What the heck were those ???

I take it this is it

http://www.antiques-internet.com/colorado/losteraantiques/dynapage/IP2428.htm

It's called a gorget.

Here's some cool gorget related info.  Wikipedia rules.  I did not know myself what this thing was all about until your question prompted me to look into it.  Ya learn something new every day I tells ya!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorget

thehannaman wrote:

Here's some cool gorget related info.  Wikipedia rules.  I did not know myself what this thing was all about until your question prompted me to look into it.  Ya learn something new every day I tells ya!

I don't agree with that, anyone can put anything on Wikepedia, people could just be making stuff up or guessing from the tiny bit of research they may have done

Will

You have a point, but someone would have to keep coming back here telling people the wrong thing, and someone else would then tell you the right thing. Its pretty unlikley every single person here is a artist.

Will

Bgrigg wrote:

Wikipedia is a great resource, as long as it gets policed properly. There have been cases in the past where obvious disinformation was planted. I see no reason to believe that the article is incorrect.

I agree.  It's kind of an intellectual "buyer beware."  This is why there are sources cited.   Wikipedia does a pretty good job of keeping things straight considering the magnitude of info there.  Also, they post when citation is needed or if there is suspected inaccuracies.  Not bad for a free service.

SNOOPY wrote:

BGRIGG and Thehannaman2:  Play nice children:)

Thehannaman2 wrote:

But every single person on Wikipedia is?

No, but his is a specialised forum, where people I feel are less likely to post rubbish than in an area where there is much higher traffic (Wikepedia)

Will

Yer, I never use a single source anyway, I usualy go to the library first, then search the net, then anything else.

Will

Will7813 wrote:

Yer, I never use a single source anyway, I usualy go to the library first, then search the net, then anything else. Will

MortarMagnet wrote:

Will7813 wrote: Yer, I never use a single source anyway, I usualy go to the library first, then search the net, then anything else. Will What's a library???

Thehannaman2 wrote:

But every single person on Wikipedia is?

Well not all of them :) Even my 13 year old tells me what a joke that place is. Wikipedia where all you have to have is someone agree with you to make it true Hehehehe.

But really it may not all be wroung but enough of it is to give it a bad name. There are better places to get info on the net then Wikipedia, and really its true I read it on Wikipedia :)

 I know they have changed there rules about posting on there site so its harder to post non true info

Peace

Well, whatever....

They are gorgets, Rudedog.  Sorry that your thread got hijacked with all this "reliable sources" nonsense.  I hope you were able to get something out of all this beside the idea that everyone's a professional fact-checker these days and deeply entrenched in acadamia.

You know what I was thinking about this thread the other day wondering if I could find it and here it is.  I was wondering because I found out the South Carolina State Flag has a gorget on it.  I always wondered why we had an Islamic symbol on it then found out it represented a piece of armor and lo and behold it's a gorget.  Well here is you another piece of useless triva.

Grizz