1890's ball button with stars (back style helped to ID the date range...
shank type is called a "pressed hole turret")
Best jewelry:
Small 14K gold band
Best U.S. coin:
1896 Indian Head Cent
Don't think I will have to worry about getting the detector out for a while here in upstate NY, it will be some time before I even see the ground again.
Ladies Steel model Guess watch w/diamond
.925 Silver crucifix
Ladies .925 silver ring
10K white gold pendant with 10 tiny diamonds and pink sapphire
Copper religious pendant (unknown origin). Possibly Thai Buddhist
14k ring with diamond and a 1941 Jefferson
Collect raw morgans, walkers, mercs, SLQ, barber q. Looking at getting into earlier date coins pre 1900s.
First off, I just wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading many of the threads on this forum. Seems like you guys know your stuff and from the standpoint of an outsider looking in, I have learned many things in the metal detecting world from everyone here and I'm looking forward to getting a detector soon.
As for the coin: I have a 2 1/2 year old at home who has really become entranced with coins. Nothing makes his day like dropping a few coins in his bank. I've made it a habit to ask cashiers at the grocery stores if they have any .50 cent pieces or $1 coins whenever they are giving me change back. Nothing like a 'bigger' coin for my son to have for his bank. Well, to my surprise, the cashier at Krogers last night handed me this:
I think I'm going to be shopping at Kroger's exclusively now...
Forget blocking him; find out where he lives and go punch him in the nuts. --WalterSobchak 9/12/12
Looking for Al Hrabosky and any OPC Dave Campbells (the ESPN guy)
Gary
Forget blocking him; find out where he lives and go punch him in the nuts. --WalterSobchak 9/12/12
Looking for Al Hrabosky and any OPC Dave Campbells (the ESPN guy)
Flashlight-Laser-Ball point pen
Got this in a sand tot lot about 6 inch down. IT WORKS ;-)
Jerry
Collect raw morgans, walkers, mercs, SLQ, barber q. Looking at getting into earlier date coins pre 1900s.
14k bracelett
and also the 18k religous baby ring.
Then this silver Nebraska charm
Found this a few days ago, heres a link to the topic:
linky
Here are some pics
Planning to go back to the field in a few days, it just rained so it shoulc be easy. Thanks
Joe
Edited to add: My friend and I went back and found two more parts to this (one disk and one plate). We also found what looks like either a makup box or maby a small picture frame. It is metal and about 3" by 1.5" and inside of it there was glass (broken and filled with mud) no markings though, should have pics up in a few days. Thanks
Edited again to add: Well I would put the pics up but my mom took the camera to Denver with her... hopefully I'll get it before this is over lol.
Zot and Phut have digs to enter but can't till they have annouced their final rounds.
Two Escudo Doubloon - Approximate Size of United States Quarter. (copy)
These pirate coins are modeled after hand-struck Spanish Escudo Doubloons, minted between 1651 to 1773.
Jerry
First off, I just wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading many of the threads on this forum. Seems like you guys know your stuff and from the standpoint of an outsider looking in, I have learned many things in the metal detecting world from everyone here and I'm looking forward to getting a detector soon.
As for the coin: I have a 2 1/2 year old at home who has really become entranced with coins. Nothing makes his day like dropping a few coins in his bank. I've made it a habit to ask cashiers at the grocery stores if they have any .50 cent pieces or $1 coins whenever they are giving me change back. Nothing like a 'bigger' coin for my son to have for his bank. Well, to my surprise, the cashier at Krogers last night handed me this:
Onlyanumber, great wildcard find. It never hurts to ask. Thanks for sharing.
One is a double sided brass name plate. I have tried to reserch the names, but no luck yet.
The other entry is a 1907 Barber dime. If I ever dug one of these on my own, I know I probably wouldn't trust what my eyes were seeing!
Mary (I feel like this is cheating)
Best Relic/Other
Best U.S. Coin/Token
Some day we need to get in PM's or instant messenger so you can walk me through that process.
Mary