return to an old hunt with ATPro

[port ewen ace]

hit this hard with the Ace250. small parcel gave up a '64 2 Cent last year. this hunt I bagged 10 copper Lincolns, a whatzit, brass contacts on soft lead base metal, NO EYE DEER what it is. the damaged brass crucifix marked INRI at top, and "I am a Catholic in case of an accident notify a priest" on the reverse.

 

[relic nut]

Nice hunt. Is top pic a reed from a musical instrument? Like a harmonica?

 

[Erik in NJ]

Your whatsit is a harmonica reed

 

[Loco-Digger]

At least you got out and covered more ground. Almost all of the older homesites (late 1800s) always give up a harmonica reed or 2. The Cross is cool. All crosses are marked INRI (Jesus Nazarenus Rex Judaeorum) which translates to "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."

 

[port ewen ace]

thanks, Eric and Loco. if that is a harmonica reed--at 8 inches long it would fit nicely in Barry Hussain Usama's mouth. Loco, love the persuader y'all holdin', should have gotten out my Latin dictionary, now I know what INRI means

 

[fmerg]

that is a 10-hole diatonic harmonica reed
cool find
if i was with ya i could have told you

 

[Old Dude]

As the loco one ( ) said, harmonica reeds are always welcomed.