1909 Silver medal

[incajoe]

My father and I went out last night for the third night in a row to hunt a field that we had high hopes for. There used to be a fairground in the late 1800's on the property and we thought we would score a lot of old coins. It didn't happen though. The first evening we were there we found an 1890 Indian Head penny which got our hopes up but then we never found anything but iron farm debris for the next two nights. Discouraged we went to another site at a local school I had been eyeballing to try to find something....anything! Well, it worked out because in the hour or so that we were there we found a nice sterling silver medal about the size of a half dollar. It's from the Hume School which a quick Google search tells me is in Arlington Va. Not sure how it made it's way up north but I'm glad it did. The back is inscribed "Elocution - Won by Cyril Hume". I find it odd that it was won by a person named Hume who went to the Hume school!
We also picked up a hefty Sterling silver bangle bracelet that I haven't cleaned up yet. It really picked our spirits up after finding nothing for two days.

 

[hollowpointred]

thats a really nice find! i love stuff that you can date and get a little backgroung info on. maybe you will be able to find some info on the former owner, even though they are probably no longer living if they won that medal in 1909! very nice indeed!

 

[weasel606]

very nice find, its a beautifull piece and glad your hopes were picked up

 

[M-Squared]

WOW!

Great looking medal.

Find out what you can about the surname Hume and the school. Wouldn't it br great if you can locate the grandchild of the medal recipient. I'm sure that would mean the world to them provided that they exist... Let us know what you uncover!!!

Excellent find!

HH from M2

 

[halfdime]

That is very nice; I love finding the silver coins, but this tells more of a story. Let's hope you can learn more of it.

 

[RUDY2003]

Thats intresting, try to find out more joe...

Keep safe...

 

[ModernMiner]

Great looking medal find. Very neat looking. Congrats on the IH too.
-MM-

 

[minton7]

very awesome medal....... any chance of finding out who actually owned the medal? Would be neat to find the person's family...... silver is always neat to find... I like the thoughts of hoiw things got to where we find them.......

 

[Prober]

I'd bet the contest was fixed! LOL Nice find.