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ENTRY/NOMINATION THREAD: JUL 2008 "QUALITY" AWARDS (Best US Coin/Non-US Coin/Jewelry/Relic

Please enter your finds (or nominate somebody else's finds) for the six Metal Detecting Forum "Quality" awards:

The six monthly "Quality" award categories are:

Best U.S. Coin/Token
Best Non-U.S. Coin/Token
Best Jewelry Item
Best Relic/Other
Best "Wild Card" Find
Best Expedition Photo

There is no limit on the number of entries per forum member (except in the Photo category). 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 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. Round medals without loops or mount attachments on them may be considered "tokens" and entered into this category. If they have loops for suspension, they should go into the Relic category (or Jewelry, if they are gold or silver).

BEST NON-US COIN/TOKEN: This includes all world coinage with the exception of US-minted coins, obviously.

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). Military decorations can count as jewelry if they are gold or silver.

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.

BEST EXPEDITION PHOTO: this category is for the best photograph taken on an outing, be it of people, places, finds, wildlife, etc. Like the "Wild Card" category above, you don't even have to own a metal detector for this one- just a camera! Pictures should be vaguely related to treasure hunting or expeditions/outings of some kind, though. Limit three self nominations per member each month. (You may have more than three entries if somebody else nominates other pictures of yours, though.) Suggested photo size is somewhere around 640x480 if possible, though 800x600 is OK. Photos over 800 pixels wide or tall will be disqualified, at least until they've been suitably downsized (and that is the responsibility of the author, not the pollster). Photos should be given a short title. For example: "Turkeys In The Field, by ASUTodd". (Additional backstory about "who-what-where-why-when" is nice, too, but optional.)

Comments


  • Best Jewelry Item
    Gold 14K-- Stone? = red
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    Best Relic/Other
    Beach Find- Casio EX-Z60
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    Best Expedition Photo

    Photo of skyline-- Santa Monica, CA
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    This is the photo from the Casio- I reduced the size..
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    Jerry
    CROCK of COINS
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  • demodiggerdemodigger Posts: 1,012
    best US coin: 1887 cent, best Relic: chinese opium bottles
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  • demodiggerdemodigger Posts: 1,012
    best jewelry? Watch fob
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  • demodiggerdemodigger Posts: 1,012
    how about another US coin 1912 nickel. reverse side looks best
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  • Best U.S. coin

    16s merc

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    HH,Tom
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  • Here's one for best jewlery

    14k ring w/green stone

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    HH,Tom
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  • Here is another for best jewelry.

    10K wedding set w/stones

    HH,Tom

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  • here's my entry for best jewelry...found sun 7/27 10k w/diamonds!

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    good luck to all....hh
    "see ya at the beach"
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  • speer34speer34 Posts: 375
    Here's my entry for best coin

    1944 Walking Lib Half

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    Here's my entry for best Jewelry

    10K ring

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    Best foreign coin

    1948 Portugal 2.50 Escudo--silver--it's the coin in the top left of the picture

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    Thanks,

    Speer34

    Speer34

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Holy Cow, Tom! That '16-S Merc is SWEET! WTG! image

    Not to mention Jerry's ring, and... well... I haven't finished reading yet!

    I can see I have a lotta catchin' up to do 'round these parts! Been away too long!

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll nominate DUBBA's "Chasing Fish... and Gold!" for Best Expedition Photo.

    (That's not his title- just one I made up.)

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    CROCKofCOINS' "HMS Bounty In The Harbor" is another great Expedition Photo.

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