I found 3 quarters in the cemetery ..

[creskol]

Well 3/4 of something made of silver, that is.
Measures 1.5 inches.
The piece with the hinge is snapped off. The bottom piece is MIA. I probably destroyed whatever it is with the bucket tidying up the dirt I have been moving.

 

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[Digger RJ]

Well 3/4 of something made of silver, that is.
Measures 1.5 inches.
The piece with the hinge is snapped off. The bottom piece is MIA. I probably destroyed whatever it is with the bucket tidying up the dirt I have been moving.
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Very Cool!!! Congrats!!! Any markings under a loop?

 

[iAmMike]

Well 3/4 of something made of silver, that is.
Measures 1.5 inches.
The piece with the hinge is snapped off. The bottom piece is MIA. I probably destroyed whatever it is with the bucket tidying up the dirt I have been moving.
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Cool find it! It reminds me of a Veterans medal, something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/333783452989

 

[scruggs]

NEAT LOOKING FINDS YOU MADE!

 

[djackson7348]

Looks like a confederate grave marker. Common in my area.

 

[creskol]

Looks like a confederate grave marker. Common in my area.

Does look similar, but this is way too small.

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!! Any markings under a loop?

Thanks Digger! There may be ghosts of a something, but nothing distinguishable.

Cool find it! It reminds me of a Veterans medal, something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/333783452989

Thanks .. I was thinking possibly a corps badge, but not real sure. Coming from a cemetery, it might be a corpse badge instead.

NEAT LOOKING FINDS YOU MADE!

Thank you Scruggs!

 

[jewelerguy]

looks like a brooch. I believe in Victorian times wearing a black maltese brooch was a sign of mourning

 

[creskol]

looks like a brooch. I believe in Victorian times wearing a black maltese brooch was a sign of mourning

Thank you for that! I wasn't aware of that tradition.

 

[cudamark]

I find the hinge curious, and why there is a need for one.

 

[jewelerguy]

I find the hinge curious, and why there is a need for one.

Looks to me that the back has a part of the pin hinge and the front is just cracked in that spot by coincidence

 

[creskol]

Looks to me that the back has a part of the pin hinge and the front is just cracked in that spot by coincidence

That is correct.