Ready, Aim, Fire ! ! Silver Military Medal

[CoinandRelicMan]

Todays trash:



The WWII US Army rifle proficiency badge, was my good find of today. Think this is a first silver military medal finding for me! Quite a thrill it was and unexpected in the ground. Got a 1946 silver dime also so it was a double good silver day !



Total finds for the day :



Thanks for taking a little trip down nostalgia lane with us ! Hope all your hunts are full of history !

 

[wheatfinder13]

Nice. I found one last year for carbine

 

[Hunter612]

Very cool badge!

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Nice. I found one last year for carbine

Hi wheatfinder , cool what time period is yours from then ?

Very cool badge!

Hi Hunter , thanks bro !

 

[DigginDownUnder]

I'm loving that badge mate.

 

[pl8man]

Now that is one cool piece of silver !

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

I'm loving that badge mate.

Hi DDU =) Glad you enjoyed it ! Gotta love those random finds =)

 

[bootybandit]

Very nice medal!

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Now that is one cool piece of silver !

Hi Glen, thanks bro ! Didn't expect to find any silver at all today =)

Very nice medal!

Hi bootybandit, thanks for the kudos !

 

[Carolina Tom]

The medal is really cool. Congrats on a nice find. GL&HH.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

The medal is really cool. Congrats on a nice find. GL&HH.

Hi Tom, thanks for the reply ! And happy hunting brother !

 

[beez0404]

Silver dimes are fairly common finds. But that sterling silver medal is an exceptionally nice little treasure. Congrats on that one.

 

[DixieLandMan]

Nice silver! It is a rifle badge for someone qualifying as expert (hitting 36 min out of 40 shots). I didn't know they were silver though. I need to check mine. Great finds!

 

[dirtlooter]

great finds and then that badge is really cool, you know it had to mean a lot to the original owner

 

[Hendo0601]

Yep expert rifle qualification badge...very cool find indeed. I was unaware that you could get them in sterling. I bet it's a b*tch to keep it shiny! Can't have dull badges and buttons on your dress uniform!

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Silver dimes are fairly common finds. But that sterling silver medal is an exceptionally nice little treasure. Congrats on that one.

Hi beez , yeah I guess so silver of any sort is uncommon out here it seems but yeah medals should be a lots less common ! Thanks bro =)

great finds and then that badge is really cool, you know it had to mean a lot to the original owner

Hi dirtlooter thanks, yeah probably so! I know that my dad had rifle marksmanship like that and he was infantry and went to Germany during WWII and then after he did artillery train also. And if they had not dropped the Bomb then he would have been off to Japan in artillery division.

Yep expert rifle qualification badge...very cool find indeed. I was unaware that you could get them in sterling. I bet it's a b*tch to keep it shiny! Can't have dull badges and buttons on your dress uniform!

Yeah thanks ! It came out of the ground just as it was. All I did was soak it in some soapy water. Maybe they would put clear enamel on them to stop tarnish?

 

[rayrayvegas]

Congrats on a great find, found a silver one awhile back but yours is much more ornate. Nice dig.

 

[park pirate]

Nice one found me one to years ago..

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Wow! Now that is a nice find, you don't run across those every day! Congrats on your silver! Nicely done!

 

[DixieLandMan]

Yep expert rifle qualification badge...very cool find indeed. I was unaware that you could get them in sterling. I bet it's a b*tch to keep it shiny! Can't have dull badges and buttons on your dress uniform!

It was very hard to keep it shiny so most of us bought the Stay-Brite kind. Don't have to polish those.