Found this Karelia button yesterday - has anyone seen this before? Any information is welcome. Thanks!
Karjalan vaakuna painiketta? (apologies for my Finnish)
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- 12 Huhti 2024, 13:09
- Keskustelualue: Päivän Löydöt / Todays Finds
- Aihe: Karelia button
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- 06 Kesä 2023, 14:34
- Keskustelualue: Luokitellut Löydöt & Kuvagalleria
- Aihe: Soljet
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Re: Soljet
There is at least two found from Finland and one in Estonia. Your find seems to have much more ornamental details. I made photo-montage from all of them for comparison. https://i.postimg.cc/sGFZ05d3/Ristisoljet.jpg That Pirkkala brooch is in Finna museum database. https://finna.fi/Record/museoviras...
- 05 Kesä 2023, 01:56
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Help please (to identify several finds)
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Help please (to identify several finds)
Please help me identify these finds from Laatokka Karelia: 1. https://i.imgur.com/LFADKP0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/U0OYM5L.jpg 2. https://i.imgur.com/Ly58kM3.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ioia5Z0.jpg 3. https://i.imgur.com/HNHYRNh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/frvSAZc.jpg https://i.imgur.com/fcpR1uf.jpg https://...
- 05 Kesä 2023, 01:22
- Keskustelualue: Luokitellut Löydöt & Kuvagalleria
- Aihe: Miekat & Miekan Osat
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- 05 Kesä 2023, 01:10
- Keskustelualue: Luokitellut Löydöt & Kuvagalleria
- Aihe: Soljet
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Re: Soljet
Found this brooch in the Laatokka area this spring. Has anyone seen anything like this? (Horseshoe brooch but with crucifix on top) I haven't seen anything similar. I would appreciate any info on this (i.e., date, place of origin, etc.) https://i.imgur.com/l8HPlKk.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0HlEgnL.jpg...
- 05 Elo 2019, 15:59
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Duck pendant
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Re: Duck pendant
I look picture for you, but I am quite sure that it is from Viking age! Look from there: https://aarremaanalla.com/foorumi/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=16444 Here is something similar https://i.postimg.cc/zyD03vFp/IMG-20190805-152725.jpg Thank you! I haven't yet seen a piece that would be close to iden...
- 05 Elo 2019, 12:40
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Duck pendant
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- 29 Touko 2019, 02:30
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Help identifying pocket watch
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Re: Help identifying pocket watch
Majority of european watches during that time period were Swiss made. And it looks a lot like the cover on mine. Swiss watches are also notorious for their lack of proper markings. There's only so much that can be said with certainty from just one piece, however. That's a beautiful watch, and the r...
- 28 Touko 2019, 17:26
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Help identifying pocket watch
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Re: Help identifying pocket watch
Thank you. Why Swiss?ThePiippailija kirjoitti: ↑28 Touko 2019, 12:18 Looks like the front or the back lid of an 19th c swiss pocket watch. Certainly silver and most likely .800 in fineness.
- 27 Touko 2019, 16:04
- Keskustelualue: Päivän Löydöt / Todays Finds
- Aihe: Breaking oval brooches
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- 27 Touko 2019, 05:03
- Keskustelualue: Luokitellut Löydöt & Kuvagalleria
- Aihe: Pullonkorkit
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- 27 Touko 2019, 04:43
- Keskustelualue: Päivän Löydöt / Todays Finds
- Aihe: Breaking oval brooches
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Breaking oval brooches
I've found two pieces of oval brooches (separate finds ~2 km apart) in the last 30 days, and it got me thinking: why were these broken? Oval Karelian brooches are quite hard to crack (I have one intact brooch, and it is very sturdy). It must take a strong blow to crack one, and a lot of effort to fl...
- 27 Touko 2019, 03:25
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Chain links?
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- 27 Touko 2019, 03:07
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Broken bracelet?
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Broken bracelet?
Found this piece of copper with a 3-dot ornament running on the sides. Iron Age jewelry and weapons were found near this find, so maybe this is a piece of a copper bracelet from the Iron Age? Have you seen anything similar? Thanks! https://i.imgur.com/pWB0Jas.png https://i.imgur.com/GheH4eh.png http...
- 27 Touko 2019, 02:46
- Keskustelualue: Päivän Löydöt / Todays Finds
- Aihe: Ehjä matkaikoni
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Re: Ehjä matkaikoni
Very cool find!
- 27 Touko 2019, 02:37
- Keskustelualue: Päivän Löydöt / Todays Finds
- Aihe: Loppukevään saalista
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- 25 Touko 2019, 03:54
- Keskustelualue: Luokitellut Löydöt & Kuvagalleria
- Aihe: Hevosriipukset
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- 25 Touko 2019, 03:51
- Keskustelualue: Luokitellut Löydöt & Kuvagalleria
- Aihe: Viikinkiaikaiset korut
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- 22 Touko 2019, 02:05
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Help identifying pocket watch
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Help identifying pocket watch
This looks like the lid of a pocket watch. Metal looks like silver, but I am not sure (how can I check?) The outer side shows some kind of ornament, perhaps a logo. Inner side has number 85234 engraved. https://i.imgur.com/6Ruqbdi.png https://i.imgur.com/yIKkolw.png Is there any way to identify what...
- 08 Touko 2019, 02:13
- Keskustelualue: Päivän Löydöt / Todays Finds
- Aihe: 2019 first day's find
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Re: 2019 first day's find
That thing is probably "female side" from some clothes clasp and not pendant. Many different examples: https://postimg.cc/wRDd6Zjd Used typically in jackets and vests etc. (1600-1880) http://kansallispuku.blogspot.com/2016/12/joulukalenteri-2016-luukku-16.html http://kansallispuku.blogspo...
- 08 Touko 2019, 02:07
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Shield-like object
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Re: Shield-like object
Cool find! Funny because i have always though that alloy is somekind of "modern" material, but obviously not. I have found one orthodox pendant made of silver and it's probably from late 1700s or early 1800s and then i have found one piece of bronze cross from 1400s https://postimg.cc/Rq0...
- 28 Huhti 2019, 04:22
- Keskustelualue: Päivän Löydöt / Todays Finds
- Aihe: 2019 first day's find
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Re: 2019 first day's find
That thing is probably "female side" from some clothes clasp and not pendant. Many different examples: https://postimg.cc/wRDd6Zjd Used typically in jackets and vests etc. (1600-1880) http://kansallispuku.blogspot.com/2016/12/joulukalenteri-2016-luukku-16.html http://kansallispuku.blogspo...
- 24 Huhti 2019, 13:59
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Shield-like object
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Re: Shield-like object
That's very cool! I have yet to find one like this, with round ends. I did find one that opens (used to store orthodox relics inside like the Saints' ligaments) - that was a very exciting discovery!
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You learn something new every day!
- 23 Huhti 2019, 23:59
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Shield-like object
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Re: Shield-like object
It sure is interesting part of something. I have found pewter buttons from here (western Finland) and i guess those are from 1500s or 1600s. Maybe people has used pewter many centurys, but it simply just breakes down after a long period of time. Even those buttons i have found, are usually in very ...
- 23 Huhti 2019, 10:46
- Keskustelualue: Mikä Tämä On? / What is it?
- Aihe: Shield-like object
- Vastaukset: 8
- Luettu: 3813
Re: Shield-like object
I dunno what is it, but somehow it looks kinda old and for me the material looks more like a pewter. What was the id number your detector gave? I have seen the deus gives pretty high numbers to alloy, but pewter goes around low 40 to low 60 range. Alloy goes usually high 80 to mid 90 (where the cop...