One Horse Buggy License and some other "junk"

[Steve in PA]

This past weekend I got out Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to a couple late 19th to mid 20th century sites. Normally, I prefer to hunt earlier sites, but you gotta take what you can get, plus I was hoping to score some silver. That was not to be, but I did get some interesting finds.
Here are the "keepers" I got:

My best find was this $200 One Horse Buggy License.

I say this is a $200 find because Monday I played these numbers on the Pennsylvania Lotteries Pick Four for 7 days, straight and boxed and it hit Monday night

Here is a similar Buggy License I found on Facebook.

Another interesting find was this medallion with Egyptian symbolism that my brother found. If anyone knows anything about this piece, please comment. We can't find anything on it.

 

[Blak bart]

This past weekend I got out Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to a couple late 19th/early 20th sites. Normally, I prefer to hunt earlier sites, but you gotta take what you can get, plus I was hoping to score some silver. That was not to be, but I did get some interesting finds.
Here are the "keepers" I got:
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My best find was this $200 One Horse Buggy License.
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I say this is a $200 find because Monday I played these numbers on the Pennsylvania Lotteries Pick Four for 7 days, straight and boxed and it hit Monday night
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Here is a similar Buggy License I found on Facebook.
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Another interesting find was this medallion with Egyptian symbolism that my brother found. If anyone knows anything about this piece, please comment. We can't find anything on it.
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Beautiful hunt Steve!! Congrats 👏. Along time ago my grandparents did the Egyptian tourist thing, and when they came home they had gifts....each grandchild got a pendant that spelled there name in heiroglyphs. Yours looks much different, and much older. So wow...a real mystery 🤔 hope some one can translate those....symbols, letters, ??

 

[Steve in PA]

Beautiful hunt Steve!! Congrats 👏. Along time ago my grandparents did the Egyptian tourist thing, and when they came home they had gifts....each grandchild got a pendant that spelled there name in heiroglyphs. Yours looks much different, and much older. So wow...a real mystery 🤔 hope some one can translate those....symbols, letters, ??

Thanks Bart, we're thinking this is from the 1920s Egyptian "craze", but we have no idea who issued it or what it means.

 

[pepperj]

This past weekend I got out Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to a couple late 19th/early 20th sites. Normally, I prefer to hunt earlier sites, but you gotta take what you can get, plus I was hoping to score some silver. That was not to be, but I did get some interesting finds.
Here are the "keepers" I got:
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My best find was this $200 One Horse Buggy License.
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I say this is a $200 find because Monday I played these numbers on the Pennsylvania Lotteries Pick Four for 7 days, straight and boxed and it hit Monday night
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Here is a similar Buggy License I found on Facebook.
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Another interesting find was this medallion with Egyptian symbolism that my brother found. If anyone knows anything about this piece, please comment. We can't find anything on it.
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The bird is a Ibis, the Ankh means life.
The rest
Cool recovery though.
Nice one on the Buggy License tag.
Congrats on the win

 

[BigWaveDave]

Congrats on the great digs! And nice hit on the PA lottery. Gus would be proud! Hehehehe in my groundhog voice.

 

[oldmxrat]

Those are some really cool recoveries, really liking the locomotive, congrats!

 

[Steve in PA]

Those are some really cool recoveries, really liking the locomotive, congrats!

The locomotive and the WWI type tank were only a few feet from each other.

 

[jewelerguy]

great bunch of finds!

 

[Blackfoot58]

Not sure, but possibly from Scottish Rite (branch of Freemasonry).
The ibis was used as a sign of the Egyptian god thoth. It symbolically stood for wisdom and esoteric writings.
The ankh symbolized wisdom and eternal life.

As said earlier, there was a widespread Egyptian fad in the early 1900s. It could be non-Masonic as well.

 

[Gare]

Very nice Steve

 

[Trezurehunter]

Looks like it was a great day for relics. I like that Scalloped spoon and the Buggy license.

 

[Silvermonkey]

This past weekend I got out Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to a couple late 19th to mid 20th century sites. Normally, I prefer to hunt earlier sites, but you gotta take what you can get, plus I was hoping to score some silver. That was not to be, but I did get some interesting finds.
Here are the "keepers" I got:
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My best find was this $200 One Horse Buggy License.
View attachment 2248653
I say this is a $200 find because Monday I played these numbers on the Pennsylvania Lotteries Pick Four for 7 days, straight and boxed and it hit Monday night
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Here is a similar Buggy License I found on Facebook.
View attachment 2248658

Another interesting find was this medallion with Egyptian symbolism that my brother found. If anyone knows anything about this piece, please comment. We can't find anything on it.
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Great stuff. I love your buggy license story. Go figure!

 

[GaRebel1861]

I like the WWI tank the best. All nice finds though.

 

[xr7ator]

Years ago I found a jr high or high school jewelry class item and had left it in the bed of the truck for months. It hit me later that it might be made of silver wire. Sure enough, I had some silver and didn't know it for some time. Glad I didn't chuck it with the rest of the trash.
The handmade flower like item made of copper wire....is the tie together wire silver, or?? I know it's not much, but you said you didn't find ANY silver, and you have a tiny amount in the plated ware and might have a little more.
I know it's not what you expect to find, especially considering all that Spanish silver.....

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent finds - the Buggy Tag is very cool - well done !

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great finds. Congratulations!

 

[Steve in PA]

Years ago I found a jr high or high school jewelry class item and had left it in the bed of the truck for months. It hit me later that it might be made of silver wire. Sure enough, I had some silver and didn't know it for some time. Glad I didn't chuck it with the rest of the trash.
The handmade flower like item made of copper wire....is the tie together wire silver, or?? I know it's not much, but you said you didn't find ANY silver, and you have a tiny amount in the plated ware and might have a little more.
I know it's not what you expect to find, especially considering all that Spanish silver.....

Thanks. That weird wire jewelry piece does appear to have silver wire holding the copper strands together. But it's strange that the copper wires have no corrosion

 

[Steve in PA]

Excellent finds - the Buggy Tag is very cool - well done !

Thanks. Looking for examples of one horse buggy licenses on the internet and there aren't many examples like mine. I found three on EBay and the asking prices ranged from $222 to $445. This find keeps getting better

 

[TommNJ]

Congrats on a nice group of Finds and the Lotto win !!!

TommNJ

 

[xr7ator]

My guess is recent drop on the copper wire flower item. Grats on the buggy license!