What do you consider your absolute BEST relic find ever?

[thrillathahunt]

I don't come across too much REALLY old stuff here in central Texas, but I did come across this. It is an early Spanish brass bridle rosette, short cross decorated and all!

Let's see what you consider your BEST relic find.

 

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[Silver Searcher]

Any chance of a pic?

No, its traceable.

And

Don't want any shark pit episodes. I have my spy's already, don't want an army.

So a picture of a find would give away your hunting grounds

SS

 

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[Aquila]

Last years find.

 

[CRUSADER]

Any chance of a pic?

No, its traceable.

And

Don't want any shark pit episodes. I have my spy's already, don't want an army.

So a picture of a find would give away your hunting grounds

SS

yeap, if they are good at research

 

[Silver Searcher]

Any chance of a pic?

No, its traceable.

And

Don't want any shark pit episodes. I have my spy's already, don't want an army.

So a picture of a find would give away your hunting grounds

SS

yeap, if they are good at research

I think you are a bit paranoid :P I could understand if you were Howard Carter

SS

 

[Silver Searcher]

This was another one of my Rare finds, a Viking Copper Alloy Bell, I emailed a picture of it to Timeline Originals, who replyed saying it was Roman I knew it wasn't, and that it was Viking and associated with a burial(not the first time I have been given a wrong ID from them), I recorded it with the UKFD who confirmed it was Scandanavian.
I found this link recently with exactally the same Bell
Note the Loop is missing of mine

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/ahds/dissemination/pdf/vol32/32_213_216.pdf

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

This was another one of my Rare finds, a Viking Copper Alloy Bell, I emailed a picture of it to Timeline Originals, who replyed saying it was Roman I knew it wasn't, and that it was Viking and associated with a burial(not the first time I have been given a wrong ID from them), I recorded it with the UKFD who confirmed it was Scandanavian.
I found this link recently with exactally the same Bell
Note the Loop is missing of mine

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/ahds/dissemination/pdf/vol32/32_213_216.pdf

SS

good research

 

[RPG]

Any chance of a pic?

No, its traceable.

And

Don't want any shark pit episodes. I have my spy's already, don't want an army.

So a picture of a find would give away your hunting grounds

SS

yeap, if they are good at research

That's good enough for me.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Any chance of a pic?

No, its traceable.

And

Don't want any shark pit episodes. I have my spy's already, don't want an army.

So a picture of a find would give away your hunting grounds

SS

yeap, if they are good at research

That's good enough for me.

 

[bearbqd]

Hard for me to decide too. Here's my favorite two:

 

[RPG]

Any chance of a pic?

No, its traceable.

And

Don't want any shark pit episodes. I have my spy's already, don't want an army.

So a picture of a find would give away your hunting grounds

SS

yeap, if they are good at research

That's good enough for me.

Lips sealed. Don't want to give to much info on the web.

Cru doesn't want to tell us so it must be something good.

I can't wait to see it.

 

[sekypaleo]

My best...was a CS-7 Confederate officers button. The reason it was my favorite is because of where it was recovered. A small battle was fought on large hill on the south side of a small town in a southern state. During the battle the Union army used a small hill on the north side of the town as a defensive location from which to launch artillery into the battle going on on the hill to the south. The hill on the north side of town had NEVER yielded any confederate items. Local relics hunters were blown away that I had dug it there. They all felt it had to have been a souvenir from a killed officer or lost off a POW. Last year I found this in a diary of a Union soldier who participated in the battle:

A Corporal and a private out of Edgar's Co. captured a Lieut. Col. (named Gordon) belonging to the 11th Tenn. Regt., disarmed him, and brought him on the hill beyond the town.

Wish I could show y'all a pic , but I stupidly traded it away years ago...and have been kicking myself ever since. Some lesson's you learn the hard way.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Wow, what a fascinating story. I bet if you knew then what you know now you would still have it.

I do hope you traded for something really good.

 

[Baldingboy]

Here ya go Texan Connection..........resized photos.

 

[woody50]

I don't come across too much REALLY old stuff here in central Texas, but I did come across this. It is an early Spanish brass bridle rosette, short cross decorated and all!

Let's see what you consider your BEST relic find.

Old does not count when talking about your BEST relic find, it could be something modern too. But this is a very nice relic for sure!

 

[thrillathahunt]

I don't come across too much REALLY old stuff here in central Texas, but I did come across this. It is an early Spanish brass bridle rosette, short cross decorated and all!

Let's see what you consider your BEST relic find.

Old does not count when talking about your BEST relic find, it could be something modern too. But this is a very nice relic for sure!

In this thread MODERN RELICS don't count! I like old stuff.

 

[Produce Guy]

Just wondering what part of central Tx. are you from?

 

[mile-ender]

Mine would be this 1860's Masonic Dress Dagger...

I could also use this advice.... You really should clean and seal that to preserve it, otherwise it will end up in pieces.

Please do! It kills me to see some of these iron relics posted on here. I can just hear the rust eating the iron away...

 

[woody50]

I don't come across too much REALLY old stuff here in central Texas, but I did come across this. It is an early Spanish brass bridle rosette, short cross decorated and all!
Let's see what you consider your BEST relic find.

Old does not count when talking about your BEST relic find, it could be something modern too. But this is a very nice relic for sure!

In this thread MODERN RELICS don't count! I like old stuff.

Well I guess you are correct, but without mentioning 'old' or 'ancient' in your title, the age of a 'best relic' would be in the eyes of the beholder I would imagine. Where would we start saying this is a relic, and this is not? For instance 'relics' here in Europe would not be called such if they were a few hundred years old, but in the USA that would be anything over 100 years (I think)....

I guess that in the definition of a relic the words 'historic/surviving/historical interest" best describe physical relics. But there is no age boundary, the definition is too wide. "Passage of time" would be the best wording I would imagine, but what time period? What do you think?

Otherwise, what is your definition of a "modern relic" then.

-noun
1.Something that has survived the passage of time, especially an object or custom whose original culture has disappeared: "Corporal punishment was a relic of barbarism" (Cyril Connolly); a surviving memorial of something past.
2. Something cherished for its age or historic interest; an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past: a museum of historic relics.
3. An object kept for its association with the past; a memento, souvenir; a surviving trace of something: a custom that is a relic of paganism.
4. An object of religious veneration, especially a piece of the body or a personal item of a saint.
5. or relics A corpse; remains.
6. relics,
a.remaining parts or fragments.
b.the remains of a deceased person; Ecclesiastical. (esp. in the Roman Catholic and Greek churches) the body, a part of the body, or some personal memorial of a saint, martyr, or other sacred person, preserved as worthy of veneration.
7. a once widespread linguistic form that survives in a limited area but is otherwise obsolete.

 

[birdman]

Great conversation piece. I keep it in my living room.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Great conversation piece. I keep it in my living room.

Simply amazing relics guys!

Let's see some more.