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Seaham beach is perfect for seaglass.
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I'm assuming the ones in the illustration are buttons as I think have some like the red and orange ones in the bottom of the picture in my button box. some of the others look familiar as well
(I can't make a thorough check as my button tin is in the shed and I'm not going out this time of night lol.)
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Try Rowntrees Vegan Friendly fruit pastils. I'm not a 'sweets' person but those are the dogs wotsits. Full of bad stuff but oh so tasty. An occasional treat.I wish those were sweets.
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Celtic coin causes shakes.
A rare Celtic gold coin found by detectorists and one of just seven known examples is going up for auction.
Discovered close to Royal Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, the coin is smaller than a five pence piece. Weighing only 1.22g ( 0.04oz ) experts believe it was minted in the Savernake Forest and may not have travelled more than ten miles since then. More than 2,000 years old, it may be worth between £2,000 and £2,500 and has already had interest from collectors.
The coin was found by Jamie White, who was introduced to metal detecting by his dad. He is part of a group, but was detecting alone last year in a field when he uncovered the coin.
"There was a great signal," he said. "As I flipped the mud I saw a little bit of gold staring back at me and I had to take a seat. My heart had started racing - it was either going to be gold or a Christmas chocolate gold coin. It's tiny - I dropped it about three times after picking it up because I was shaking so much."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-68222411
A rare Celtic gold coin found by detectorists and one of just seven known examples is going up for auction.
Discovered close to Royal Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, the coin is smaller than a five pence piece. Weighing only 1.22g ( 0.04oz ) experts believe it was minted in the Savernake Forest and may not have travelled more than ten miles since then. More than 2,000 years old, it may be worth between £2,000 and £2,500 and has already had interest from collectors.
The coin was found by Jamie White, who was introduced to metal detecting by his dad. He is part of a group, but was detecting alone last year in a field when he uncovered the coin.
"There was a great signal," he said. "As I flipped the mud I saw a little bit of gold staring back at me and I had to take a seat. My heart had started racing - it was either going to be gold or a Christmas chocolate gold coin. It's tiny - I dropped it about three times after picking it up because I was shaking so much."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-68222411
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'One side of the coin depicts a Celtic-style horse and a six-spoked chariot wheel, or "sun-wheel", which might represent changes in the seasons.'
I'd long wondered what the horses & wheels (so common on Celtic coins) signified.
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A bestiary design strap-end.
The chunky gilded-silver strap-end is engraved with a bird creature with a human head, wearing a hood or helmet
A late medieval gilded silver strap-end, engraved with an unusual bird design with a human head, is a "rare find", according to an historian.
A metal detectorist unearthed the object in September, in a field at Roudham, near Thetford, Norfolk.
The design may have come from medieval bestiaries, which were "the origin for JK Rowling's book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", said Helen Geake.
It was declared treasure by a coroner and a museum wished to acquire it.
While Dr Geake believed the engraving was probably based on a mythical creature, it could have been based on a species its creator had heard about, but had never seen. Such animals were found in bestiaries, which were illustrated books offering the most popular sources of information about animals, real or imaginary, during the Middle Ages. Each illustration would have been accompanied by a short description, as well as by a moralising text.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-68294105
'Rare' medieval silver strap-end found in Roudham by detectorist
The chunky gilded-silver strap-end is engraved with a bird creature with a human head, wearing a hood or helmet
A late medieval gilded silver strap-end, engraved with an unusual bird design with a human head, is a "rare find", according to an historian.
A metal detectorist unearthed the object in September, in a field at Roudham, near Thetford, Norfolk.
The design may have come from medieval bestiaries, which were "the origin for JK Rowling's book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", said Helen Geake.
It was declared treasure by a coroner and a museum wished to acquire it.
While Dr Geake believed the engraving was probably based on a mythical creature, it could have been based on a species its creator had heard about, but had never seen. Such animals were found in bestiaries, which were illustrated books offering the most popular sources of information about animals, real or imaginary, during the Middle Ages. Each illustration would have been accompanied by a short description, as well as by a moralising text.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-68294105
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Saw this on Facebook -
At first glance it looked like dog muck. I sent it to Escette with a comment that she should show her Mister so that next time they are out detectoring, if he finds any dog muck he might try it on just to be sure.
Made myself laugh a LOT at work with this.
Oh, please yourselves.
