Neat find!

[Bob M.]

I took the XL Pro for a walk in the park a few days ago and found this neat medallion. It rang up with a vdi of 85 and was found at about 4" with the stock coil. It was not tarnished a bit and it's fairly heavy. Also Found a fair amount of clad. I sure need to do some local research and get out of the parks and all the junk. I sure am having fun with the XL Pro, lot's to learn! Bob.

 

[Bob M.]

Forgot to upload the photo, here it is.

 

[crazyman]

Those words together are familiar.

 

[dward51]

Looks to be the "serenity prayer" which is associated with many 12 step programs.

God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

Did a little google research and the original version is a little longer and was first attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr in 1939. However he claimed he did not originally pen this and actually credits Friedrich Oetinger (1702 - 1782), an 18th century theologian, for writing it.

Oetinger's version is:

"God give me the detachment to accept those things I cannot alter;
the courage to alter those things I can alter;
and the wisdom to distinguish the one thing from the other."

But, Oetinger's version is reportedly based on "The first form of the prayer,", originated with Boethius, the Roman philosopher (480-524 A.D.), and author of the book, Consolations of Philosophy.

Errr.... Ok, none of this drivil helps to date your piece, but that's what I suspect it is. A icon of the prayer. I suspect since it uses the key words from the modern version it is a fairly modern piece (post 1939 at least).

 

[Bob M.]

The park I found it in is not that old, so it has not been in the ground too long. I can only speculate on how old it is. I do believe that silver is the main alloying element. Thanks, Bob