HOLY CRAP IS IT FROM THE WAR!!!!

[Petrie502]

Well I hit this property til midnight last night 6 hours worth and this pin has my heart pumping can't wait to see what it actually is, it's gotta be war related!! This site dates to 1890 from what I can gather but I think people were here since the 1850's due to the 1853 half dime I pulled!! Anyhow this other little thing I have no clue about but I'm very interested in it! That little piece of black metal on the back is a piece of spring steel I believe!! So lets hear it fellas I'm taking all opinions at the door!!!!! Thanks again

 

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[Petrie502]

Hahaha your welcome anytime buddy!

 

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[GatorBoy]

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Notice the latches on top of the box.

Ha! I love it when I least expect it one of the "thingies" I dig up gets I.D.'d for me.. I thought mine may have been a contact from a telegraph machine.

 

[terpfan]

Thanks ninja I knew it was something that's why I love TN

I couldn't agree more. I found one of the same whatchmacallits a few years back, and someone identified it right away. This is a great community.

 

[Jyverb64]

I found one of those contacts 2 weeks ago and had no idea what it was, great info as always

 

[GatorBoy]

LOL.

 

[milk86]

Scott et al. are correct. The "Be Prepared" motto and the "fleur de lis" emblem are used by the Boy Scouts. The B. S. of A. as Scott said is an abbreviation for Boy Scouts of America. Nice vintage Boy Scout item! The second item looks familiar, but I have no idea what it is.

The scout badge is not intended to represent the fleur-de-lis, or an arrowhead. It is a modified form of the sign of the north on the mariner's compass, which is as old as the history of navigation. The Chinese claim its use among them as early as 2634 B. C., and we have definite information that it was used at sea by them as early as 300 A. D. Marco Polo brought the compass to Europe on his return from Cathay. The sign of the north on the compass gradually came to represent the north, and pioneers, trappers, woodsmen, and scouts, because of this, adopted it as their emblem. Through centuries of use it has undergone modification until it has now assumed the shape of our badge.