Found metal figurine! Plus 2 wheaties Need ID help!

[Detectingfreak]

Hey guys! After wanting to go back to my uncles house for about 2 weeks, I finally went back! It was the same place I dug the 1923 wheatie and the chinese cash coin and that nate dug that 1797 british copper. Well today was very productive and LOTS of fun! I went by myself and detected for four hours. My first hit was a 1918 wheatie! Then my third hit was a 1920 wheatie! I was pumped to say the least!

After about 2 hours of digging modern coins that were around the backyard and the right side of the house, my detector gave me a really strong penny signal then went to dime. I said, "What the hell! I will dig it" At first I only saw the bottom of the figurine, which had a name on the bottom, and then some numbers which read II 814? I didn't know what that meant, so I handed the little figurine to my uncle and he went to go wash it off. My uncle said that it was a chinese metal figurine (but I am not so sure). Both of us couldn't make out the writing on the figurine.

After another hour went by I dug a Clothes Line pipe! It wasn't very deep but as soon as I did, all of the targets started to free up and sound much clearer then they were before! That was when I found my Second Chinese Cash coin!

Anyways today was a great 4 hours of hunting even though one of those hours was spent digging up all of the trash in the yard.

Hope everyone got out! Please help me identiy this figurine!

Sorry, in advance for so many pictures!

Figurine (looks like it says Jerile B. Torloum then it has II 814):

1918 Wheatie:

1920 wheatie:

Chinese Cash coin:

Total:

 

[GL]

Re: Late 1700's to early 1900's metal figurine! Plus 2 wheaties Need ID help!

D&D type role playing figurine. Bought in the white and painted by hand.

 

[DD-777]

Re: Late 1700's to early 1900's metal figurine! Plus 2 wheaties Need ID help!

Looks like a "WarHammer" game figurine...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000

http://www.pbase.com/bobt54/warhammer

There are thousands of different types out there - difficult to find a match. Maybe it is old as the dirt...

 

[burglarifyoulike]

Re: Late 1700's to early 1900's metal figurine! Plus 2 wheaties Need ID help!

glad you had such a fun day!! bet it was fun to get all that stuff after the pipe was removed.

 

[civilman1]

I think I found his younger Brother this spring Congrat's on the wheatie's.....

 

[ScoobaSteve]

Definitely a " Dungeons & Dragons" Necromancer. Looks like it was painted right over the lead, no primer. Probably worths something, but I haven't had a chance to check the melt of lead. Still a cool find.

 

[creeper71]

I think I found his younger Brother this spring Congrat's on the wheatie's.....

Wow Civil..wish I would have found that figure..it is bada$$!! You find that in one of the feilds?

 

[phantomfinder]

Cool finds , Sweet wheat ...

 

[juju]

Great job DF. That yard kicks out some of the coolest stuff. I will be back in Washington in about a week and I'm lookin forward to huntin with ya. WTG on the great finds.
JuJu

 

[mastereagle22]

I used to paint those lead figures as a hobby. They cost between $1.50 and $4.00 back when I was doing it.

Neat find.

 

[Merf]

Neat finds

 

[Dman]

Nice finds. Keep hunting your uncles yard. If you are finding old wheaties there may be some silver in the yard.
Dman

 

[ModernMiner]

DF,
Some nice old wheats there.
Congrats on your finds. That figure is cool.
-MM-

 

[liftloop]

Nothen like wheeties in the morning

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds,

Crazy looking figure. Looks like it would have been dipped in ink maybe to seal a letter or something like that.

HH Jer

 

[Gotrek]

I'd venture it's a ral partha figurine and should be engraved on the bottom. I have an early 90's catalogue at home I can look see ifI can locate this one.

Also can you measure it. there is a difference between ral partha, Grenadier, TSR and Citadel(Warhammer) Figurines (3 major manufacturers)

Right from the base I can say it's not warhammer.

I emailed iron wind metals some of their employees are apparently old ral partha founding members, maybe they can help who knows.

You can browse their new and reissued stuff on their site maybe you can locate it. I've searched online and can't find anything so far. Who knows lots of miniature manufacturers. http://ironwindmetals.com/catalog/index.php

 

[Golden1]

Sweet

 

[Gotrek]

The Iron wind metals guys replied almost instantly...

It’s not a Partha piece – at least not that I’ve ever seen (and I started at Partha in 1982)
One of my guys thinks it looks like an old Grenadier piece...

 

[Gotrek]

After seekinghelp from miniature collectors we have an answer!!!

Archive Miniatures Runequest range #814 Master of Fire

Will have writing underneath base "Neville Stocken" and should have 814.

Thanks goes to Richard Hale at www.solegends.com

And another big thanks to Bill Armintrout at http://theminiaturespage.com

Info on the Artist/Company http://www.glorantha.info/archive/archive.html



It's been reissued by Dark Age Miniatures YOu can see it here (bottom right)

http://www.glorantha.com/news/Glo_minis1.jpg

 

[49er]

Excellent hunt there Detectorfreak. WTG... Your uncles house is a gold mine of treasures for you.