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

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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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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!
 

you were busy! I like the little man statue!
 

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

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AS always Cool Treasures!! :thumbsup:
 

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

Cool little finds!!

Like the coral piece and the fork...
 

Wow, that is nice. Love the skulls.
 

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

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
 

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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