Featured Finds Thread

Think you'll find the one peso note is Philippine currency issued by Japan during World War II.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_government-issued_Philippine_peso

Debora

 

Wow..that is so interesting !!! Thanks !

 

Very nice everyone.
I also have found that sales and thrifts individually price things like bookends.

 

And cups and saucers, salt and peppers!

 

And individual tiny jello molds too. Simply crazy.

 

Little (1 3/8") pounamu/greenstone double twist pendant for 4 bucks - was on a cheap chain that I tossed.

 

That chunk of dyed rock is pretty; I have rings made out of that stone too.

Sometimes they get a broken set, or the set comes in two separate boxes and they don't know they have the whole thing. Other times they're marked by some idjut who doesn't know any better.

Speaking of not knowing better, I should know better than to leave stuff laying around. Look what else I forgot I had - two pair of costume earrings that look like @Bronwen bait. The clear set is Warner and the ones with the real cameos in the rhinestones are Hobe. The necklace was in with them - I made it out of car charms. That's headed to a friend's wife eventually; he's a car nut.

 

@aaroncab

Hard to tell what type of stone was used.

 

In this case, I like the cars better than the cameos. Nice work.

 

@Hollyblue - I call it Random Dyed Rock. It doesn't work as a search term, but at least it's accurate.

The cars make use of an old piece of Coro chain. Just as well I'm not trying to sell it.(LOL)

 

Pounamu refers to several types of hard, durable and highly valued nephrite jade, bowenite, or serpentinite stone found in southern New Zealand. Pounamu is the Māori name. These rocks are also generically known as "greenstone" in New Zealand English.

There are two systems for classifying pounamu. Geologically, the rock falls into the three categories named above, but Māori classify pounamu by appearance.[2] The main classifications are kawakawa, kahurangi, īnanga, and tangiwai. The first three are nephrite jade, while tangiwai is a form of bowenite.[3]



Just sayin................

 

There is nothing pointing to the stone or the carving is from New Zealand,it could be whatever stone from China.

 

Yes, upon closer inspection it doesn't appear to be any of the actual New Zealand greenstone types, maybe it's dyed quartz/aventurine type stone. Grabbed it at a thrift right before they closed thinking it had a chance of being actual greenstone, but alas it appears not to be.

 

Two mammoth ivory Maori Hei Matau.

 

& that's why I pointed out what a real Pounamu should be.....

 

they did that for malaya too? i never knew that

 

Thanks Davey..! I really don't care about value...but love finding out about them. My aunt kept them for so many years..just because her uncle sent them to her..kind of touching..

 

Too bad they were worth their weight in wallpaper.