Finally Silver I can post

[streakert]

Scottish pin of a unicorn,
NIL TEMERE on front Latin I believe, and stamped Scotland, with TE and three stamps on back
What look like half a Reith a castle and a R. I have no idea what it represents, was found at my goto 1800 site not far away was this LG cent that I thought read 1810 but now is toast.

 

[streakert]

Please help if you are familiar with these.

 

[Murray8144]

whatever it is I like it

 

[ajaj]

Cool finds! Any silver is postable!

aj

 

[streakert]

OK so i have come up with Stamps "925" "Edinburgh" "1848" i still cant Find TE their was a Thomas Edward 1837 London but i don`t think its him. everthing is pointing to Edinburgh

 

[streakert]

Please help if you are familiar with these.

OK so I have come up with "925" "Edinburgh" "1848" still nothing for TE their was a Thomas Edward in London 1837 but i don`t think its him

 

[WHADIFIND]

What made this silver worthy of posting?

Or was this your first piece? LOL

Really nice one too!

 

[streakert]

What made this silver worthy of posting?

Or was this your first piece? LOL

Really nice one too!

Seeing the English stamps made it worthy

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Nice find!

 

[thrifty76now]

That is a nice looking piece of history.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Seeing the English stamps made it worthy

Oh, ok. Then, I should wait some more.

 

[Old Dude]

That is a great piece. The hallmarks say it is awesome. I bet you did see the date of 1810 too. That is an old LC. Nice!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Silver or not, it's a cool piece. Any LC in any shape is better than digging no LC.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Awesome digs! Love that unicorn. (Never thought I would type those words together...) Would love to know the story behind it.

 

[iloveshinythings]

It's a family crest pin from a Scottish clan -- in the tradition of heraldry. I believe it's for the Ramsey Clan. It looks like today the Ramsey's mostly reference the phrase Ora Et Labora, but Nil Temere was an older crest phrase. See attached image from a book on heraldry.

I'd imagine that the pin would have had to be custom made, or very limited in number. I can't see the stamps, but that is a really neat recovery!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice piece.

 

[Subterranean]

Seeing the English stamps made it worthy

It is beautiful and ALL SILVER is worthy of posting. Congratulations on a great find. Sub

 

[romeo-1]

That IS a nice piece of silver!

 

[qaela4]

Love that piece and the possible history that goes with it...but as Sub said...ANY silver is worth posting, unless your standards are higher than ours...

 

[streakert]

Love that piece and the possible history that goes with it...but as Sub said...ANY silver is worth posting, unless your standards are higher than ours...

My standards aren't Hi but feelings of inadequacy start to creep into my head when I keep seeing great finds like Spanish silver on here and all I find for three days of effort is a mercury, ha-ha