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1850's house, eclectic group of relics including old Chinese wax seal stamp!

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Jaichim24

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So, brought the 5 year old to a fishing derby today, 5 hours of agony, not even a nibble between the two of us, and another 25 minutes listening to a raffle we didn't win. So, needless to say once the kiddo was at home and being entertained by someone other than myself, I headed back to this 1850's house I had hit near the end of last year. With the 5 feet of snow we had in Feb, there were some woods areas I wanted to get back to, and I'm glad I did. I have never found such an eclectic group of finds, just about everything I dug was pretty interesting.

The St Anthony religious medal is my first silver religious medal, these two are #4 and #5 found at this site. Not sure what the triangle one depicts, it has a little bit of the silver plate left on it.

Neat little token, seems pretty old, anyone have a guestimate?

I'm thrilled with the lead army man, I've always wanted to find one like this, intact with paint. I'm assuming it's WWII era.

Interestingly enough, the toy bullet, and the intact 56/50 Spencer cartridge are the 2nd examples of each I've found at this site.

Lastly, the most interesting find of the bunch, the wax seal stamp, that I believe stamps "LEE /006
 
Man, aLL way cool !
 
Very cool finds and a great mix of stuff. That lead soldier is in great shape with lots of paint. The Empire plate is cool too - I wonder if it came off an old wagon or other piece of farm equipment. My guess on the triangle shaped religious medal is that it may represent the Holy Trinity (Father, Son & Holy Ghost). The OK Vendor token is from a slot machine circa 1890s to 1940s. I would peg yours to be in the latter era, possibly 1920s. OK Vendor was the name of the machine that accepted this token. The Chinese dragon wax stamp is very very neat! The patina on it is great and looks to be really old. I have found two wax stamps - one was from Virginia at a 1750s era plantation and the other was from an 1850s Ohio house site. Neither one was as cool as yours though. I bet yours is from the 1800s. The only question I have is why it uses English letters instead of Chinese characters. Lee is a Chinese family name. This piece will take some research and that's half the fund of finding stuff. Good luck with your future digs at this site and thanks for sharing your neat finds.
 
I think those old home sites are just the best.... they produce some of the coolest and most unpredictable finds. I was digging at one the other day and was cleaning them when my wife walked in and said wow those really are interesting things. Keep digging there you have some real keepers.

Dew
 
Thanks for the info TokenDigger, I couldn't find anything on google for the OK vendor about the dates in which they produced the tokens. I did get a nice history lesson about "no cash value" etc.

As far as the wax seal, yeah, it would have been "easier" had it been chinese characters, but having Lee is unusual. I'm not sure where to go to find out more information. I do know it is a Chinese Foo Dog was seal.
 
[size=large]taking the orietal stuff with the triangle thing could mean you've stumbled onto a secret meeting place of the orietal branch of the illuminate. watch yourself. :rofl:

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very fun day of finds lot better then pull tabs lol
 
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