Anyone here knowledgeable in religious medals?

relicsncoins · November 8, 2011 8:31AM

Here is a piece I found at a site that dated from 1795 until about 1830. (Mission era California). This was found with flat buttons, reales and outher period items.

The piece is solid silver but not marked and a little larger than a half dollar.

Crude drilled teardrop loop.

Hand filed edge.

ricko · November 8, 2011 8:47PM

Very nice medal... great find. Cheers, RickO

johnny9434 · November 9, 2011 4:53AM

that is a nice medal. wish i could find something like that

best wishes

pcgs69 · November 9, 2011 10:01AM

beautiful piece! don't know any information about it, but it definitely looks old.

demodigger · November 9, 2011 11:02AM

Did that come from near the rodeo? I bet tom was real jealous.

relicsncoins · November 9, 2011 1:31PM

I was with Tom when I dug it. I also dug a Phoenix and a few other flat buttons from an adobe site that Tom and I have hunted since around 1995. How ya been Brian.....remember our hunt at Crissy field....LOL.

JamesMurray · November 13, 2011 12:52AM

Dedicated to the Virgin of Solitude, the patron saint of Acapulco.

ricko · November 13, 2011 1:04AM

Thanks JamesMurray for the identification... Cheers, RickO

JamesMurray · November 13, 2011 1:18AM

Your welcome Ricko

lordmarcovan · November 13, 2011 5:24PM

I've found two 20th century "Miraculous Mary" medallions and a couple of Saint Christophers, but that one is fantastic.

And an obvious relic of your Mission period.

OUR Spanish Mission period here in Georgia is earlier- circa 1500s to 1600s.

I have found one noteworthy item from an old mission site, but that's about it. Well, there was a 17th century button and a musketball, too. The button was pretty plain- they didn't start marking them until much later.

grip · November 21, 2011 7:10AM

What a super find..Thanks for sharing.

Anyone here knowledgeable in religious medals?

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