Dug Religious Metal.... (Updated Pictures 1830 Date)

[FooserPaul]

I got out tonight and swung the XT70 for a few hours... bunch of clad... 1 wheat... '44 and this metal... its in the Peroxide bath now...




Here is the final after about a dozen dips in Mr Peroxide...

 

[FooserPaul]

Re: Dug Religious Metal....

Most of the words are now visable and the date 1830 has appeared...

 

[willpond & LLK]

That's a beauty! Love that hot peroxide bath. Learned about it on this forum and have gone through 3 bottles in two weeks! Keep on digging!

 

[Iron Patch]

Dated 1830 but probably dates with your wheats. It cleaned up well.

 

[FooserPaul]

This is from the front yard at Groton Heights school built in 1900 + or - a few years...

The monument to the Battle @ Groton Heights is 20 feet to the right of the school next to Ft Griswold... Our battle from the American Revolution...

I've pulled one Indian Head 1899 from the yard... 1/2 dozen wheats and one 925 sterling ring... the School is closed and slated for Demo...

Paul

 

[Captn SE]

Your religious medal signifies the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, which is a chapel in Paris, revered by Catholics as the site of three apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1830.

It's a common medal; still made today, but the 1830 date excites you til you know exactly what it stands for.

The peroxide did a good job.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[FooserPaul]

Dan,

Thank you for the clarity on the Metal... yeah I was a little excited by the 1830 date...

Paul

 

[tymcmurray]

Good looking medallion and you cleaned it well.

 

[PBK]

http://www.amm.org/medal.htm

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Nice find by any accounts.

 

[ivan salis]

yeh those 1830 marked "miracle" medals will get the non catholics folks hearts going fast - still a cool find many moderns ones are silver plated -- then older ones are often sterling silver