150 year old swimming hole and finds

[tinpan]

Hi all having a cold winter down under and been a little busy to post my finds.About 2 weeks ago i went to site of a local swim hole along the local creek.Made few trips to the site and found a few interesting relics. Silver coin or medal age and origin unknown.Any ideas
Pewtercandle snuffer circa 1890
Silver pocket watch damaged
Swimming medals cira 1950's
3 pre 1900 bottles

Will post more finds tomorrow tinpan

 

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[treasurefiend]

Cool stuff, I have no idea what they are though.

 

[tinpan]

pics

 

[jeff of pa]

WOW AWSOME !



Order of Malta.

is it Silver ?

I'll have to check Fruther

Great Finds as Usual

 

[jeff of pa]

could be a SILVER SCUDO

http://cgi.ebay.com/1774-MALTA-SILV...NameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em122


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_scudo

 

[ivan salis]

yes its a year 1774 silver scudo coin from the religious order of the knights of malta -- in 1774 their grand master was --- tada * (francisco) ----"fran" ximenez de texada

the 17 you can see on the left rear top side by the loop ---sadly where the 74 should be the braising of the loop covered it.

 

[tinpan]

Thanks for the replies and id I feel this coin may have been lost by maltese person who migrated after the ww2 world.The state in live has large greek, italian,maltese populations.


tinpan

 

[jeff of pa]

yes that would make sense with the loop added.

someones good luck keepsake

 

[EDDE]

typical flotsam and jetsam
KILLER coin/medal

 

[Michellets]

Nice coin Tinpan . You haven't been around much...I also want to add a little more about that coin. As a jeweler, I can tell you that the loop that was "soldered" onto the coin could easily be removed by a good jeweler with little to damage to the coin. The solder will melt first, and then the jeweler will wipe the coin while it is still hot to remove the residual solder. It will not melt the coin itself, and if you are really lucky the solder could be a very low temp variety. I can't tell you how much it might cost, but I'm reasonably sure it could be restored by an expert and would increase the value of the coin. HH M

 

[RandyNorthridgeCa]

That's some nice digging Tinpan! WTG!

 

[River Rat]

Excellent finds, Tinny. CONGRATS! Love that coin and the bottles. How about sending some of that cold winter air here to cool us off.

RR

 

[Dirt Dobber]

WOW! You woke alot of people up with those "Super Great Finds" Congrads, D.D.

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Tinpan..the second thing (the cone-shaped thing) looks like a candle snuffer.

 

[EDDE]

Tinpan..the second thing (the cone-shaped thing) looks like a candle snuffer.

 

[Detectingfreak]

those are some excellent finds!!! Very nice job!

 

[finderzzs]

Great old finds, can't wait to see what else you pull out of there.

 

[Mental Granny]

As usual very cool finds!

 

[weasel606]

excellent finds tinpan

 

[Nana40]

Been wondering where you were with all the super Aussie finds, TP! And here you are! Fantastics finds as usual! 8)

Love the coin!

Nana