At first glance it looked like dog muck. I sent it to Escette with a comment that she should show her Mister so that next time they are out detectoring, if he finds any dog muck he might try it on just to be sure.
Made myself laugh a LOT at work with this.
Oh, please yourselves.
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I was on a Roman field on Sunday and everyone was getting lovely finds - except me. I don't know why - ah well, at least I had a lovely 7 hour walk in wellies. Headed back to the car in the gathering dusk and was debating whether to dig a 20th shottie signal when I saw the coin lying on the surface. Goddess Providentia (rod, globe, cornucopia) which is a common reverse for Victorinus (~270 AD). Not complete but welcomed (thanks Mum).
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Saw this on Facebook -
At first glance it looked like dog muck. I sent it to Escette with a comment that she should show her Mister so that next time they are out detectoring, if he finds any dog muck he might try it on just to be sure.
Made myself laugh a LOT at work with this.
Oh, please yourselves.
“If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled; for you know you cannot fight - the darkness of the music of the night.”
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4,000-year-old copper dagger unearthed by metal detectorist in Poland
A metal detectorist has discovered a 4,000-year-old copper dagger, likely from an elite warrior, in a forest near the village of Korzenica in southeast Poland.
"The Korzenica dagger is so far the oldest metal dagger discovered [in] south-eastern Poland," said Marcin Burghardt, an archaeologist at the Orsetti Tenement House Museum in Poland who analyzed the dagger. "The only similar dagger in Poland was uncovered in the [1960s] so the new find comes as a great surprise," Burghardt [said].
A team went to examine the spot where the metal detectorist discovered the dagger but found no other artifacts.
Archaeologists were able to date the dagger by comparing it to similar daggers found in Central Europe and the Ukrainian forest steppe that have been securely dated. Based on the comparisons, "it seems safe to say that the Korzenica dagger was used somewhere in the [second] half of the 3rd millennium BC.”
https://www.livescience.com/archaeo...gger-unearthed-by-metal-detectorist-in-poland
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A metal detectorist has discovered a 4,000-year-old copper dagger, likely from an elite warrior, in a forest near the village of Korzenica in southeast Poland.
"The Korzenica dagger is so far the oldest metal dagger discovered [in] south-eastern Poland," said Marcin Burghardt, an archaeologist at the Orsetti Tenement House Museum in Poland who analyzed the dagger. "The only similar dagger in Poland was uncovered in the [1960s] so the new find comes as a great surprise," Burghardt [said].
A team went to examine the spot where the metal detectorist discovered the dagger but found no other artifacts.
Archaeologists were able to date the dagger by comparing it to similar daggers found in Central Europe and the Ukrainian forest steppe that have been securely dated. Based on the comparisons, "it seems safe to say that the Korzenica dagger was used somewhere in the [second] half of the 3rd millennium BC.”
https://www.livescience.com/archaeo...gger-unearthed-by-metal-detectorist-in-poland
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England’s largest gold nugget found in Shropshire with faulty metal detector
Richard Brock arrived late at detectorists’ outing, but within 20 minutes had found Hiro’s Nugget, likely to be worth over £30,000
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ound-in-shropshire-with-faulty-metal-detector
Richard Brock arrived late at detectorists’ outing, but within 20 minutes had found Hiro’s Nugget, likely to be worth over £30,000
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ound-in-shropshire-with-faulty-metal-detector
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Found a bit of Victorian tut in the mud, pressed copper-alloy adornment of some sort. It's incomplete but you can join up the outer loops if interested in embroidery pattern ideas or making your own jewellery.
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Another little Roman coin from last week - a 'common' Camp Gate (get you) from Constantine the Great (~325 AD) that came up well with a little rubbing on the Knee of Destiny. Also another crotal bell (late 18th C) and my first sleigh bell, battered but both are ringers.
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Are the coins lead or silver?
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Small change is generically called Roman bronzes ie no silver, but looks shiny given how long it has been in the ground for.
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400-year-old battle gear discovered by metal detectorist in Poland: 'Unique find'
A metal detectorist recently discovered 400-year-old military artifactswhile roaming around a field last month.
Patryk Chmielewski, who posts videos under the username Profesor Detektorysta, recorded himself walking through a dirt field in Mikułowice, Poland, in March. When his metal detector suddenly started pinging, he set up his camera and began digging in the soil.
Soon enough, Chmielewski uncovered several pieces of metal that were buried 60 centimeters deep. Around a week later, officials from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced the discovery.
