can anyone tell me if this is a military pin or badge of some kind?

It looks like a brooch of some kind. It appears to be a laurel wreath crossed by an arrow, so I can see why you would get a feeling that was military in origin. I really can't say for sure what it is. If it is a piece of a military uniform, it would probably be a unit insignia. But it might just be a piece of jewelry. I couldn't find any sources to verify it. Try a civil war historian.

5 1/2 ft? thats about grave depth. You keep digging there, you just might find the owner.

According to my Dad, the arrow is a scout insignia. I still have no way of knowing for certain what your pin is. But it is another detail to add.

I seen many awards since I'm a ROTC award officer at my school. I never seen something like that before.

But the closet that award can be is a pin of a neck piece. Could be the army.

Hmmm. I'm gonna say no. I would take it to a musuem or historian before I take the word of anybody from Yahoo Answers.

No. Not from recent United States history, anyways.

Don't try to clean it anymore

You could actually damage it.

Take it to a local museum and ask.

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It is definitely not.

no idont think so