Any ideas?

[GarbageCollector]

I found this cuff a few years ago in southwest Georgia in a field where I've found points and tons of flakes. I've tried to research it but can't really find anything similar. It's nonmagnetic, it is tarnished but not rusted, there are no markings anywhere other than the designs, and it is basically exactly like I found it. No electrolysis or polishing have been done to it. It doesn't appear machine made because the designs aren't precise enough. Could it be a Native American artifact, Spanish trade, or dime store junk? Any ideas would be helpful.

 

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[Bruce R]

Jesuit ?

 

[Tommy G]

Four intertwined circles is sometimes used to symbolize good fortune. I've also seen it represent the four seasons. Can't help you much beyond that, other than to agree that this looks handmade.

 

[BagLady]

I really don't think it's Native American. Beyond that, .

 

[allison86]

Ask backwoodsbob

 

[Bruce R]

Doesn't 4 intertwined circles indicate Audi ?

 

[GarbageCollector]

To clarify, I don't think it was made by Native Americans, but possibly traded to them, either by colonists moving west from the coast, or by the Spanish in FL. I'm more trying to nail down a possible time frame, or origin. My location is less than 20 miles from the area traveled by Hernando DeSoto, 10 miles from Timothy Barnard's colonial era trading post, and in the corridor between the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers that was a travel path for centuries. It could've come from anywhere. Or it could've fallen off the arm of a drunken hussy on her way home from a disco in 1978! This thing has been bugging me for years.

 

[Bruce R]

OK, I'll go for the drunken hussy Audi fanatic, if you find one with the Chevy bowtie on it, I'll buy it,LOL

 

[austin]

already told you what it was, what it is worth and when it was made. Please see your other post. That thing is not old, not real, not rare and not valuable. Sorry

 

[Icewing]

Looks like a lot of the stuff I've seen in arts and crafts tents

 

[CTwoods]

already told you what it was, what it is worth and when it was made. Please see your other post. That thing is not old, not real, not rare and not valuable. Sorry

Not to disrespect anyone on this site...But I sence others feel the way I sometimes do..?

... there are a noticeable amount of people who post finds that they are convinced are something special, something very old, or something of great value.....without caring for the majority responses that suggest otherwise. They keep asking until just one other person says it is something,


To use the common fluff that a poster gives..."I found it in a remote place, near a famous battle, or after a storm washed 3 feet of sand away..."

All that means nothing, if the other parameters are not met.


but all they want is just one person to agree......like the famous Golden Turtle from the 1715 fleet that one person said was Jesuit with explanations of hidden things in the casting and grinding marks...and it was just a cheap worthless trinket. That OP claimed to have talked with a local expert and "it was encouraging" or something like that, AFTER the members told him it was not special...but he never came back to say how many millions he sold it for.


it gets old. And I am real tired of the Jesuit and Mayan nonsense here. It demeans the site, and makes it not a great place to visit

 

[allison86]

Yeah I get what your saying but again I posted a picture of a cannonball that my dad dug out of the ground while digging a fences post when I posted here most people on here said it was a millball because I live in the state of Washington and that's a odd thing to find here well it turns out everybody on here was wrong and it is indeed a real cannonball.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

it gets old. And I am real tired of the Jesuit and Mayan nonsense here. It demeans the site, and makes it not a great place to visit

The OPs item I do not know. But yes some of the past ridiculous Jesuit, Mayan, Viking, melted pirate silver, remote dowsing and the magic turtle type of stuff degrades and hurts the forum tremendously but I dont know if anything can be done about it.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yeah I get what your saying but again I posted a picture of a cannonball that my dad dug out of the ground while digging a fences post when I posted here most people on here said it was a millball because I live in the state of Washington and that's a odd thing to find here well it turns out everybody on here was wrong and it is indeed a real cannonball.

can you direct me to the thread in the What Is It Forum? All I could find is the 2 threads in Todays Finds.

 

[CRUSADER]

modern piece

 

[creskol]

To me (and as I posted in the other thread) it certainly has the "flavor" of some of the 1932 Olympics vendor's bracelets.

 

[GarbageCollector]

Not to disrespect anyone on this site...But I sence others feel the way I sometimes do..?

... there are a noticeable amount of people who post finds that they are convinced are something special, something very old, or something of great value.....without caring for the majority responses that suggest otherwise. They keep asking until just one other person says it is something,


To use the common fluff that a poster gives..."I found it in a remote place, near a famous battle, or after a storm washed 3 feet of sand away..."

All that means nothing, if the other parameters are not met.


but all they want is just one person to agree......like the famous Golden Turtle from the 1715 fleet that one person said was Jesuit with explanations of hidden things in the casting and grinding marks...and it was just a cheap worthless trinket. That OP claimed to have talked with a local expert and "it was encouraging" or something like that, AFTER the members told him it was not special...but he never came back to say how many millions he sold it for.


it gets old. And I am real tired of the Jesuit and Mayan nonsense here. It demeans the site, and makes it not a great place to visit

So in other words, if you don't know what something is, don't post it on the "What is it?" forum because it bothers a few grumpy tarts? Gotcha boss, yes sir! My apologies. I don't disagree with anyone's assessment of the item or its value and I appreciate the feedback. I'm not seeking fame or fortune, I'm seeking to find the origin an of interesting item that I found in cotton field. That being said, I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from seeking knowledge about an item that could POSSIBLY be of significance to the anthropological history of their area.

 

[allison86]

It was from a long time ago I have pictures of it on my photo album

 

[allison86]

I had that happen a few times I just ignored them