Calling all vintage car experts: My 16 year old found this old car emblem.

[Gilligan]

What kind of car and what year did this bad boy belong to? He found it in the woods outside of Garner, NC. Thanks for looking!

 

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[Simon1]

Pontiac, not sure of the year.

 

[SD51]

Agree with Simon...

This is the front grillwork of a 1940 Pontiac Sport Coupe.

 

[bologna321]

Cool, that's in good shape if dug

 

[Simon1]

Thanks SD51.
After I posted, I started to search for the year and when I came back to edit it on my post, you had beaten me by a full 30 minutes.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

That’s awesome!! One of my favorite things to find, I have a bunch

 

[Simon1]

Finding them is fun. They used to dump old cars on our river bank to help slow erosion. I remember like it was yesterday that I saw the front right quarter of a black 57 Chevy poking up out of the mud and water, the emblem on the fender just below the crossed flags it said " Fuel Injection ". Sometimes I wonder if it is still there and what it would be worth, as well as how much of the car itself is there.

Sorry I had hijacked your thread here Gilligan.

 

[Carolina Tom]

I like old cars!

That’s a nice find.

 

[Centsless Detecting]

Thats is sweet. looks like i woke up to late to snag that ID lol.

 

[A2coins]

Sweet find good shape now see if you can find the car it goes on lol that's probobly very collectible being original

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool find! Looks like a Pontiac car emblem.

 

[Gilligan]

Thanks for all the great replies! My son and I went in the forest near our home to explore an old house the map showed was there. When we reached the area which was overgrown with vines, we found an (Pontiac apparently) old car up on it's side, encased in thick vines. Rooting around the inside of the car, my son found the emblem. We had a blast.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice find. Auto memorabilia displays very nicely.

 

[wilcam47]

Thanks for all the great replies! My son and I went in the forest near our home to explore an old house the map showed was there. When we reached the area which was overgrown with vines, we found an (Pontiac apparently) old car up on it's side, encased in thick vines. Rooting around the inside of the car, my son found the emblem. We had a blast.

That chrome is worth a few bucks.

 

[wilcam47]

Thanks for all the great replies! My son and I went in the forest near our home to explore an old house the map showed was there. When we reached the area which was overgrown with vines, we found an (Pontiac apparently) old car up on it's side, encased in thick vines. Rooting around the inside of the car, my son found the emblem. We had a blast.

That chrome is worth a few bucks.

 

[BlueVW]

Did you look inside for any old coins?