Some of my best finds ever

[65vanman]

 

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[camichael]

Marvelous finds! Love the coins...

 

[65vanman]

Marvelous finds! Love the coins...

Thanks.

 

[65vanman]

Thanks.

Thanks. I have found over 1300 silver coins. About 600 large cent -state coppers- colonial-coppers- two cents -half cents and other in the mix.

 

[robertk]

I have found over 1300 silver coins. About 600 large cent -state coppers- colonial-coppers- two cents -half cents and other in the mix.

Wow! That's amazing to me. I probably haven't found one percent that many silver coins, and zero large cents or colonials. It sounds like you have some great sites!

 

[65vanman]

Wow! That's amazing to me. I probably haven't found one percent that many silver coins, and zero large cents or colonials. It sounds like you have some great sites!

I live in Connecticut. Lot of old sites to hunt. I just started my 25 year.

 

[BigWaveDave]

That silver dragon brooch is insane.
Here’s to another 25 yrs of digging your old dirt

 

[65vanman]

That silver dragon brooch is insane.
Here’s to another 25 yrs of digging your old dirt

It's a sash buckle. And it is called a worven.

 

[UnderMiner]

That silver broach must have belonged to an interesting person.

 

[65vanman]

That silver broach must have belonged to an interesting person.

I have a friend who is jeweler he said it is from 1880-1920. Found it at a colonial house built in 1730.

 

[Red-Coat]

It's a sash buckle. And it is called a worven.

Could be sash buckle or brooch (and rather splendid) but I think you mean “wyvern”, although the traditional heraldic depiction has it with two legs.

There is a variant known as “wyvern sans legs” (“sans” being French for “without”) which has been used as the crest for the Borough of Leicester in England since 1619 and earlier still as the personal crest of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester (c. 1278–1322).

The term "sans legs" may not imply that the wyvern was "without legs", rather than its legs being not depicted or hidden/folded under.

It was also adopted in 1845 as the crest for the unofficial coat of arms of the Midland Railway, who incorrectly believed it to have been the standard for the ancient Kingdom of Mercia.

I don’t think the item will have any of those connections and is probably just a fanciful depiction borrowing from published images.

 

[65vanman]

Could be sash buckle or brooch (and rather splendid) but I think you mean “wyvern”, although the traditional heraldic depiction has it with two legs.

There is a variant known as “wyvern sans legs” (“sans” being French for “without”) which has been used as the crest for the Borough of Leicester in England since 1619 and earlier still as the personal crest of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester (c. 1278–1322).

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The term "sans legs" may not imply that the wyvern was "without legs", rather than its legs being not depicted or hidden/folded under.

It was also adopted in 1845 as the crest for the unofficial coat of arms of the Midland Railway, who incorrectly believed it to have been the standard for the ancient Kingdom of Mercia.

I don’t think the item will have any of those connections and is probably just a fanciful depiction borrowing from published images.

At first I thought it was a Griffin. I was told it was a wyvern. Did you notice the woman's body at bottom left. Jeweler pointed it out to me.

 

[Red-Coat]

At first I thought it was a Griffin. I was told it was a wyvern. Did you notice the woman's body at bottom left. Jeweler pointed it out to me.

Yes, I saw the body, but just took as increasing the drama of the depiction.