Found Buddha pendant.

[TammyTX]

My brother found this while snorkling in the drought shallow waters of Lake Travis in Austin. It looks like a buddha and a jeweler has verified it is gold. The gold forms a triangle shaped cage around the wooden figure. It is approximately 1 inch tall.

Does anyone have an idea of what idol this might be? Or an age? The wood looks like it's been under water for a while.

This is my first post.

ETA: I finally figured out how to resize the image.

 

[Mackaydon]

Tammy:
First, a big Welcome to Treasure Net!!
I have no doubt that some member(s) here will assist you with the ID of your great find. Is there any markings, letters or words on the reverse?
Don........

 

[artzstuff1]

That thing is really cool !!! I am gonna quess maybe ebony or ironwood?? just a quess though,,, thanks for sharin your finds ,,,


art

 

[TammyTX]

Thank you.

There are no words or markings that we can see, but I'll check the bottom again.

 

[eathabs]

Tammy, nice find and welcome to Tnet

Resized, hope you don't mind.

habs

 

[DaveP.]

Nice Find

Dave

 

[Yeasty]

The pendant is Thai. The holder is most likely 24K gold. I'd have it tested.
Pete

 

[rmptr]

Welcome aboard Tammy !

Neato discovery...

Think how well you could do there with a metal detector !

Good chance the buddha is from the orient, and they have a strong preference for 24kt gold there...
imagine that... they want the real thing !

From looking at the picture even, it seems to have the luster of Au that has not been alloyed.

All told, it's a nice little piece of jewelry.

 

[allen]

welcome to tnet and congrats on that cool find !!

 

[PAUL2006]

AWESOME FIND

 

[River Rat]

That's one cool find Welcome to TNet, Tammy!

RR

 

[jayallday14]

Thai Baht gold for sure. My wife has plenty of it. One chain she has is 75 grams! Nice find!

 

[Moonshadow]

Tammy, nice find and welcome to Tnet

Resized, hope you don't mind.

Thanks Habs.......

Cool find Tammy and welcome to the forum!

HH,
Moon

 

[TammyTX]

Thanks everyone! The information has been great. We are continuing to research the amulet.

 

[bmanofnbc]

I found one almost exactly like it last year. 8)

 

[texan connection]

OMG Tammy your a lake travis girl wanna know more. Its bound to be hot right now 27 ft down get out there.

Im dieng to join yall

 

[trikikiwi]

The two Buddha pendants found are very cool
There is nothing as good looking as near pure gold.
Mike