Old Hat Pin?

[Leon]

Hello all,,,
Got out to the ol' cache site today for a few hours. Didn't have a whole lot of luck, but I did find one interesting item. It looks to be an old Hat-pin, I would guess It's about 9" long and was guiled with gold. It was sticking in the groung with the pointed end facing downward, as if someone stuck it in there... The little ball on the end was about 4" down and was giving the Cz a penny signal..

Also found my 7th wheaty for the year, a 1956D. The weather was great, a little windy, but not too bad...
Hope ya all had some luck, & Happy hunting~

 

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[caratjuice]

Now that's a pretty cool piece of history. First one on those I've ever seen. Very nice.

 

[The Seeker]

That is the Biggest Hat Pin I have ever Seen !!!!! What the heck did they do with that thing....I don't want to know.....Great Find anyway.....

 

[Burdie]

That would anchor a hat down for sure. Nice find I wonder what the story is behind that pin Burdie

 

[Mona Lisa]

Neat find, Leon. It's huge!

 

[trk5capt]

LEON, Interesting Find, Congrats. trk5capt...

 

[northeast hunter]

Nice find congrats.I saw that on National Geographic it is used to make tattoo's

H$H

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Very very nice find....usually they have been broken off...thanks for sharing...

 

[Nana40]

Neat O Leon!

Glad that thing was pointing down! That could have hurt! :P

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Leon,

real nice item there. 9 inches seems awful long for a hat pin, the ones
I have seen have only been 2 - 2 1/2 inches long. Have to think on this one.

Item really has a nice "ball" on the end, (wonder what that part is really called?)

Nice find.

have a good un..............

 

[JerV3]

Pretty cool and unique pin you got there Leon.

HH Jer

 

[treasures4me2find]

Great looking pin Leon. Congrats on your find.

Ken

 

[Leon]

Thanks all,,,
After doing a little google'ing, I found out that it's not uncommon for them to be so long. I found several that were over 10" inches in length... Also found out there are a lot of different designs... It's like looking for a needle in a hay stack.

Sherman, I didn't find any info on what they actually call the ball on the top. As far as I can tell, they simply call it a ball...

Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[southbound]

Cool find Leon, and definitly a keeper!!! Vern

 

[day dreamer]

The pin you found ,i remeber seeing my grandmother use one like that when she put her hair up in a bun.

 

[muddyknees]

Thats a nice find leon.
muddyknees

 

[Leon]

Thanks again guys..
That's prettty cool about Grandmother Day Dreamer, I don't think I've ever seen anyone use one, other than in the movies... , cool deal...
Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[birdman]

Really cool find Leon. Way to go.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice find Leon and good recovery! Thanks for sharing the finds and HH, Mike

 

[The Beep Goes On]

Cool find Leon...WTG!

HH
TBGO