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« on: November 14, 2012, 03:37:48 PM »
Guys I'd like to make a top twenty detecting finds article. The type of things we find on an everyday basis that the average new detectorist might not recognise.

Eg I found a stubby bit of bronze that was just bronze waste as far as I was concerned. However, when I posted it up on here way way way back when I first started, it turned out to be a fibula.

So If you want to post up what you would class as regular finds (with pics) maybe we can cobble together an article.

For example - Spindle whorls, unless you've seen one and know what its for , I'd imagine one of those being unrecognisable to a new starter

Another example - Jews Harp....well these are just unrecognisable to Chef.  Cheesy
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« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2012, 04:13:58 PM »
I lied it was a stubby bit of bronze Grin
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2012, 05:45:18 PM »
pot mends,
knop ends,
ampulla  Grin,
dagger/sword sheaths,
dandy buttons,
shoe/knee buckles
medieaval buttons
fibula fragments


to name but a few .. but try this site to get you started ...they're all there
http://www.weebling.com/artefact-pages/pot-mends.shtml
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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2012, 05:51:20 PM »
Alan I think we need photos, as names of things for beginners isn't really much help Wink
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2012, 05:54:57 PM »
there we go Chef, thanks for that ... i've now added a very useful link to my list which covers most of all thats listed!
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« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2012, 06:39:15 PM »
Good idea Rob. I'll vote for Cow Horn protectors.( Pici attached )  amazing how many of us, when we first start detecting, think they are door knobs. Grin

Alan,  what link and where ??

Val

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« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2012, 06:41:02 PM »
hi val,  in my first post after the list.

but just in case you cant see it -- here it is again

http://www.weebling.com/artefact-pages/pot-mends.shtml
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« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2012, 06:52:22 PM »
I don't know wether to say Thanks Al. or   Cheecky B, nothing wrong with my eyes. Grin

Thanks Al.
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« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2012, 09:32:50 PM »
Great idea Rob, being fairly new to this hobby, some kind of reference to finds would
come in handy, supposing that is that I actually find anything older than an 1857  sovereign.
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« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2012, 10:00:00 PM »
We were the happy parents of a very nice shoe patten which was pointed out
by a very eagle eyed chef from a piccie we had posted of general junk really.
Now is preserved and tells a story.
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