Archaeologists believe that the armor belonged to the Polish hussars, a cavalry unit in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the early 16th century to the early 18th century.
https://apple.news/ARG7oWPGOR5OzMSPQgRtg8A
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A metal detectorist recently discovered 400-year-old military artifactswhile roaming around a field last month.
Patryk Chmielewski, who posts videos under the username Profesor Detektorysta, recorded himself walking through a dirt field in Mikułowice, Poland, in March. When his metal detector suddenly started pinging, he set up his camera and began digging in the soil.
Soon enough, Chmielewski uncovered several pieces of metal that were buried 60 centimeters deep. Around a week later, officials from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced the discovery.
Archaeologists believe that the armor belonged to the Polish hussars, a cavalry unit in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the early 16th century to the early 18th century.
https://apple.news/ARG7oWPGOR5OzMSPQgRtg8A
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Gold and old silver go down great on Youtube clips but these are not common finds for the typical detectorist and it is usually bits that barely escape the scrap-pouch that saves the day. Anyway, three finds (not Youtube worthy) from last week.
The first are shotgun cartridges (shotties), the bane of a modern detectorist as they give a good signal (brass cap) so you have to dig them just in case they're something else. But the two shown are pinfire cartridges, invented by Monsieur Lefaucheux in 1832 whereby the gun hammer hits the pin on the side of the cap (as pic). This marked the rapid transition from muzzle loading guns (ammo loaded from front of barrel) to the quicker and safer breech loaders (ammo loaded at rear of barrel). The English sportsmen resolutely ignored pinfire guns at first for the obvious reasons that they were (i) not traditional and (ii) invented by a Frenchman. However after the Great Exhibition of 1851 the pinfires gained popularity until the late 1860s. After that pin-less centre fire cartridges took over as these were less likely to go off in your pouch or pocket whilst juggling small change.
Second item is a lead bag seal, a mainstay find indicating the contents of a sack (not GUANO for a change) and is specifically a folded four disc alnage seal. I had to look up alnage, the duty applied to a bundle of woollen cloth after inspection of quality and quantity by a Crown appointed alnager. If only there was some-one on the Forum who knows about the medieval woollen trade. One disc shows Britannia holding an olive branch with a 3 (threepence duty) and the opposite disc probably has the Monarch's monogram (GR). On the back is the head of George I (1714-24) and opposite him would usually be a number indicating ells of cloth in the bundle the alnage was applied to. Pleasing find.
Third is a copper alloy coin - this really threw me when I saw the Prince of Wales feathers and The Garter logo (Honi soit qui mal y pense) on one muddy side and Victoria Queen of Great Brit (sic) on the opposite. This is a gaming token or 'play money', the Victorians being demons for a round of Whist.
The first are shotgun cartridges (shotties), the bane of a modern detectorist as they give a good signal (brass cap) so you have to dig them just in case they're something else. But the two shown are pinfire cartridges, invented by Monsieur Lefaucheux in 1832 whereby the gun hammer hits the pin on the side of the cap (as pic). This marked the rapid transition from muzzle loading guns (ammo loaded from front of barrel) to the quicker and safer breech loaders (ammo loaded at rear of barrel). The English sportsmen resolutely ignored pinfire guns at first for the obvious reasons that they were (i) not traditional and (ii) invented by a Frenchman. However after the Great Exhibition of 1851 the pinfires gained popularity until the late 1860s. After that pin-less centre fire cartridges took over as these were less likely to go off in your pouch or pocket whilst juggling small change.
Second item is a lead bag seal, a mainstay find indicating the contents of a sack (not GUANO for a change) and is specifically a folded four disc alnage seal. I had to look up alnage, the duty applied to a bundle of woollen cloth after inspection of quality and quantity by a Crown appointed alnager. If only there was some-one on the Forum who knows about the medieval woollen trade. One disc shows Britannia holding an olive branch with a 3 (threepence duty) and the opposite disc probably has the Monarch's monogram (GR). On the back is the head of George I (1714-24) and opposite him would usually be a number indicating ells of cloth in the bundle the alnage was applied to. Pleasing find.
Third is a copper alloy coin - this really threw me when I saw the Prince of Wales feathers and The Garter logo (Honi soit qui mal y pense) on one muddy side and Victoria Queen of Great Brit (sic) on the opposite. This is a gaming token or 'play money', the Victorians being demons for a round of Whist.
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This lad shows promise!
