REAL SILVER COLONIAL HAND MADE CATHOLIC MEDAL?

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

got out with Frank for a few hours.took him to one of my sites that has been pounded in the past by me,rcat & sniffy.
today i got in the cellar hole and worked the lip of the hole from inside.
it paid off in a few finds.
a barrel tap,a old fork, a broken pewter shoe buckle frame portion and what i thought was a piece of pocket watch guts at first but rubbed it and suprise :shocked04: it's real silver and hand etched with what looks like a pope on one side and the other side looks like it may be saint Ann holding a flower.with initials SA.
i don't know how old this silver piece dates back to? but,the etching looks to be that age and it's a 1780's site.

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

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[coinnut]

Those are some excellent finds :shocked04: :shocked04: :shocked04: I love the fork, the silver piece is hand done and a great rare find :clapping: :clapping: That are some super finds from a worked out ;) hole lol Sweet!!!

[Epi-hunter]

WOW!!! :shocked04: Those are some beautiful finds!!

Love the fork, and the hand-done silver piece is excellent!

[sniffy]

It sure makes a difference without 4-5 inches of snow on the ground! Nice recoveries Dave! That silver thingy is shiny!

[angellionel]

Very nice finds, Dave. thumbsup01

[dave in iowa]

heres a fork i found like the one you did , this was a a lot bigger i think , very cool find ,

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

heres a fork i found like the one you did , this was a a lot bigger i think , very cool find ,

cool fork ya got there.my pattern is alot different but a similar design

[Myownwings]

Wow, I have got to find some Cellar holes. Really nice finds.

[del]

hey Dave nice finds for a pounded site :grin: the silver medallion with the hand tooled religeous motifs are very cool and a rare thing to recover . nice job :clapping:

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

hey Dave nice finds for a pounded site :grin: the silver medallion with the hand tooled religeous motifs are very cool and a rare thing to recover . nice job :clapping:

thanks Dan.does the motiff engraving look colonial era to you or later period? :confused:

[RobW]

That is the coolest religous metal I have ever seen! It has to be worth a nice little mint too.

[coinnut]

thanks Dan.does the motiff engraving look colonial era to you or later period? :confused:


It looks older because of the style :confused: but I'm gonna guess late 1860's to 1870's. What do you think Del man lol

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

could be Saint Anthony too.patron saint for lost items.pretty interesting
http://www.americancatholic.org/features/anthony/
and in the pic he's holding a lily :thinkingabout:

[coinnut]

could be Saint Anthony too.patron saint for lost items.


rofl rofl rofl I guess that didn't work very well now did it? I suppose technically, it's not lost now since you found it ;)

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

rofl rofl rofl I guess that didn't work very well now did it? I suppose technically, it's not lost now since you found it ;)

well my thought was st anthony nudged me into that cellar hole and wanted me to find that.hey i have some faith ya know! <: i hardly ever go into a hole cuz all the iron.coinkydink? perhaps but i gotta beleive that some higher being gave me the thought to jump in there that day :yes:

[jkress]

The fork is awesome.... looks dangerous too. :yes:

The religious medal is a great keeper... definitely my favorite find of the day.