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First semi-interesting find...

budweiserbudgetbudweiserbudget Posts: 34
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I think I finally found something kind of cool. It looks like an earring, and it's not magnetic, so there's a chance it may have something interesting in it. I found it right before I was getting to my car to go back to work. I also found a gas key, a car wash token, and another token with a scary looking clown on it. I'll post it later.


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If it wiggles, it ain't goin' in my salad.

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  • CROCKofCOINSCROCKofCOINS Posts: 1,545 ✭
    I think that is a good start!

    Jerry
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  • BentForkBentFork Posts: 829
    That is interesting. Could possibly be an older earring.

    G.
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  • flydocflydoc Posts: 124
    I think it looks more like some type of clasp. I wonder if it was part of a chain or bracelet?
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting.. are you still investigating? Let us know if you identify it... thanks, Cheers, RickO
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I strongly subscribe to the earring theory.

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  • budweiserbudgetbudweiserbudget Posts: 34
    I'm thinking it's an earring too, but I was wondering how anyone could hang something that heavy from an ear. My wife tells me that older women can get their piercings stretched out from wearing heavy stuff. I'm wondering it's old, though... I'll keep looking. By the way, it's twice as long as a Roosevelt dime. The picture on the left looks like a Klingon or Orc would wear it, don't you think?
    If it wiggles, it ain't goin' in my salad.
  • loditomloditom Posts: 684
    That is a nice earring I found one a few year's ago with the same type of backing on it.

    HH,Tom
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  • marymmarym Posts: 713 ✭
    I may be completely wrong, but I just don't see that as an earring. A clasp of some kind yes, an earring....No chance! It's simply too cumbersome to be an earring. If you look at the clasp it is far too large and appears to be too heavy for an ear lobe. It'll be interesting to uncover what ever it is though!
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  • millenniummillennium Posts: 3,305
    Put me in the earring group....I've seen some similar to that...its old though.....
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  • MPeterMPeter Posts: 568
    Is it hollow and has a flat surface? Maybe it was on the top edge of some kind of jewelry box and the little loop would swing down over the edge and latch around a little knob. It looks like it would hang weird if it was any kind of earring. It doesn't have the hook to go through an ear hold either.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it's a copy of an ancient Roman or Greek type of earring, which might be why it looks strange.

    I could be wrong on that, of course, but it has that classical sort of look to it, somehow.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It doesn't have the hook to go through an ear hold either. >>

    That's because it's a clasp-type earring, not the kind made for pierced ears.

    (Assuming the earring theory is correct in the first place.)

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  • phutphut Posts: 1,087 ✭
    Very interesting!!
    If it has been in the ground for any length of time, I'd guess that it's made of silver and gold.
  • budweiserbudgetbudweiserbudget Posts: 34
    If it wiggles, it ain't goin' in my salad.
  • budweiserbudgetbudweiserbudget Posts: 34
    Sorry about the blank. Operator error. On the interior portion of the conical end it says 18K sterling. The gold band is definitely separate from the silver portion, so maybe that's the 18K portion... There's also a design of some sort that I can't quite make out. I'm trying to figure out how to copy what's ever inside to see if I can find a name or symbol that will help me identify it.
    If it wiggles, it ain't goin' in my salad.
  • holeinone1972holeinone1972 Posts: 5,348 ✭✭✭
    What about a pendant?

    Looks a little like a torch doesn't it?

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  • budweiserbudgetbudweiserbudget Posts: 34
    Hmmm.... I hadn't thought of that. It does look remarkably like a torch.
    If it wiggles, it ain't goin' in my salad.
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