"My" best find

[Fidgetess]

Since it's 0 degrees in upstate NY today and the only digging I can do is digging for the "treasures" in my cat's litter box, I'd figured I'd post what got me into looking for treasure in the first place. I didn't actually find it, my mother did. She and my father were in Rhode Island over the summer and combing the beach early in the morning following a very strong wind storm. No MD though since no one in the family owns one. Some fisherman must really like Pepsi out there because there were a lot of cans scattered on the beach. My mother leaned over to look at a lobster claw that washed up when she saw what she thought was another top to a Pepsi can, but she thought, "Gee, that's a strange looking can." She picked it up, and it was no can!

By sheer luck, we figured out that it's a Buddist prayer cuff bracelet, hammered with no maker's mark. We had it appraised, but we're looking for a second appraisal. We know there's no gold in it and that's it's probably brass, but the guy looked at it for about 5 seconds and said it's from the early 1900s and would be in an antiques shop for about $20. So I asked about its condition and if it being in salt water for an unknown period of time would do anything long term to affect the metal. His eyes shot up when we told him how we found it, but he didn't offer another price.

[skalleewag]

thats awesome !!

[packerbacker]

Neat find. Where upstate do you live. Years ago I lived in Trumansburg, near Ithaca. Nice area