Silver wings from the ground!

Javadroid

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Not the most valuable thing I have ever found, but few things have brought a bigger smile. A buddy of mine who served in the USAF for 30 years tells me these are the first of 3 sets of wings pilots get. Found them about three or four inches down in an open lot that used to have old houses on it, but they've been gone over 15 years now, so I would think these have been in the ground a while. They were face up, so the silver feathering was the first glint that appeared, and I'm happy I didn't ding it with my shovel. Not a great treasure to most, but a sure keeper for me! Thanks for looking & HH!

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Blak bart

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Nice one java...congrats my pirate friend...very nice find !!
 

SD51

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Very cool find Java, Congrats!
 

dansalata

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kinda looks like a ww2 one..just guessing but i returned one to a family because the airmans name was on the back and found his son in oregon,the son also got the distinguished flying cross in viet nam as a helicopter pilot...great find
 

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Awesome personal relic recovery, congrats! :occasion14:
 

Hogtown Hunter

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Very nice!! I just got my grandfather's wings the other day and polished one up. He was in WW2.
 

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thrifty76now

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Great find on the silver pilot wings.I have two pilot wings in my many many years of detecting.
 

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