DiggerKep
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I found this at an old church site. I have found numerous old coins; Indian Heads as far back as 1869 and an 1863 Civil War Store Token, and a majority of the stuff dates no later than the 1950's...so that might help with age. It was broken when I brought it back to light from the dirt, and on the stem is stamped "sterling" on both sides, and what might be a makers mark of a 6 point star, with possibly a dot in the middle...but not sure on that one yet. I lightly brushed it with some water and a super soft toothbrush to get a little bit of the dirt off...but haven't spent much time yet on really working it to clean. I am also attaching a little sketch (sorry about the horrible artwork) of what the star looks like, in case it isn't too clear from the closeup pictures. My initial thought was a letter opener, but the "blade" is flat on both sides, and doesn't appear to ever had a sharp edge...so then I thought possibly since this was a Lutheran Church back in the day, might have been a tool that the pastor would have used for transferring inscence powder from a container to whatever used to burn it. I appologize also for the lack of knowledge on the Lutheran faith, and mean no disrespect if I have mispoken on anything here about that church.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this...I thought it was a very cool find for whatever it turns out to be, and thought that since this community is so very knowledgeable someone would have some ideas on the use and possible history of this item.
--Digger
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this...I thought it was a very cool find for whatever it turns out to be, and thought that since this community is so very knowledgeable someone would have some ideas on the use and possible history of this item.
--Digger
