Copper Monogram

[demnos]

Found this in my yard in SE Wisconsin about a foot deep. Feels heavy for its size, but I accidently scarred the edge with my shovel and it appears to be solid copper.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/129494-not-real-sure-what.html?fbclid=IwAR0dnq9sMvPlU3KYuvNsF3i-L7lD5AOgqADS_PxdzF8Mav3Z7Jjc1DMaihs

This old post has the same exact monogram, but mine is slightly larger and possibly slightly thinner. A nickel is almost exactly the same size as the small circle in the middle of mine.

 

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[jeff of pa]

Welcome to TreasureNet Demnos ! at First Sight "Love Token" Came to mind But It's Not .

Hopefully when Others Wake up Someone will Recognize it.

by the way Love tokens had Designs like that in the second Half of the 1800's
Hopefully it's that old also

 

[Sod Buster]

I see FMCO....Ford Motor Company maybe?

Edit: Sorry, I see now that Ford Motor Company was ruled out in the thread you attached.

 

[invent4hir]

demnos, that is an interesting artifact and I like what you did in the 3rd picture. Seeing the screw holes, my first thought was a bicycle badge. What is the diameter? What else was found nearby? Any history on the property would be helpful.

 

[Anduril]

IDK, but I agree the order of importance is indeed F-M-C then O, as the "F" is the most prominently featured letter.
And the "Co" probably means "company". (?)

 

[demnos]

demnos, that is an interesting artifact and I like what you did in the 3rd picture. Seeing the screw holes, my first thought was a bicycle badge. What is the diameter? What else was found nearby? Any history on the property would be helpful.

It's about Ø 4". I dug deeper and found a small green glass bottle, some rusted iron scraps, bits of wire, and an old hammer head, so nothing I think is related. I live on the outskirts of an old industrial city near an old Case Tractor plant and about a 1/4 mile from an old college/military college/convent that was established around 1850. My neighborhood itself has been a residential area since at least the 1950s, but I can't find an history on the immediate area before that.

 

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