93vector
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Crucifix 1700's? (added new pictures)
Found this crucifix with my metal detector this spring in my yard in Rhode Island. I know this property was farmland at one time. I have done some research online and from what i have been told it is bronze handmade, probably 1700's. You can see the filemarks still to this day. A woman out of Quebec said it was probably either carried by a Monk or a coffin crucifix. She thinks it is ebony within the bronze. She also stated that the skull and crossbones represented life over death.
If anyone has any other thoughts, please let me know.
Found this crucifix with my metal detector this spring in my yard in Rhode Island. I know this property was farmland at one time. I have done some research online and from what i have been told it is bronze handmade, probably 1700's. You can see the filemarks still to this day. A woman out of Quebec said it was probably either carried by a Monk or a coffin crucifix. She thinks it is ebony within the bronze. She also stated that the skull and crossbones represented life over death.
If anyone has any other thoughts, please let me know.
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joe
i agree with gollum properly early 1800,s back in 2009 i dug this Crucifix in a 1800,s farm field it is bronze on silver only difference is i have no skull n crossbones no markings on back it is 3 inches tall . Good hunt Jim
