18th C Fob Seal

[CRUSADER]

It was Cru'dad's turn for a solo hunt. He spent 3.5 hours scouting a few fields. He just happened to get lucky & stumble on a complete late 18th C Fob Seal. it's been awhile since we have had the complete unbroken stone/glass.

Also got a piece of an 11/12th C harness strap junction.

 

[Johncoho]

Congrats. That is really nice.

 

[DownNDirty]

Very nice!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the Seal find!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Congrats to him. Still on my list, (top ten list) and a great personal find.
I was going to say why don't he join as a member...then quickly thought...what's the point...He's obviously a good record keeper, I know from your previous posts, not looking for fame.

May I add, and I may have already said so, you are VERY LUCKY to be able to share this great hobby with your father. I wish my dad had any interest in anything I do. He was only about work 99% of the time, so we spent maybe a couple hours total in my life doing anything I liked doing. Yes you are very lucky. I hope you appreciate that. (regardless of the finds)

 

[sutphin]

HOW DOES HE DO IT, I CANT EVEN FIND ANTS ,TICKS BUT NO ANTS. NICE SEAL

 

[Patriot Relics]

Very nice recovery, crazy that the glass survived

 

[Scrappy]

Beauty find. Complete is difficult. Cheers

 

[Hawks88]

That’s just an awesome find. Congrats.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats to Pops on the nice old seal.

Best of luck to you both.

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats to him. Still on my list, (top ten list) and a great personal find.
I was going to say why don't he join as a member...then quickly thought...what's the point...He's obviously a good record keeper, I know from your previous posts, not looking for fame.

May I add, and I may have already said so, you are VERY LUCKY to be able to share this great hobby with your father. I wish my dad had any interest in anything I do. He was only about work 99% of the time, so we spent maybe a couple hours total in my life doing anything I liked doing. Yes you are very lucky. I hope you appreciate that. (regardless of the finds)

Can't remember if you have or a few others have as well.
Now that he is retired he has more time. He did used to work very hard, unlike me who has gone part-time to enjoy this great hobby more. It's my hobby but Cru'dad grow into it over the years.
We are lucky, that we are now both able to take advantage of our shared 'free time'.

 

[GB1]

very good find

 

[Lanny in AB]

Intriguing finds!

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny

 

[Wallhangers]

Congrats to Cru'dad on some great finds. I am glad you posted this because I found a very similar item over here in the US. It looks very similar to the seal although the glass is just smooth and it is only 18mm tall. Any ideas on this? Congrats again, always enjoy all of your posts.

 

[CRUSADER]

Congrats to Cru'dad on some great finds. I am glad you posted this because I found a very similar item over here in the US. It looks very similar to the seal although the glass is just smooth and it is only 18mm tall. Any ideas on this? Congrats again, always enjoy all of your posts.
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Yes. At this period, many of them were just Fob Watch Bling, so many were just blank on the base & not functional. Yours is the same ID.