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Strange medallion found in Antigua, West Indies

by Alan Scholl

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November 13, 2007

About three years ago, while hiking in some recently excavated (for construction) land, I came across a very strange medallion/button.

The coordinates where I found it are 17d 5' 43" N and 61d 53'41" W.

Ever since then I have been doing research off and on with not much luck. While reading Adrian Gilbert's book, there was mention of Dr. Barry Fell which brought me to your website and The Equinox Project.

It seems to be a map of the area in which I found. It also seems to have been possibly unearthed from about 4-5 feet of soil. The location that I found it in also had some remnants of a fire about four feet deep in the carved out hill as if some settlers from a long ago past had a fire there.

The following links take you to pictures of the aforementioned medallion:
http://www.candw.ag/~scholla/hiero/egyptian-markings-coin-02.jpg

Size compared to a US quarter:
http://www.candw.ag/~scholla/hiero/egyptian-markings-coin.jpg

If there is any way of determining some indication of what it could be, I would be eternally grateful, particularly with respect to the hieroglyphics.

"Please feel free to post the picture and/or pass it on to anyone who may help to solve the mystery. The area in which it was found has a unique "ring" to it. It is difficult to explain but I always feel different when hiking and swimming in that area. As if there is something special that we have not yet discovered.

For example, in 1951 a Dutch geologist did a survey of Antigua to ascertain whether or not there was any mineral value (gold, silver, copper etc). In his report he did mention a Malachite vein in the same area. I "rediscovered" the vein and mentioned it to our leading local archaeologist Dr. Reg Murphy, who had also found on a site here a jade axe head whose
origin is believed to be Guatemala based on the minerals in the jade.

His interest peaked because he had found many green stone beads in various digs in and around Antigua. So we did a visit to the vein and also came across some Arawak Indian pottery on the cliff above the vein. The vein was identical to the beads so they had been
mining it for their beads as well.

I can do a more detailed picture with measurement references and put it up on the same site. I will email you the link when I am done.

If anyone would like to speak to me about the find, my email is scholla@candw.ag.

Alan B Scholl
www.digitalphoto.ag

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