🥇 BANNER Low hopes and an entry level detector but I still ended up finding an awesome relic!

[jeff of pa]

Very Cool Relic coinman !
I must say it's the First I've ever seen Dug & posted here

it's rare I vote Banner.
But this is Unique enough I threw Mine in the list

 

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[creade]

WOW,What a great find congrats

 

[torreya]

That is an amazing and unique find! I would also suggest a banner on this one! Congrats!

 

[torreya]

Great find

 

[Slingshot]

Wow, nice one for sure! I'd hang on to the F2 just a bit longer.

 

[coinman123]

Wow, nice one for sure! I'd hang on to the F2 just a bit longer.

After finding that I definitely will hold on to it

 

[Higgy]

Pardon me, Do you have the time?

 

[ARC]

Cool... now you will know what time it is :P

 

[park pirate]

Damn good find...

 

[DirtStalker]

Yes after reading more on your find and its rarity I vote Banner.

 

[gigispop7]

very cool find.

 

[WHADIFIND]

It's like I've always said too. The best detector is the one in my hand at the moment. Sure, there are "better" ones, more powerful, etc.
But, it's not the detector that makes the decision to dig.

WTG!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Thanks for the dimensions. Depending on the rarity it could very well be a banner find.

Now...I just gotta ask. Why would it depend on the rarity?

 

[WHADIFIND]

Extremely nice piece! It weathered all those years well!
Banner in my opinion.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Haven't seen any of these posted before sweet finding ! Hope the Ivy rash is not too bad Got my banner vote too !

 

[Erik in NJ]

Guys are unearthing Colonial-era items here all the time--it's the rarer items that make it to the banner. I was the first person to mention banner and I wanted to learn more about it before placing my actual vote.

I just put a Banner vote in for the Coinman and his Colonial-era sundial

Now...I just gotta ask. Why would it depend on the rarity?

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Congrats on a cool find coinman

 

[The Patriot]

Made it on top right away! Rightfully so! Congrats on a rare find and will display very nicely!!! preserve it as soon as you can!

 

[The Aluminum Monster]

Well, this doesn't make my decision to not hunt in poison ivy feel any better. I've never even been allergic!

Great find! I don't reckon I'll see another one dug. Congrats!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Sorry, but I just saw this thread and your find already made banner - congrats! This is an absolutely amazing artifact, and the first one I've seen in pewter. As advised by others, please take immediate action to conserve this item to protect against any additional damage or deterioration. It's incredible a pewter relic like this has survived all these years relatively intact. Again, great job, and I know this is an artifact that you'll treasure forever.

BTW - I dug a small portion of the base from a brass sundial about 3 years ago, but it's not as old as yours (see 1st pic below). Then my partner Dan's father dug the shadow caster piece (called the "gnomon") last year at another site, and its either brass or copper (see 2nd pic). But nobody I know (other than you) has come close to unearthing a complete example.