Religous Medals

[Wayne from Maine]

Somewhere on the Forum someone said they would like to find a religious medal. I'm not sure if he was joking or not but it made me chuckle. R.M.'s early in my water hunting were only slightly better the a mem. Most of my early hunting was done in an area where there was a heavy Franc-American migration(nothing to do with spaghetti) from Canada, mostly catholics thus the many religious medals. They came in many shape and sizes, alot made of sterling some not.

1. This is 1/2 of my collection that's not silver!
2. A couple of Rosaries The one with the red beads was found in the water.
3. A few crosses the one on the left is bronze which is unusual.

 

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[Wayne from Maine]

4. Assorted shapes, Saints. A lot of St. Christophers, the patron saint of travelers, apparently there wasn't a patron saint of lost religious medals. The one at the top is old, back is in French.
5. So not to be bias, I found several Mezuzah'sfound at a summer camp that catered to rich Jewish kids..and a Universalist Star (probably before they joined with the Unitarians). And last but not least, my favorite gold and silver found behind home plate at Bates College.

 

[omnicognic]

reminds me of the scene in "The Mummy" when Benny starts pulling out all the religious medals when he sees the mummy! My favorite is the bottom right of the first post, the one that looks homemade! Great post, wonderful finds! HH omnicognic 8)

 

[Wayne from Maine]

Didn't tell the story about that cross. I was neck deep and I missed my pocket and spent a hour re-findin it.

 

[omnicognic]

I knew there was something special about it!

 

[Wayne from Maine]

The darn is thin and light, it sort of floated 6-8 feet away from where I was looking. I not sure of it's make I think it's maybe Greek or Russian Orthodox as we have a small community of both.

 

[downindixie]

This is a Catholic War Veterans Wrd circa WW11.

 

[JARMAN]

WOW Wayne,Tho's are nice,thought I had a few but darn you have a load.Thanks for the share,HH

 

[eddie72876]

That is a BEAUTIFUL collection you have. WTG!!

 

[lonewolfe]

WoW!

Love it! Good stuff!

HH

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