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Thanks again for the wealth of information and for taking the time to put it together and share it.

11 minutes ago, J-ROB said:

If French manufacture, perhaps it is a code-mixed expression "Roy of I (or 1) from Roi for king.

King of my own castle sorta expression. One man riding free.

I venture this interpretation since the only glass seal on the page from Pimento has a Fleur d'Lis motif which put me in a French mode.

2Valen's point about seals on bottles of wine is a good point. Seems commonly done in 18th c. America.

 

 

Holy smokes this is cool. Often I do a little research, show my finds to some friends or post on Instagram or Facebook then put them in my display case. I'm so glad I came back to the forum. The information and support here is amazing! Thanks!

2 hours ago, PimentoUK said:

An early 1800's glass intaglio seal matrix.
It may be 'mourning jewellery' , it has that style, though so far I can't find a match.

Here's a page containing similar ones, including one with the 'spoked wheel' body design.

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/Postmedievalseals.html

Thanks so much! This is awesome!

3 hours ago, 2Valen said:

Nice finds, does the top center hole have threads, or is it smooth.

I can tell that it is brass and glass, so that should be for a wax seal.

It could have been used for letters, documents, or even wine bottles depending on where you found them.

Please let me know if it is glass and brass and a general area where you found them.

Thanks everyone for the interest and great questions. There appear to be rudimentary threads in the back. I included more pics. If you edit it with Instagrams editing you can bring out details better. I rarely find jewelry but for the last few weeks I  have been on a jewelry run.

2Valen, The inscription reads, "Joy of I" It could be read as Joy of 1 perhaps as well. I pushed it into play-do and it left a stamp. It is brass and glass and was found in upstate NY in the Capital district. It reminds me of Roman carnelian stone jewelry. 

Thanks a bunch I'll see what it says on play dough.

Thanks, I believe it reads IOY of I

I found this today along with a pewter button in a field that was in use for hundreds of years. I am interested in finding out what it is. Thanks!

5 hours ago, Cal_Cobra said:

Very nice colonial era coppers!!  I'd probably detected there all night ?

I wanted to but my phone was dead and my wife would have worried ? I went today in the snow and found a button and a musketball but that was it.

10 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Great finds. 2 Connecticut coppers, a nice Tombac button and I believe your other copper is a British George III copper. Some of those British coppers can be counterfeits too, so a little research on the date should help you. Also, counterfeits ring up much lower on your machine. It's either a half penny or a farthing. Nice digs.

Thanks a bunch!

48 minutes ago, groundscanner said:

Fantastic!  Sounds like you had a full day.

Thanks a bunch!

10 hours ago, phrunt said:

Wow, is that coin from 1780 something? looks like it from where I sit, what a fantastic find!

Thanks for the story too, sounds like a fun afternoon.

 

The Connecticut Colonial copper coin was from 1787. I had never found one before and I'm actually from Connecticut originally and I found two in one day I can't believe it. The other coin I believe is a georgius triumpho from 1783 or around that time. It is really hard to detect in my town because the ground is all sand and even modern coins can be found down 8-inches or so so all the old stuff is really deep unless you go to a plowed field. I found six coppers in this cornfield last year and they're going to build up on it in a few days so it's nice that the bulldozers helped me uncover some more before it was gone.

9 hours ago, Flowdog said:

The understatement of the year! Fantastic way to live an afternoon. Congrats on your finds. BTW, where did you catch that fish? ?

 

Thanks a bunch! I caught it in the Mohawk River in Clifton Park, NY.

It was quite an afternoon. After school I  planted some shrubs, painted some chairs, and replaced our central air filters. I was waiting for the bulldozers to leave one of the last cornfields in town so I could save some history before it was lost forever to another housing development. The workers were still there so I fished the river for a while and caught my biggest walleye ever on my fly rod. I then headed back to dig with only a half an hour of light left and I started finding treasures right away. I metal detected in the dark for an hour or two and came away with four coins and 6 buttons. It is important to try to make everyday count. If anybody knows what type of coins they are I would much appreciate to know ?

Fabulous story and finds Steve! I definitely want to experience treasure hunting over there as well. I want to catch an Atlantic Salmon as well when I'm there too ?

I switch between field 2 and park 2. For home sites, parks, and fields. Recently I did well in a cow pasture next to a 1700's cellar hole by switching to park 2. I had been getting a lot of iron falsing in field 2 and when I switched over to park 2 I got a nice high pitched tone with the nox 600 and it turned out to be the 2 reale I posted earlier. I had hit that area the previous year and perhaps even that day. I checked it with field 2 and it sounded off great but for moderately-fast sweeping a field park 2 is worth trying out. I also tried a frequency of 5 around a home with lots of interference and around other detectors and it can be much more stable but I haven't found it to be that deep compared to multi-iq.

Thank you Bill!

Thanks everyone!

Those are some fantastic finds! I run field 2 most of the time myself.

Great digs!

Fabulous finds and way to go on buying your friend a detector.

Thanks everyone for reaching out. I went out again today and brought my buddy. He found his first Fugio cent.

I heard some bad news that my Dad had died so I took some bereavement time and headed home to take care of things. I needed some alone time so I went out for an hour and found the 2 Reale and an old copper. Dad must have been smiling as well when I pulled the coins out.

On 12/22/2018 at 3:56 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

Awesome, love the pics with the kids - thanks for posting!

Thanks a bunch Steve it is my pleasure

Thanks and Merry Christmas