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Brodie found the 14th Century seal at his first rally with the Gloucestershire Metal Detecting Club
A 10-year old metal detectorist has found a rare piece of history while attending his first metal detecting event in Gloucestershire.
Brodie was out with Gloucestershire Metal Detecting Club when he found a rare 14th Century seal just metres from the family car and an inch underground. Brodie said in the future he hoped to find something "really big", like a Roman sword.
Gloucestershire and Avon Finds Liaison Officer Kurt Adams said it was probably an ecclesiastical seal, with the lamb of God pictured on the front and a banner behind that read: "Roger of Tetbury". "It's a lovely find, and a really good quality one as well," he added.
The seal would have been used about 700 years ago, probably with wax to sign or stamp important documents.
The matrix seal would have been used with wax to sign documents about 700 years ago
Brodie's father Chris was among 80 members out that day and said Brodie had a beep on his metal detector within fives minutes of getting out of the car.
He said: "We didn't know what to expect or even if we would find anything."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72p10pnq5no
Ten-year-old metal detectorist finds rare piece of history
Brodie found the 14th Century seal at his first rally with the Gloucestershire Metal Detecting Club
A 10-year old metal detectorist has found a rare piece of history while attending his first metal detecting event in Gloucestershire.
Brodie was out with Gloucestershire Metal Detecting Club when he found a rare 14th Century seal just metres from the family car and an inch underground. Brodie said in the future he hoped to find something "really big", like a Roman sword.
Gloucestershire and Avon Finds Liaison Officer Kurt Adams said it was probably an ecclesiastical seal, with the lamb of God pictured on the front and a banner behind that read: "Roger of Tetbury". "It's a lovely find, and a really good quality one as well," he added.
The seal would have been used about 700 years ago, probably with wax to sign or stamp important documents.
The matrix seal would have been used with wax to sign documents about 700 years ago
Brodie's father Chris was among 80 members out that day and said Brodie had a beep on his metal detector within fives minutes of getting out of the car.
He said: "We didn't know what to expect or even if we would find anything."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72p10pnq5no
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Found a little casket key at the weekend near Bedford - crudely made, not precious metal, possibly medieval or even earlier. Absolutely love it.
Found a casket keyhole last month in Bucks. Would like to find the thing it was attached to.
Found a casket keyhole last month in Bucks. Would like to find the thing it was attached to.
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Great find, but it doesn’t say “key” to me. Are you sure that it isn’t an articulated leg & foot from a small humanoid toy?
maximus otter
Yes, your right 'Max,' the first item is a hand-made (hand cut) escutcheon plate, I believe the other item is a flip-lever used either for a box, or a cupboard etc.
So they both would seem to be discarded/lost items that might have come from an old fashioned kitchen cupboard?
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I’ve had my Garrett Ace 400i for over a year since getting it off the kids last year. Today it had its first outing on one of my great Nephews fields that is destined to become a large housing estate.
There were some Roman coins found on the field several years ago along an old pilgrim path which was pointed out to me and which gave me a bit of confidence that I may find something.
I had lots of beeps and pings, all of them indicating iron. I dug up a few of them but in only one case was there anything to be found, a cast piece of metal that likely fell off some farm vehicle.
I turned down the sensitivity and the whizz bangs disappeared so I have a lot to learn about this machine. But overall I was a little disappointed that on my first trip out I haven’t found the Iceni Hoard.
Getting back to the car a guy came out of a small industrial unit and asked if I had found anything. He confirmed he has been over that field and some of the adjoining ones for several years and found very little of interest.
I did find one other thing. After swinging that detector for an hour my bloody arm ached.
There were some Roman coins found on the field several years ago along an old pilgrim path which was pointed out to me and which gave me a bit of confidence that I may find something.
I had lots of beeps and pings, all of them indicating iron. I dug up a few of them but in only one case was there anything to be found, a cast piece of metal that likely fell off some farm vehicle.
I turned down the sensitivity and the whizz bangs disappeared so I have a lot to learn about this machine. But overall I was a little disappointed that on my first trip out I haven’t found the Iceni Hoard.
Getting back to the car a guy came out of a small industrial unit and asked if I had found anything. He confirmed he has been over that field and some of the adjoining ones for several years and found very little of interest.
I did find one other thing. After swinging that detector for an hour my bloody arm ached.
Well there yah go then. . . you found some positive evidence - definitely an 'armless pursuit.