What is this?

[SilverDreams]

I just got in from detecting at my grandma's and found this thing near the garden. It appears to be a flattened piece of copper with "1571" on one side and a big "V" on the other. It was about 2 inches deep and my uncle said it could have just been something my dad or he made when they were kids, but he's not sure. I don't know what the significance of the "1571" or "V" could be. Any ideas on this one?

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

Did your Uncle say why they would have made it or that they normally made things like this ? Because it certainly looks homemade. Nice find tho....sentimental value if your dad did make it.

 

[PBK]

...it certainly looks homemade. Nice find tho....sentimental value if your dad did make it.

Actually, the marks look as if they were made with the bit of a screwdriver: — — —. When I was a kid, we used to do the same thing on pieces of lead or tin, repeatedly whacking a screwdriver with a hammer to form letters or designs.

 

[SilverDreams]

My uncle didn't say why they would have done this, but he did suggest the lettering looked like it was done with a screwdriver. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Michelle]

were there any locksmiths in the family?

 

[SilverDreams]

Not that I know of, why?

 

[Michelle]

for some reason 1571 v keeps showing up under locks, was he catholic............Pius V persistently and successfully attempted to form a general league against the Turks, as the result of which the Battle of Lepanto (October 7, 1571) ...

 

[gldhntr]

maybe they played kings and peons instead of cowboys and indians

 

[Michelle]

HAHA A anyway, Im thinking too that this is just something he was pounding on just playing around with his kid, who knows....It could be just a sentimental piece of copper an old penny pounded to bits,only he knows the meaning

 

[SilverDreams]

You guys are probably right, but I like your Catholic theory. My great-grandparents were Catholics and came to the U.S. around 1902.

 

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