Jaichim24
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1850's house, eclectic group of relics including old Chinese wax seal stamp!
So, brought the 5 year old to a fishing derby today, 5 hours of agony, not even a nibble between the two of us, and another 25 minutes listening to a raffle we didn't win. So, needless to say once the kiddo was at home and being entertained by someone other than myself, I headed back to this 1850's house I had hit near the end of last year. With the 5 feet of snow we had in Feb, there were some woods areas I wanted to get back to, and I'm glad I did. I have never found such an eclectic group of finds, just about everything I dug was pretty interesting.
The St Anthony religious medal is my first silver religious medal, these two are #4 and #5 found at this site. Not sure what the triangle one depicts, it has a little bit of the silver plate left on it.
Neat little token, seems pretty old, anyone have a guestimate?
I'm thrilled with the lead army man, I've always wanted to find one like this, intact with paint. I'm assuming it's WWII era.
Interestingly enough, the toy bullet, and the intact 56/50 Spencer cartridge are the 2nd examples of each I've found at this site.
Lastly, the most interesting find of the bunch, the wax seal stamp, that I believe stamps "LEE /006” I think the Chinese dragon or lion is unbelievably cool. The details are just amazing, and it's one of the coolest finds I've ever found. Anyone have an idea as to its age? I can't imagine it being too old with the word LEE, maybe late 1800's, most likely early 1900's? When did they stop using wax seals?
Thanks for looking.
Jai
So, brought the 5 year old to a fishing derby today, 5 hours of agony, not even a nibble between the two of us, and another 25 minutes listening to a raffle we didn't win. So, needless to say once the kiddo was at home and being entertained by someone other than myself, I headed back to this 1850's house I had hit near the end of last year. With the 5 feet of snow we had in Feb, there were some woods areas I wanted to get back to, and I'm glad I did. I have never found such an eclectic group of finds, just about everything I dug was pretty interesting.
The St Anthony religious medal is my first silver religious medal, these two are #4 and #5 found at this site. Not sure what the triangle one depicts, it has a little bit of the silver plate left on it.
Neat little token, seems pretty old, anyone have a guestimate?
I'm thrilled with the lead army man, I've always wanted to find one like this, intact with paint. I'm assuming it's WWII era.
Interestingly enough, the toy bullet, and the intact 56/50 Spencer cartridge are the 2nd examples of each I've found at this site.
Lastly, the most interesting find of the bunch, the wax seal stamp, that I believe stamps "LEE /006” I think the Chinese dragon or lion is unbelievably cool. The details are just amazing, and it's one of the coolest finds I've ever found. Anyone have an idea as to its age? I can't imagine it being too old with the word LEE, maybe late 1800's, most likely early 1900's? When did they stop using wax seals?
Thanks for looking.
Jai
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