is it real or not? X2 (solved by Chug & Red with Trixie Chargers Assist)

[chukers]

is it real or not? X2 (solved by Chug & Red with Trixie Charger's Assist)

I found a pin... it came out of the ground looking just like this... no corrosion... except where the steel pin was...

It rang up like a penny 70+ VDI... it weights 8.1 grams

It looks like silver... but there are no marking at all...

Is it a war medal? WWI? WWII?

Is silver always marked?

I have also found an arrowhead necklace & a belt buckle tip off a ladies cowgirl type belt that acts and looks the same way but neither have markings too. Are they silver? Do they fall into this same category "no mark silver" all 3 items have this weighty feel to them.(I'll post them later)


Chukers

 

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[sctoddc]

Re: is it real or not? X2

looks like a a belt buckle to me....link...

http://ruggedthug.com/Wholesale-Belt-Buckles/Iron-Cross-Belt-Buckles/

hope this helps

Todd

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Re: is it real or not? X2

Looks to be silver, and WWII period. Most, but not all marksmen badges were marked "sterling"
But the ringing up as a "70" on the Whites makes me wonder.
Cool find, either way.
Carl

 

[sctoddc]

Re: is it real or not? X2

oops, sorry, maybe not a buckle...just looked at it again it hit me, the size is way small for a belt buckle. great find anyway.

Todd

 

[oldcoon]

Re: is it real or not? X2

Looks like a 1936 Mercury dime to me.

 

[chukers]

Re: is it real or not? X2

Looks like a 1936 Mercury dime to me.

I was wonder how long it would take and who the smartbutt would be!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: is it real or not? X2

Its a surfer cross. The pin is broke. I see the hinge. Is it silver?

 

[chukers]

Re: is it real or not? X2

Its a surfer cross. The pin is broke. I see the hinge. Is it silver?

What is a Surfer Cross?

 

[Chug And Red]

Re: is it real or not? X2

us army markmans badge!!!
http://images.search.yahoo.com/imag...i=125ri08uu&sigb=12q6id7ob&.crumb=kd41rjH31qj

 

[Dano Sverige]

Re: is it real or not? X2

Found at the beach - surfers cross, as BCH says.(apparently surfers use the Maltese cross to signify thy're surfers for some reason. There was a thread about it last year here.)

In the dirt - Badge from a Hells Angel, maybe.

I thought the "marksman" badge has a circle in the center?

(I'd go with Hells Angels badge myself.)

 

[nuggy]

Re: is it real or not? X2

Saw a lot of this type of thing in the 70's, they were fashionable for a while, some were hand made, others cast in bulk. Bikers and other similar types had them as badges. Nuggy

 

[trixie charger]

Re: is it real or not? X2

Looks like a modified Marksman Badge

 

[chukers]

Re: is it real or not? X2

Looks like a modified Marksman Badge

well well well... look what I found....

now when?...

 

[Kenosha Kid]

Re: is it real or not? X2 (solved by Chug & Red with Trixie Charger's Assist)

WW I era marksman badges tended to look like the top picture.



WW II era (and up to present day) were like pics # 2 and #3.




One of the makers of the sterling badges was Fox, though some are sterling and without any markings (last pic)

 

[Chug And Red]

Re: is it real or not? X2 (solved by Chug & Red with Trixie Charger's Assist)

My first attempt on qualifying on the rifle range, earned me One US Army October 1982 Re qualified Sharp Shooter in Nov!!!! HH Chug

Because of the pin style it was earlier than my service time!!!

 

[Kenosha Kid]

Re: is it real or not? X2 (solved by Chug & Red with Trixie Charger's Assist)

My first attempt on qualifying on the rifle range, earned me One US Army October 1982 Re qualified Sharp Shooter in Nov!!!! HH Chug

Because of the pin style it was earlier than my service time!!!

I had expert grenade and pistol; had to requalify for rifle because I couldn't even see the 300m target ! Turns out, I needed glasses