Cameo appearance

[Bodkin]

Yeah, corny title but hey...
Here's a few finds I thought were interesting and a something I have no idea about. These were found at a friends farm which dates from 1840. It's 250 acres and the old house which was a pass through for folks to travel on the original road. I've barely scratched the surface at this point.
All found with the Equinox 800 and the 6" coil, park 2 setting.
Beautiful cameo, before and after quick cleaning. A neat little coin holder pendant. At first I thought it was a little pocket watch wa Then there's this? I have no idea what it is. It's 1/16th of an inch thick and seems to be copper. Looks to have Asian characters on it? Anybody have any ideas? Thanks!

 

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What is the cameo metal? What did it ring up on VDI?

Ok! I wanted to recheck what the cameo rang up as before I posted it. I did so this morning and it is 18-19. That's pretty consistent with copper and given it's green appearance I would say it is copper. Pretty chalky too when I did the quick cleaning of it. I would imaging it was probably gilded but I could find nothing definitive. The back side has a copper plate adhered to the cameo itself. On the back side of the frame is a pin mechanism and the pin is broken (looks to be an easy fix). I found this on the 1840 property maybe 10 feet from the house itself. Over the years folks had dropped A LOT of metal. I was using the 6" coils and going super slow and I remember the cameo giving off a faint ring. I know that it was at least 10" deep if not more (I really think more) as I use a trench shovel for my digging and I was able to sink the shovel blade all the way down and dig out a big plug. I was shocked the 800 was able to get through all the other tones. It was in park 2 setting without any other tweaks. I keep the sensitivity up as high as I can before things start chirping so I would say it was at least 22 or up. Hope this helps. Thanks!

 

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[Bodkin]

Sitting and "watching" my daughter's karate practice, so I had some more time to read. I think what you found IS a sovereign case. Below is linked an interesting short read on them. Maybe they made them for different coins here in the US, but being something to show off your wealth, I can't imagine it was made to hold a base metal coin! A US gold 5 dollar coin is about the size of a sovereign.
https://www.acsilver.co.uk/shop/pc/What-is-a-Sovereign-Case-d310.htm

Completely forgot to check the coin holder size today, sorry. I am in agreement in that I don't believe anyone would have something like this for just an average coin. When cleaning it up it looked like it wouldn't hold anything much larger than a penny (although I didn't try anything in it yet). I will try some different coins and post some pics with those. By the way, I didn't even dig this. It was literally under one leaf! I don't remember what it rang up as, I just through it in my shirt pocket and kept swingin. Thanks!

 

[Bodkin]

Completely forgot to check the coin holder size today, sorry. I am in agreement in that I don't believe anyone would have something like this for just an average coin. When cleaning it up it looked like it wouldn't hold anything much larger than a penny (although I didn't try anything in it yet). I will try some different coins and post some pics with those. By the way, I didn't even dig this. It was literally under one leaf! I don't remember what it rang up as, I just through it in my shirt pocket and kept swingin. Thanks!

As a follow-up, Here are a few pictures with modern coins and one of the "Patent 190".., whatever that means I was able to fit in a penny and then sized up to a nickel, and that still had some space to spare. I then cracked open a coin folder and tried a 1819 silver UK schilling (of course in the name of science) and that was too big. I'm looking forward to getting back to area I found this and some other goodies. If I find anything interesting I will post. Thanks for looking and all your input!!! Oh, by the way, it rings up as 18-19 on the Equinox 800, 6" coil, park 2 setting.

 

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[Trezurehunter]

I agree with Fur Trade. Your unknown piece is a bookmark. If you look at the reverse, you can see where there was a rectangular piece on it (that is now missing) and that would have held the bookmark on the page. Nice find.