14K Gold and Red Coral "Corno Amulet"!!!

UnderMiner

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Was searching the beach today and thanks to the ultra-low tide was able to make some interesting finds. Among them was a small bag, inside of which was a rusty can-opener, a $5 Bill (that looked like it had just come from the depths of hell), and a 14K gold and red coral "corno amulet"! Took the bill and the amulet, left the can-opener. Also found a pirate looking skull thing, marbles, an inlaid mother-of-pearl gold-plated container, a huge cowrie shell, a hallmarked silver fork, a little carved bone statue of a man, and a glacial drop-fossil of an immaculate ancient Horn Coral (likely from southern Canada, naturally deposited on Long Island some 21,000 years ago as the glacier melted). Pretty cool day :icon_pirat:.

The 14K gold and red coral Corno Amulet, said to ward off evil spirits and bring good luck :hello2: :
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Found these artistic skulls in the water near the hoard, argh! It's certainly official pirate plunder now! :blackbeard: (that black rectagle is actually an ancient $5 bill:
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The day's best finds, clad and a few other things not pictured:
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The condition of this $5 bill makes the $20 bills lost by D. B. Cooper look immaculate. I doubt the bank will give me a new one :laughing7: :
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Glacial-drop-fossil deposited by the last Ice Age, a very nice Horn Coral fossil:
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A huge cowrie shell that someone must have lost, these shells are not native:
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A silver fork with some hallmarks of some kind on it:
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Gold-plated and mother of pearl inlaid container:
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...and the carved bone man statue: :tongue3:
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CASPER-2

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pepperj

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Cool finds! The red coral piece could be from anywhere that coral is found even the Himalayan mountain regions[FONT=arial, sans-serif]. [/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]The little pill box is brass and is made in India bought lots of them there in the early 90's.The percentage of the $5 dollar bill left might get you another one at the bank, but i'm thinking if you mounted it in a found picture frame, gave it a good story and sold it online the price might surprise you.
Liking the silver fork, the hallmarks should ID what age it's from.
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Strange assortment of finds!
 

BigWaveDave

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you were busy! I like the little man statue!
 

ARC

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Um...
You may wanna try to pin down that fork...
Tis rare.
 

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qaela4

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Nice finds matey, you took it right out of the pirates teeth..aaarrrgh. Really like the fork and pill box.
 

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Cool little finds!!

Like the coral piece and the fork...
 

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Nice hunt. A little bit of gold = a lot of happy!!
 

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Very cool finds indeed! What are the skulls made of? I believe to redeem the bill you need to provide more than 50% of it
 

Argentium

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UnderMiner , - I was just referencing you in a response to Aquila - (in his post about finding Russian silver coins in the dumpster)
I said that for you , metal detecting would be a waste of time - based on the staggering amount of goodies you pull out of the
trash , then I saw this post ! Amazing !!!
 

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