MORE MILITARY SILVER!!!!

[BigWaveDave]

My camera took a dump a month ago, been dying to show all of you my coolest find ever!!! So this past Memorial Day I hit a new permission in the old part of Ft. Myers, property that used to be owned by Thomas Edison and his winter estate. The house was built in the 1930's. I did find a few wheats, 3 silvers, a Wash, Rosie and a Merc.. Just as I was going to call it a day, I beeped under a tree adjacent to the neighbors house, and got a sweet hit, max depth, solid bing-bing on the ACE 350... and then this little honey spread her wings.

A bit of research reveals this to be WW2 Bombadier Wings. 3 inches long, with intact pin on the reverse. Marked on the back "Gemsco Sterling" No other distinguishing marks...

How cool is that !!!

 

[Metal Magnet]

i found one of those a couple of years ago. very cool and unique find. congrats!

 

[vpnavy]

 

[beez0404]

Congratulations! That is a fantastic find. I love it.

 

[Elscooby]

Hey Dave. Those are aerial gunner wings from WWII.

 

[jewelerguy]

Hey Dave. Those are aerial gunner wings from WWII.

yes, Elscooby has the correct ID

 

[sideshowbob]

That..is..beautiful! Great find

 

[BigWaveDave]

Corrected I stand...Thanks for looking! My knees kinda buckled when I pulled it from the ground

 

[worldtalker]

Corrected I stand...Thanks for looking! My knees kinda buckled when I pulled it from the ground

Didn't happen to wet yourself did you?

 

[BigWaveDave]

Not this time...but wait till I share my story on joining the 1800's club gotta get caught up on posting my finds....payday on Fri, finally got a new camera

 

[worldtalker]

Not this time...but wait till I share my story on joining the 1800's club gotta get caught up on posting my finds....payday on Fri, finally got a new camera

What did you get??

 

[cambria09]

Hello BWD. Nice...and with the pin intact, even better! Ya gotta love those sweet signals. Thanks for posting it. HH C9

 

[Davers]

Great Find
I love the look/ style of those wings .
Found a similar pair last Summer, one of my Fav, Finds .
Davers

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice military find.

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Beautiful find in stunning condition. I wonder who owned it, what missions he flew, etc. Congrats!

Good Hunting

 

[Msbeepbeep]

That's a very nice silver set of wings! Congrats!

Big wave just make sure you have ID on you and contact info. Oh ya! And your screen name here on T Net so who ever finds you can post pics of your greatest find for us!

 

[park pirate]

Nice one..

 

[BigWaveDave]

What did you get??

A Canon .."Power Shot" nice, cheap little get-up. Wifey and I had a nice Nikon for years, but seems it can only be dropped so many timesShe says this is MY camera, doesn't want to spend more than $80 on me...FAIL. Hahahahaha