Chinese Salad Bowl ?

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ok, so I went out yesterday with a buddy, I pluck this out of the ground. I am trying to determine it's year more or less. I know it was hand carved. No year marks on it. And what does that say in the middle.

 

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That might be the symbol for longevity (upside down in your pic) ? But I would look at luck or fortune symbols for a match.