hercule???help
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Thats nice and a bit different.
The fastenings don't have much length and don't look to have the strength to be hammered into say wood, yet to sharp for cloth.
Hercule is Hercules and we can clearly see his famous club. Got to be European or produced by an immigrant perhaps to show the strength of the article it was attached to as an early bit of positive advertising.
Lets hope someone can come in with real facts.
The fastenings don't have much length and don't look to have the strength to be hammered into say wood, yet to sharp for cloth.
Hercule is Hercules and we can clearly see his famous club. Got to be European or produced by an immigrant perhaps to show the strength of the article it was attached to as an early bit of positive advertising.
Lets hope someone can come in with real facts.
mxtswinger
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Fascinating. You've got me. I'll sleep on it. 
StickyWickit
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I dont mean to dig up old topics, but about a year ago I found this coin type object as well. I found it in a park thats about 2min walking distance from my house, but mine has an 8 chains looped together hooked onto it by a hole at the top. Its like someone drilled a hole at the top of the coin thing, then looped some chains through it. I cant see it being a neclace since the chains are of decent size, rouphly each chain is a little smaller than a dime each and my Hercule clin thing is the exact type found by Mcinst
simonthesearcher
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Well its a mount of some kind,how old it is i wouldnt know.Whats it made of?
StickyWickit
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What do you mean by a "mount"? Also, I found the same symbol on a button on ebay as the one I have dug.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brass-Hercule-H...6QQihZ010QQcategoryZ41195QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
As for the material, id say its either bronze or maillechort, going by what it looks like now and how it aged.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Brass-Hercule-H...6QQihZ010QQcategoryZ41195QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
As for the material, id say its either bronze or maillechort, going by what it looks like now and how it aged.
simonthesearcher
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Sticky,a mount is what it says it is.It would be something decorative mounted on,say on a leather harness,which is what i think yours is.The two points you can see would have gone through the leather and bent over the otherside so it wouldnt come off,maybe the leather has rotted away and thats all which would be left over.Mounts have been used for hundreds of years and still are today,here,s another example of one,this one is from the 1700,s.As i said,a mount could be on anything really,clothing,a belt or a bucket,whatever they wanted to put it on.The badge on your car which shows the make or model is a mount.
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StickyWickit
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You mean those 2 points in the top left picture, the 2 long triangular things? Thats the only thing (besides the chain) that differs between ours. Mine has no fastenings, only a hole drilled at the top (very small) with a chain attached.
