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Metal Detectoring

Tempest63 said:
out I haven’t found the Iceni Hoard.
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Next time.
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maximus otter said:
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?

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The escutcheon isn't old but on the other hand ..
the item says key to me more than articulated leg or flip-lever. I'll let the FLO decide (if she ever answers emails).

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Bad Bungle said:
The escutcheon isn't old but on the other hand ..
the item says key to me more than articulated leg or flip-lever. I'll let the FLO decide (if she ever answers emails).

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I'd say the dog-leg thing is a catch (as suggested by a previous poster).
Both items may not be much older than the 17th or 18th century (but I'm just guessing here).
 
I used to go metal detecting with someone back in the '80s and he told me a very interesting story when I last went to see him (a few months ago) which I'd like to share. He told me that he once found a curious-looking ring which he kept. When he showed his wife she took an instant dislike to it for some reason so he put in a box in the attic and forgot about it. Apparently, shortly after that they began to be aware of some loud noises at night which was keeping them awake and which they assumed was the neighbour engaged in some late night DIY. They put up with it for a few days and then he decided he'd had enough and that he was going to pop round next door and ask them what was going on, but that very day his neighbour turned up asking HIM what the noises were about and complaining that they were keeping them awake! He then realized that it was neither of them and he came to the conclusion that it was connected to the ring, and then at his wife's insistence he took it back to where he found it and reburied it. And that did the trick as there were no more noises.

I know that sounds a bit made up but he's not the sort to make up stuff like that so I know it's true and his wife confirmed it to me. She said that it had these spiral rings engraved around it and that she felt strangely uneasy with it for some reason. It was found near an old church apparently.
 
Viking Age 'treasure' discovered by metal detectorist on Isle of Man

A metal detectorist has uncovered a Viking Age silver ingot on the Isle of Man.

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John Smart discovered the 1,000-year-old, finger-sized sliver of metal while exploring the island, according to a statement from Manx National Heritage.

The Coroner of Inquests declared the piece of metal, which weighs approximately 0.4 ounce (11 grams), a "treasure."

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The results determined that the ingot was 88% silver.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeo...iscovered-by-metal-detectorist-on-isle-of-man

maximus otter
 
A retired lorry driver who discovered a 1st Century BC bronze Celtic "fertility figure" with oversized genitals has put it up for auction.

Bob Jemmett, 75, was taking part in an organised metal detecting rally at Great Chishill, Cambridgeshire, in 2018 when he received "a lovely signal" from his detector.

He dug down 4in (10cm) to reveal the ancient figure and, after reporting it the Portable Antiquities scheme, it has been his "constant companion" on rallies since.


The 37mm by 10mm (1.45in by 0.39in) was found in a ploughed field during "appalling" weather, said finder Bob Jemmett

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx994y0e0zyo
 
Given its shape and the fact that it has a handle, I can speculate that it was used as a dildo religious ritual artifact.
 
'The Coroner of Inquests declared the piece of metal, which weighs approximately 0.4 ounce (11 grams), a "treasure."' ..

To paraphrase Frankie Boyle:

"You've found some treasure. I haven't got that treasure. Give me your treasure."
 
Farmer, 95, stunned after metal detectorist finds his Rolex watch 50 years after it was eaten by a cow

James Steele, 95, lost the treasured timepiece in the early 1970s when the strap broke while he tended cattle.

He searched the field at his dairy farm in Morda, Shropshire, but there was no sign of the watch, which he had saved up £100 to buy.

James gave up the hunt and eventually bought another, fearing the Rolex was gone forever.

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But half a century later, he has been reunited with it after metal detectorist Liam King found it buried in the mud.

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It is thought one of his herd swallowed the valuable watch and it ended up in a cowpat in the field.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/28584635/metal-detectorist-farmers-rolex-cow/

maximus otter
 
maximus otter said:
Farmer, 95, stunned after metal detectorist finds his Rolex watch 50 years after it was eaten by a cow

James Steele, 95, lost the treasured timepiece in the early 1970s when the strap broke while he tended cattle.

He searched the field at his dairy farm in Morda, Shropshire, but there was no sign of the watch, which he had saved up £100 to buy.

James gave up the hunt and eventually bought another, fearing the Rolex was gone forever.

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But half a century later, he has been reunited with it after metal detectorist Liam King found it buried in the mud.

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It is thought one of his herd swallowed the valuable watch and it ended up in a cowpat in the field.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/28584635/metal-detectorist-farmers-rolex-cow/

maximus otter
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Even when time is watched, it can get. . . past-your-eyes-d!
 
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Not exactly metal detecting but I am currently leading an archaeological dig looking for a lost medieval chapel and thought you might be interested in the following finds. The first is a Henry III hammered short cross silver penny in really good condition.
The second is a Fulgarite, formed when lightening strikes the ground and fuses any silicon around it and leaves a tubelike structure.
 

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Stillill said:
Have you got permissions yet or are you going to join a club? I’ve been thinking about it for a couple of years now.
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I'm totally into the whole permissions first deals .. I'm blagging nothing on that level .. I want to search local woodlands instead of just beach combing.
 

Rare ninth-century penny discovered in Sussex​


The coin, from the reign of Beornwulf, who was King of Mercia between 823-26, was found near Lewes on September 5, 2021.

The finder, who has not been named, was conducting an ongoing survey along with two volunteers near Lewes in East Sussex when he made the discovery.

The coin is expected to reach between £6,000 and £8,000 in the auction of British coins at Noonans Mayfair, London, on June 27.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24408165.rare-ninth-century-penny-discovered-sussex/
 

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'Spectacular silver treasure' from Viking Age unearthed by college student on farm in Denmark

Gustav Bruunsgaard, a metal detectorist and archaeology student at Aarhus University, was exploring farmland near Elsted, a town north of Aarhus, when his metal detector began beeping. Upon digging into the soil, he discovered a single silver bangle. A few days later, he returned to the field, which was the site of a Viking Age settlement, and dug up six more bracelets.

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Bruunsgaard alerted officials to the finding, and experts dated the items to the 800s, which would have been during the early Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066) in Scandinavia.

The bracelets, which together weighed more than 1 pound (0.5 kilogram), were a form of money known as hacksilver, an important form of currency during the Viking Age.

The silver treasure is currently on display at the Moesgaard Museum.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeo...earthed-by-college-student-on-farm-in-denmark

maximus otter
 
Dug this on a local detecting trip on Sunday and I'm aware that partial lumps of lead leave most people underwhelmed, but this pilgrim ampulla has history. The top with the neck and suspensory loops have been cleanly cut off (ie not by plough) - I've mentioned in another post the "blessing of the fields" school of thought, suggesting that ampullae were opened and the sanctified oil or holy water contents poured out in a ritual to improve crops. Whatever, this ampulla has a W (or double V) under a crown and on a hatched background so most likely obtained (1350-1530) from Walsingham (Norfolk), some 150 miles away.

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