What I thought was junk turns out to be an interesting find

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

A horrible weekend of detecting with no old coins to show for about 5 hours of detecting. Was empting the clad out of my pouch for cleaning this afternoon when I came across a chunk of junk I dug yesterday while out with Park Pirate. Looked kind of interesting so I took it over to the sink for a cleaning. After rinsing with a tooth brush I noticed it was a little brass container. Grabbed a pair of pliers and gently took it apart. Inside was a small religious object and underneath, I could see some paper folded up. Gently removed the paper and the photo shows what it was. A neat find that I came close to throwing in the garbage !!!I've found several smaller Saints in little brass containers over the years but never dug one this big with prayers inside.

 

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[geo4472]

nice find

 

[PaDirtDigger]

Wow... That paper is in remarkable shape. Cant imagine it being very old...? Very interesting!!

 

[always diggin]

Congratulations! Nice find..

 

[park pirate]

Awesome find for sure Ed I'm glad you posted it, that paper prayer is in such outstanding condition, WTG my friend...

 

[trapperart]

Cool find congrats

 

[DeepseekerADS]

That is a really neat find! The condition of the prayer, you should restore the case for display - part of your forever treasure trove.

 

[46Wheat]

Thats really cool

 

[JeffInMass]

Very nice surprise find my friend- I love finding religious items of any kind.

-- Jeff --

 

[kingskid1611]

Neat!

 

[Evolution]

Very interesting artifact Ed. Glad you noticed it as you were cleaning out your pouch. Congrats!

 

[TRanegar36]

Very nice... I'll be double checking my junk from this day on.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Old Dude]

That is one cool piece

 

[Loco-Digger]

You'll never see another. Maybe something a nun would have?

 

[Devin Simpson]

Awesome find...

 

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