🥇 BANNER Rotary seal is now complete!

Tommy G

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A couple weeks ago I posted this rotary seal commenting that I would return to the 1756 home site where I found it and try to find the stone seal.

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That was actually the second one I had found. The first one I found back in June 2016, same site, did not have the bezel ring.
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Well I returned to the site today to burn off a few Thanksgiving calories, I was amazed to find the actual seal and bezel ring to the first one!
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I got home, and after some careful cleaning, was able to remount the bezel ring and seal into the original one I found in June.
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It is a double sided seal with a lion on one side and a bust on the other. With some indirect light, I was able to get these photos.

Lion side.jpg Bust side.jpg

Thank goodness the stone was still inside the metal bezel ring, or I never would have found it. I've been metal detecting for years, but this has got to be one of my best finds. Thanks for having a look!
 

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smokeythecat

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So That's what they are!!!! I found the mounting piece almost identical to yours on the Delaware seashore after Sandy. No stone though.
 

Bavaria Mike

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Nice story and awesome find! That is definitely a rare seal matrix, I have found around 25 but none like that. Congrats and HH, Mike
 

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