Old Man of the yard....

[Copperhead]

Digging in the yard again today.....found this...Key chain fob?...don't know when it was made or what it is made of....any ideas? thanks for looking..

P.S. ..I really think this is very old....very rare....and very valuable....prove me wrong!......sorry...I couldn't resist

 

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[diggummup]

Old and rare indeed,perhaps even before 1830! Sorry neither could I.
I think it's a tourist souvenir from Franconia Notch State Park in New Hampshire,which is where this formation is at.It does look like a watch fob.But what do I know?
http://www.franconianotchstatepark.com/oldman.html

 

[PBK]

Old and rare indeed,perhaps even before 1830! Sorry neither could I.
I think it's a tourist souvenir from Franconia Notch State Park in New Hampshire,which is where this formation is at.It does look like a watch fob.But what do I know?
http://www.franconianotchstatepark.com/oldman.html

You know your stuff, that's what!

It is indeed a souvenir fob, probably c. 1910-20, of the Old Man of the Mountain, a.k.a. The Great Stone Face (as immortalized by Nathaniel Hawthorne), of New Hampshire. Unfortunately, the Old Man is no more: four years ago, the famed geologic feature fell prey to time, the elements, and the relentless force of gravity and— ahem— lost face.

 

[diggummup]

Old and rare indeed,perhaps even before 1830! Sorry neither could I.
I think it's a tourist souvenir from Franconia Notch State Park in New Hampshire,which is where this formation is at.It does look like a watch fob.But what do I know?
http://www.franconianotchstatepark.com/oldman.html

You know your stuff, that's what!

It is indeed a souvenir fob, probably c. 1910-20, of the Old Man of the Mountain, a.k.a. The Great Stone Face (as immortalized by Nathaniel Hawthorne), of New Hampshire. Unfortunately, the Old Man is no more: four years ago, the famed geologic feature fell prey to time, the elements, and the relentless force of gravity and— ahem— lost face.

I am but a humble student,oh master PBK.

 

[ivan salis]

yep --- looks like its a--- the old man of the mountion (face) type item---please do not tell me ---"its 1830ish and a rare and valuible item" please oh please and might be worth as much as $5 whole dollars even on e bay ---Ivan

 

[Copperhead]

Thanks guys...PBK, what makes you think it dates to that time period? ...just interested because I'm trying to date my dump site and it came out of there...if you're just GUESSING then I'll just wait for my friend Daryl to tell me how old it really is...

 

[PBK]

Thanks guys...PBK, what makes you think it dates to that time period? ...just interested because I'm trying to date my dump site and it came out of there...if you're just GUESSING then I'll just wait for my friend Daryl to tell me how old it really is...

My estimate is based on the overall style of the fob, which is a stock pattern often seen in that date range. There are other fobs from the same time period which differ only in their central design, and many more which have similar "X" or triangular-holed bales. For example, note the similarity to this patriotic watch fob from 1917-18 (WWI):

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[Copperhead]

Thanks again PBK, hope you know I was joking with ya....I knew you had an explaination for dating it to that time period...just trying to pick your brain a little.......

 

[Montana Jim]

Now THIS was a great post!




Is St. Joseph on the back?

 

[ivan salis]

not a prayer that st joesph is on the back--or st james the lesser either---maybe it the patron saint of junk medals ---st scrapus

 

[Ammietuar]

i can confrim that the writing is definately latin, maybe mandrin, and possibly sandscrit, which dates it as pre-jesus and worth about 9.7 million wampum......

 

[nhbenz]

We in NH now refer to it as "Old man OFF the mountain".

 

[Scott (Upstate NY)]

would be interesting to compare the fob, side by side, to a New Hampshire quarter.