HAT BADGE, and a very open minded Lincoln

[Gridwalker306]

Went out for a quick 45 minute hunt before supper and dug this WWI General service hat badge and scalped Lincoln.

I was looking for silver, but I'm way happier with this cool relic.
Why do short hunts always seem to be the best?

 

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[Gridwalker306]

Thats a great looking hat badge, and I would have taken it over silver also. Relics are very nice finds. Looks like a lawn mower blade tried to give Abe a haircut.

Thanks Trezurehunter

 

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[Carolina Tom]

That's a sweet find JC! Congrats.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Hat badge is simply unique.

Thanks thrifty, I had only seen them in pictures before. Certainly unique to me!

 

[Gridwalker306]

That's a sweet find JC! Congrats.

Thanks Tom, one of my fav finds of the year!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Very cool

Thanks nsdq

 

[Chizzy]

Still lookin' for a hat badge..........your's has all the bells and whistles..........vintage, historic and in great condition!! Congratulations!!

 

[DigToChina]

Thanks, it was only four or five inches deep and was a really nice low 90's on the Deus. I found it out on my golf course that is criss crossed with old pioneer/early 1900's wagon tracks. It was in a depression that I think used to be an old sand trap. It's covered in grass now, but the soil was very sandy and not like the rest of the area.

So given the location and depth, almost certainly authentic. The real value is the crap that guy probably went through to get that badge. Many of those battles forged our national identity. My thanks Sir for rescuing it and giving it a home.

 

[against the wind]

Very cool cap badge,,
Poor Abe,, looks like he lost his mind.
Congrats

 

[eastcoastdetectorist]

You don't find stuff like that everyday! congrats!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

That hat badge is awesome I have a few beheaded Lincolns... musta been fun to take some tin snips to a wheat cent back in the day!

 

[Ahab8]

Poor Abe! That hits a bit too close to home man lol. Nice looking badge buddy.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Still lookin' for a hat badge..........your's has all the bells and whistles..........vintage, historic and in great condition!! Congratulations!!

Thanks Chizzy, the loops are gone from the back, but over all it's in decent shape

 

[Gridwalker306]

So given the location and depth, almost certainly authentic. The real value is the crap that guy probably went through to get that badge. Many of those battles forged our national identity. My thanks Sir for rescuing it and giving it a home.

Authentic for sure, it has the "Roden Bros" mark on the back. It really glad it's the real deal! This is my third hat badge, but my first like this.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Very cool cap badge,,
Poor Abe,, looks like he lost his mind.
Congrats

Lol thanks man!

 

[Gridwalker306]

You don't find stuff like that everyday! congrats!

Yep, hat badges for me are few and far between, thanks!

 

[Gridwalker306]

That hat badge is awesome I have a few beheaded Lincolns... musta been fun to take some tin snips to a wheat cent back in the day!

I've found a lot of gunfire damaged wheats, but this is my first crop top

 

[Gridwalker306]

Poor Abe! That hits a bit too close to home man lol. Nice looking badge buddy.

Haha Abe, don't worry. Think of it as an early Presidential Pac-Man!

 

[wkrp43]

Very nice hat badge