2 August of 2011....

HISPAN · Aug 2, 2011

Hello friends! :hello:

Today could get away for two hours to the valley of vineyards and I have a few nice things to teach.
A coin four Reale (appeared broken and bent), a hand barrel tap with the figure of a rooster, a military Spanish Buckle, and medieval beehive thimble and amazing Medieval Horse pendant

with covering of gold and red paint, in the lions and a with red and gold stripes.
Another good day of August for me. :wink:

Westfront · Aug 2, 2011

The rooster is nice! :icon_thumleft:

Mr Tuff · Aug 2, 2011

u are the cock of the walk..

MR TUFF

cntrydncr1 · Aug 2, 2011

awesome finds!! love the thimble!

ANTIQUARIAN · Aug 2, 2011

Hello H!

Love the look of your finds from today! :notworthy:

The beehive thimble and the barrel tap with the figure of a rooster are very beautiful! :thumbsup:

Take care,
Dave

HISPAN · Aug 2, 2011

Westfront said:
The rooster is nice!

Hi Westfront !
These keys Barrel shaped Cockerel tap is manufactured from the 15th century to 19th century ..... is my first Barrel tap wrench of this type. :thumbsup:

H

Mr Tuff said:
u are the cock of the walk.. MR TUFF

Hi Mr Tuff !
the rooster without walk and singing for over 100 years.

cntrydncr1 said:
awesome finds!! love the thimble!

Hi cntrydncr1 !
Yes, in these fields I hunted six Medieval beehive thimbles ,many for my area ... and one to be used by a child. :icon_scratch:

H

JW15 · Aug 2, 2011

Well done again!! :icon_thumright:

I wonder how old that coin is with the star of David on it? Nice on the 4 Reale as well, Not a typical Reale find over here :thumbsup:

Awesome buckle as well!

civilman1 · Aug 2, 2011

infatry Buckle Is aweasome!!!!! :thumbsup:

Great dig's!!!!

HISPAN · Aug 3, 2011

ANTIQUARIAN said:
Hello H!

Love the look of your finds from today!

The beehive thimble and the barrel tap with the figure of a rooster are very beautiful!

Take care,
Dave

Thanks mate! :thumbsup:

H

steelheadwill · Aug 3, 2011

Super finds!
love that pendant

gold fever pete · Aug 3, 2011

Hello All, I am in California and found a rooster just like the one above. I thought it was part of a weather vane, but it is really a barrel tap? Do they have any value or just a collectable?Here is what I found. I used a roll of dimes to show how big it is.

HISPAN · Aug 3, 2011

gold fever pete said:
Hello All, I am in California and found a rooster just like the one above. I thought it was part of a weather vane, but it is really a barrel tap? Do they have any value or just a collectable?Here is what I found. I used a roll of dimes to show how big it is.

Are not equal. :dontknow:

His is lead and my rooster made in cooper .... ( the material composition is very important, that I know very few the Lead Barrel taps ), a barrel tap of lead break easily .... Nor are the same style and his rooster made with a mold, mine is handcrafted.
In short ..... the only thing in common between the two is that they represent two rooster, but nothing more. :wink:

H

txconservative · Aug 3, 2011

Man you always find the neatest things.....Mind if I move in ??

haha

hikeinmts · Aug 3, 2011

Another good hunt, and good finds.
Can you give any info on the Star of David coin? Love it all, but that coin interests me. :thumbsup:

Silver Searcher · Aug 3, 2011

Cracking Medieval Pendant Hispan :notworthy:

the rest is not bad either :icon_thumleft:

is your Museum up and running yet :laughing9:

SS

allen · Aug 3, 2011

great assortment of finds !

HISPAN · Aug 3, 2011

txconservative said:
Man you always find the neatest things.....Mind if I move in ?? haha

You can visit us anytime :wink:

..... I have understood that 50% of Texans speak Spanish. ::)

H

hikeinmts said:
Another good hunt, and good finds.
Can you give any info on the Star of David coin? Love it all, but that coin interests me.

These coins made in the 18th to 19th century ,are part of the payment that had to face the Sultan of Morocco in compensation to Moroccan/ Spanish War .
They represented the Star of David, that is the emblem of Morocco since it was colonized by the Sefarditas . (Spanish Jews) :read2:

H

CRUSADER · Aug 3, 2011

Good pendant, haven't had one of those in a while, must get one :laughing9:

The bird is well modelled, I like it

MKnTenn · Aug 3, 2011

Awesome finds! That rooster is killer, kinda looks like a pipe tamper, would love to find stuff like this. HH

gold fever pete · Aug 3, 2011

OK I'm a goof. Just didn't know what I had found. It kinda of resembled yours. Just wishful thinking. Hoping that I had found a piece of history. Pete