Any thoughts on this?

[fwekk78]

Metal detecting in the back yard of a friends house in upstate NY and found this dog head piece. It detected in the silver range. I was going to toss it but I liked the primitive look it had. Would anyone know if this is just a fragment of a figurine or would this be a decoration of something larger? Thanks.

 

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[Breezie]

What are the dimensions? Is it made of iron? If not, what? Welcome to the forum! Interesting Breezie

 

[fwekk78]

Hi Breezie, it's approx. 1 3/4 wide. I'm not sure of the metal, it was picking up as a quarter on my father in laws detector. It is rounded and looks to have been hollow inside when it was complete.

 

[fwekk78]

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[Jimmi]

Well it looks disturbing in it's current condition... Lol.. But my guess would be an antique/ vintage pin. Often had jewels for the eyes. And tbe backs are hollowed out.




This is really just a hunch on my part.

 

[fwekk78]

The size is right and the eye does have a hole in it. But you are right, in its current condition it would have been one ugly pin.

 

[old digger]

Looks like a facial piece to a small cast iron dog figurine.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Depending on detector it could be ringing high value because of size. Large objects will come in high sometimes also close to roundness of a quarter could have made it do that also.

 

[fwekk78]

It was a lower end bounty hunter detector so it very well could be iron if that's the case. Thanks for the input guys. I'm going to go back soon and see if I can find the rest of it.