Trying to finish 2017 Strong......

[Chizzy]

Nighttime temps below freezing.......daytime temps high 30s.......wind makes it feel much colder.........
Still, working my last 2 permissions..........to the bitter cold end............

Looks like silver, feels like silver, heavy like silver, looks to be crafted, no markings...........what the heck is it?



Keep swingin' your coils my friends.
Thanks for lookin' in.................

 

[JackalopeZL1]

No idea what it is but looks interesting. Any history on the sight you found it?

 

[Chizzy]

No idea what it is but looks interesting. Any history on the sight you found it?

Not really, Jackalope...........the property is in what was the "well to do" old German settlement. The coin, medallion was down 7" along the entry sidewalk to the front of the home. I've tried coins and medallions with llamas, Mayan, Andes, Peru, South America, Central America as descriptors on a popular search engine and found nothing......??

 

[JackalopeZL1]

It looks Mongolian/Asian/ maybe??

 

[Ogre1190]

I was gonna say Peruvian or thereabouts. Definitely looks like a llama on the reverse. Nice find. 🙌

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[against the wind]

Cool medallion.
Where are you in North Central Pennsylvania?

 

[Evolution]

Not really, Jackalope...........the property is in what was the "well to do" old German settlement. The coin, medallion was down 7" along the entry sidewalk to the front of the home. I've tried coins and medallions with llamas, Mayan, Andes, Peru, South America, Central America as descriptors on a popular search engine and found nothing......??

Maybe it's German silver. Just throwing that out there on account of where you found it. I agree that the design on it doesn't really point in that direction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver

With a composition like that I would assume it probably wouldn't come out of the ground looking like that though.

 

[Gene Mean]

I'm searching Alpaca silver. Haven't found anything yet.

 

[Chizzy]

It looks Mongolian/Asian/ maybe??

That was my wife's opinion........

 

[Chizzy]

Cool medallion.
Where are you in North Central Pennsylvania?

Williamsport............home of Little League........and the newly instituted MLB game saluting LLers.

 

[Chizzy]

Maybe it's German silver. Just throwing that out there on account of where you found it. I agree that the design on it doesn't really point in that direction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver

With a composition like that I would assume it probably wouldn't come out of the ground looking like that though.

Thanx, Evolution.......it appears that the eyelet was attached when viewed from the top.

 

[highnam]

How cool would it be if that was at least 100 y/o medallion...lots of new examples online, but nothing matching yours...could Be a good sign. The design doesn't strike me as intricate, but not crude either...interesting

 

[Chizzy]

How cool would it be if that was at least 100 y/o medallion...lots of new examples online, but nothing matching yours...could Be a good sign. The design doesn't strike me as intricate, but not crude either...interesting

I showed it to the home owner. He is 2nd generation of the same family of ownership and he did not recognize it..........

 

[Gene Mean]

I'm searching Alpaca silver. Haven't found anything yet.

There is something called German alpaca silver. Maybe that will lead you in the right direction.

 

[Evolution]

Maybe it's German silver. Just throwing that out there on account of where you found it. I agree that the design on it doesn't really point in that direction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_silver

With a composition like that I would assume it probably wouldn't come out of the ground looking like that though.

This is what a ground found piece of German Silver would look like. My buddy Tony found this a few years ago. It's actually stamped German Silver on the back. Yours looks a little too shiny to be the same. It's the monogrammed brooch thingy in the center.

 

[Tpmetal]

i would look up mexican silver stuff too, feel like ive seen that style face from somewhere around south america for some reason

 

[P.ALLEN]

the earrings on the guy are a big indicator, also the llama, that's a given, but the ear lobes ornamentation is a big deal, Lots of Amazonian tribes do the earlobe stuff the Huaorami of the Amazon Basin is one, Central American tribes as well had lots of piercings and ornamentation, Aztec and Maya are the big ones. it was just a big deal amongst world cultures and still is. I think it was a souvenir that someone got in the Andes, probably is silver, Silver mining is still a staple of life down there (Spaniards kinda forced that on them).

 

[jeff of pa]

Nice Key Fob

My first thought was aztec

 

[Carolina Tom]

The headdress is the jaguar, I believe. Inca souvenir, perhaps.

It looks like a tourist piece to me.

Killer find! Congrats brother!

 

[jeff of pa]

Nice Key Fob

My first thought was Aztec