Hot weather brings unusual finds

[Carson Coin Master]

So i worked the grave yard sift tonight and figured I would head out and do some detecting today. it was a nice crisp 96 degrees today, and the hot weather has started to dry up the local river. so i went down to the river right under a main road bridge and the water was so low you could go underneath and detect. i didn't find a lot a few pull tabs,some cool looking rocks, some crystals and these to strange looking figurines. the look to be Indian not the American ones but the actual India. 2 elephant figurines one is obviously either tin or aluminum, ad the other well i don't know it's heavy about 3 ounces but small you can see in comparison to the pull tabs. it is tarnished pretty bad but underneath it almost looks like copper. maybe bronze? i don't know maybe someone can help figure it out.

 

[Dman]

Those are unusual. Congrats.

 

[garthbfan169]

Kool looking whatever they are!!

 

[mlayers]

That is one thing about this hobby you never know what you will find....Matt

 

[Carson Coin Master]

update on the figurines.... the heavy one turned out to be bronze like i thought. still unsure about the age since there are no markings to determine the age. I still think it is pretty old. the other figurine is believed to be either tin or aluminum and fairly modern. I still can't figure out why they were so close to each other and in a river bed.

 

[rust in peace]

You never know what will turn up when you sift a graveyard.

 

[allen]

those are some really cool finds !!

 

[N.J.THer]

My guess would be a Ganesha statue. A Deity from Hinduism.

http://hinduism.about.com/od/lordganesha/a/ganesha.htm

Cool finds....congrats.

NJ

 

[spartacus53]

Cool and different finds for sure

 

[Big A]

Very unique for a riverbank.

 

[silvercop]

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Those would rest proudly on my desk.