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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chip Kirkpatrick, post: 4566562, member: 101265&quot;]Ok, I will limit my contribution to just 3. All of these I found metal detecting in NE Florida / SE Georgia.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one I stumbled upon while digging a metallic target. It is a tiny bowl, carved out of bone.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second was a pocket watch. The hour marks are emeralds outlined with gold and the minute marks are dots of gold. Too bad they used a steel case with such a face.</p><p><br /></p><p>the third has won me a number of awards and was published in magazines in the US, UK and Scotland.</p><p><br /></p><p>originally I thought this was a can lid because it was so heavily coated in hard as a rock dried black mud. I was about to toss it into a recycle barrel when the mud broke and I saw the loop (bail) coming through. Curious I started to clean it with a toothbrush and when I got to bare metal I saw 1) it was tarnished (silver) 2) engraved and 3) had the Gaelic phrase I MAK SICKER.</p><p><br /></p><p>I MAK SICKER is MY family’s motto, awarded to Sir Roger Kirkpatrick in 1306 By Robert the Bruce after Kirkpatrick helped Bruce murder Red Comyn in the Greyfriars Church. The phrase means I Make Sure. Bruce had stabbed Comyn without killing him and fled the church. My ancestor said the phrase before entering the church and finishing the job. Our family crest features a hand holding aloft a bloody dagger with the motto following.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce was crowned 9 days later.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a second family motto on the opposite side. TOUCH AND I PEARCE (Pierce) was used during the Wallace Wars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of Wallace, the date August 23, 1299 and the initials WW refer to William Wallace. The date refers to his execution except the year is wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have shared photos and asked questions of many of the predominate historians, universities and museums that specialize in that time period of Scottish history. What I am relating here came from them.</p><p><br /></p><p>How did it end up where I found it? Probably due to James Ogilthorpe, the first leader of Georgia, bringing a number of Scots to the new colony to ward off the Spanish in Florida. There is a crease on it, possibly caused by a bladed weapon in combat and causing it to be lost. I found a 1718 Spanish Reale not far from where I found the medallion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>if you want more info there is a video of a presentation I gave on it on YouTube. Search CHIP KIRKPATRICK SHED. ( Scottish Heritage Education Day)[ATTACH=full]1130747[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130753[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130758[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130759[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130760[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130761[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130762[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130747[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1130753[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130758[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130759[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130760[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130761[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130762[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130763[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130747[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1130753[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130758[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1130759[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130760[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1130761[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1130762[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1130763[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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