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unspendableunspendable Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
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what the heck you will find.. thats what makes it fun, thought I would post some finds although I don't know what some of it isimageimageimage

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  • speer34speer34 Posts: 375 ✭
    Your right--you never know!!!!! Those are some nice looking finds you have there. I don't have a clue as to what they are exactly--what time frame but they appear to be old. The star etched item appears to be a buckle and the round piece with the crossed rifles/#26 appears to be some form of military lapel pin. Which era is unknown by me. Someone will chime in over the next day and give their opinions. The badge--can you make out what all it says?

    Thanks for sharing!!!

    Speer34

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  • unspendableunspendable Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
    it says " butchy taylor 3120 brady" good luck on the back, a few more pics, I can only put two on at a time... imageimage
  • speer34speer34 Posts: 375 ✭
    I meant to ask you in the first post--where do you live? You don't have to be specific, just general location so we can determine what time period these may be from.

    Thanks again for sharing these awesome finds of yours!!!!!!
    Speer34

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  • unspendableunspendable Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
    I am close to st louis but in illinois, a little south...
  • crispycrispy Posts: 792 ✭✭✭
    That is a great group of finds. No kidding. I love finding relics as well as old coins. Researching the unidentified ones can be fun as well. Thank heavens for the internet and other knowledgable people. The "20" tag could be a cattle tag or a railroad tag. The tins could be snuff, make-up or even prophylactic containers. Cool bunch of stuff!
    "to you, a hero is some kind of weird sandwich..."
  • mrgubymrguby Posts: 684
    that is a texas ranger buckle ive seen them before at auctions
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "Madmacabre" found one of those star-cutout tokens quite recently!

    Cool stuff. I'll agree on the Texas Ranger buckle- that theory fits.

    Your "36" with crossed rifles is a regimental collar tab of some kind (I'm probably using the wrong name for it, but you get the idea). I have found them from the WW1-WW2 eras, with various regimental markings- one I have says "US-GA 122" on it. (National Guard? Some other GA regiment?). Mine are all cast or struck in one piece, however. Yours is different for having the rifles and the number apparently cast in a separate piece and then attached to the disc. Were I to make a wild guess, I would put yours a little earlier, likely WW1 or maybe even Spanish-American War.

    I'm glad you decided to show up here. MD Forum folks, I crossed paths with him over on the US Coin Forum when he replied to one of my threads.

    You never know... what other TH-ers are frequenting the other forums on this site!

    OK, now that you're here, show 'em the CW breastplate. image

    You never know, indeed. This is why I keep a "junk" drawer for those "whatzits", instead of throwing them away. I will throw away the obvious trash, but there is definitely a difference between junk and trash. "Junk" might not be good enough to display, but is too good or too intriguing to toss out. Trash is stuff that is obviously, well... trash.

    Sometimes the "junk" or the "whatzit" turns out to be worth displaying after all.

    And sometimes learning a little bit about something only deepens the mystery.


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  • DUBBADUBBA Posts: 935
    you just never know?...nice variety of find dude!...i like it...looks like a little gold in the last pic ?....hh
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great finds... lots of relics out there in the right areas. Cheers, RickO
  • unspendableunspendable Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
    I didn't even dream about that being a texas ranger buckle, thats cool... I think that thing with the skull and crossbones is gold plated, not sure.. I appreciate everyones opinion... Mike.. oh--here is the back of the miliatary pinimage and breastplate.... image
  • mrgubymrguby Posts: 684
    glad to help i work auctions here in orlando so i see tons of stuff fromthe south. alot of military and civil war era. i live on what used to be showalter air base & the surrounding area was all pasture. you wouldnt believe what ive found with my detector.im sorry i sold it.coins,buttons,spurs,skillets,bullets,copper nuggets, knives,even a old morter round left that one buried.
  • mrgubymrguby Posts: 684
    also looks like snuff canister or tobacco tins.
  • mrgubymrguby Posts: 684
    that might be a boot buckle. its small right.
  • unspendableunspendable Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
    there is a stamped penny in the pic, its about 1 1/2 wide and two in long.. thanks mike
  • unknowncomicunknowncomic Posts: 945 ✭✭
    Your star token was from an arcade around the mid 50s. For a dime (I think) you could stamp your name,address or other message around it. They were very popular at fairs too.
    Molon Labe
  • unspendableunspendable Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
    I think I would rather have the dime.. thanks.. a few moreimageimage
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Your star token was from an arcade around the mid 50s. For a dime (I think) you could stamp your name,address or other message around it. They were very popular at fairs too. >>

    Good to know. Thanks. I was guessing 1940s.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PS- I love those fobs in the last post! image

    Stuff like that has to be my favorite type of find, right there behind coins. I would take a nice early military button over some fobs, which tend to be more from the late-1800s and early-1900s, when men had watch chains to hang them on, but unless the buttons are early, I'll take a nice fob any day, because they usually commemorate some datable event or interesting place.

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