Some Finds! Big Old Silver Bracelet !!

steelheadwill · Jun 15, 2011

Got back to one of my favorite sites for two short hunts.
It's a small rocky beach used a as a trash dump and swimmin hole since the 1600s.
never know what you'll find from Rev War buttons to Chuck E Cheese tokens.
Got my 2nd war nickel, no date or mintmark, but color and tone tell the tale

Dug a loud signal, said great! Nice copper bracelet :wink:

Got home & cleaned it a little, Silver!!! not the first time saltwater has made my silver look 'Rusty'.
really cool design on the inside of the blocks, each has embossed flowers though I'd guess it's a mens bracelet from 1920s, it's a heavy piece :hello2:

Nice complete copper pin, no idea if the design has any significance.
also got a turn of the century Kuang Hsu T'ung Pao machine struck Chinese.
I have found many of these crosshatched tubes, always assumed lipstick, now this one with freespinning wingnut, internal threads and fiber gasket has me thinking otherwise, anyone recognise this? :help:

Also got what I thought was the biggest safety pin ever, says it's a key holder.
Thanks for looking And Best digs to you all!! :thumbsup:

steelheadwill · Jun 16, 2011

CMDiamonddawg said:
Great bracelet and other finds Herbie , sure glad none were that goofy lookin' Chuckie rat token CMD dawg

Thanks Dawg,
Got one in my collection that looks 100 years old :laughing9:

HH

ModernMiner · Jun 16, 2011

Herbie,
Great assortment as usual. :icon_thumleft:

Congrats on that brooch and bracelet. Nice finds.
You forgot to mention the star of the show, Mr. Hemweight.

Looking forward to finding out what the tube w/wingnut is. :dontknow:

Congrats,
Doug
P.S. Curtis LOVED that piece you sent me. :thumbsup:

johnnyblaze · Jun 16, 2011

Nice finds man :headbang:

Was it a fresh or salt water beach

Blaze...

steelheadwill · Jun 16, 2011

Hi Doug,
Good to hear Curtis liked his namesake bottle cap!
Every hemweight sounds like a prize, I got a mini 3/4" one a few days back, this ones pretty big. thanks for your reply, and HH to you! :thumbsup:

Blaze,
All from the salt mud, I'm gonna wait til the end of the summer before I hit the town pond beach, I scored really good there last fall.
Gotta give it some time to get restocked :laughing7:

ANTIQUARIAN · Jun 16, 2011

Great finds there Herbie, sorry I missed your post yesterday! :-[

Did the silver bracelet come out any cleaner or was that the final result? :icon_scratch:

Looks to have some age to it? Stylistically the design looks more like the 1920's or '30s to me? :icon_scratch:

Love the three ringer too! :icon_thumright:

Dave

steelheadwill · Jun 17, 2011

Antiquarian said:
Great finds there Herbie, sorry I missed your post yesterday!

Did the silver bracelet come out any cleaner or was that the final result?
Looks to have some age to it? Stylistically the design looks more like the 1920's or '30s to me?

Love the three ringer too!

Dave

Hi Dave, no worries, sometimes I don't get to reply to my buds finds for a day or two either :icon_sunny:

I had guessed 1920s in the OP,
Personally, I would leave the Bracelet as is, but now that Laurie has taken a liking to it she will make it gleam.
It has one pin that needs to be peened over before wearing,
I think I can take care of that myself :wink:

Best digs to you, keep that gold and silver rollin in :thumbsup:

ANTIQUARIAN · Jun 17, 2011

steelheadwill said:
Antiquarian said:

Great finds there Herbie, sorry I missed your post yesterday!

Did the silver bracelet come out any cleaner or was that the final result?
Looks to have some age to it? Stylistically the design looks more like the 1920's or '30s to me?

Love the three ringer too!

Dave

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Hi Dave, no worries, sometimes I don't get to reply to my buds finds for a day or two either
I had guessed 1920s in the OP,
Personally, I would leave the Bracelet as is, but now that Laurie has taken a liking to it she will make it gleam.
It has one pin that needs to be peened over before wearing,
I think I can take care of that myself
Best digs to you, keep that gold and silver rollin in

Thanks for the words of support Herbie! Glad to hear that Laurie likes the bracelet and is going to wear it! :icon_thumright:

I think there's no better feeling then recovering something and having somebody appreciate it enough reuse it again!

I'm heading into North Toronto today; I want to hit the parks where all the "rich kids" play. Hopefully I'll have something decent to post tonight.

Have a great day buddy,
Dave

steelheadwill · Jun 17, 2011

thanks Dave,
you are on the Gold and silver train! best to you! Herbie

ANTIQUARIAN · Jun 17, 2011

steelheadwill said:
thanks Dave,
you are on the Gold and silver train! best to you! Herbie

Herbie, just a word of warning to you . . . but I think you already know this from experience. I just showed the ring I found yesterday to my wife and now she won't give it back! :'(

She says "there's no way you're going to sell this, I'm keeping it!" She then slipped it on here finger and disappeared into the bedroom! What do I do now? I wasn't prepared for this! But, I've certainly learned a valuable lesson . . . I'M NEVER GOING TO SHOW MY WIFE ANYTHING I FIND EVER AGAIN! :laughing7: