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Identifying a Mysterious Metal Detector Find: Crescent Moon & Star Pin


Question

TRIANGLE PIN
HI,
FOUND THIS WITH A METAL DETECTOR TODAY.ANY CHANCE ON YOU IDENTIFYING THIS PIN FOR ME?
I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHAT IT REPRESENTS?
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU,
DAVE

Answer
Hi Dave and thank you for your inquiry. The crescent moon and star usually represents Islam - here is a site that might be of more interest to you. Just copy and paste it into your browser address field:

http://islam.about.com/od/history/a/crescent_moon.htm

Your pin could be a hat or lapel ornamentation.  Hope this helps !