Precious stone!

[DavidBeard]

Morning All,
Found my first precious stone - Ruby perhaps, will have to make more enquiries.
Found about 6 1/2 inches down in short pasture.
The metal is very light in weight and has a green tinge to it - bronze perhaps.
It measures 2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide - And its a little beauty.
Jewelry, Pin, Stud or Decoration off something else
Here are the pics:

 

[sscindercoop]

Nice old pin, That looks like a big ruby congrats. I wonder how old it is

 

[IronSpike]

Sweet find

If ruby a very nice color

 

[mlayers]

Nice looking stone.....Matt

 

[wolcottdigger]

Interesting find, your very lucky to detect in a country with such a long rich history.

 

[dirthunter]

Very nice pin, it probably is a ruby, it looks old.....Congrats.

 

[michigan michael]

Awesome find! That is a nice one.

 

[Alchemy]

Nice find!

The other possibility is a garnet cabochon

 

[CRUSADER]

I don't want to burst the bubble, but I know your man enough With that fixing, to that copper-alloy shield, I would guess Glass. Worth checking just to be 100%, still its complete & a whatzit I can't even guess.

 

[allen]

that is a beauty !!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Hi David...

what ever it turns out to be it's still a nice find, I see you got yourself a Tesoro Lobo Supertraq you won't go wrong with that machine I had one for six years

I expect to see your finds go up now, and older in age

 

[DavidBeard]

Nice old pin, That looks like a big ruby congrats. I wonder how old it is

I'll get it into the museum in July and see what the lady there has to say about it - very old it is but how old?......
I'll let you know .

 

[Bob S]

Nice Find WTG

 

[BuckleBoy]

I believe you have a harness boss there, and a fancy one at that.


Excellent find. I gree with crusader about the stone being glass. Check to be sure, but almost 100% positive that it is a paste jewel.




Regards,




Buckles

 

[SpiderCoil]

Nice old pin, That looks like a big ruby congrats. I wonder how old it is

I'll get it into the museum in July and see what the lady there has to say about it - very old it is but how old?......
I'll let you know .

What's the history of the area your hunting? What groups or brotherhoods/sisterhoods may there have been? It could be something like a membership pin, at least that's what comes to mind when I look at it. Just an idea.

Really nice find! Congrats!

 

[HCW]

I have found a couple also with the same back . Same patina , but no decoration . I have been told they are harness boss' also . Mine dated to mid eighteen hundreds . Nice find

 

[CRUSADER]

I have found a couple also with the same back . Same patina , but no decoration . I have been told they are harness boss' also . Mine dated to mid eighteen hundreds . Nice find

it crossed my mind, but its a pretty small one & never seen one with a stone, as it would easily knock off, I think! (could be though)