Crossbow Brooch

[grego]

Agreat find.

[Dale]

Very nice Paul The bronze is in lovely condition, is that because its been tinned, or is the ground kind in that field? Do you think it had a iron pin?

[celticspikey]

Very nice Paul The bronze is in lovely condition, is that because its been tinned, or is the ground kind in that field? Do you think it had a iron pin?

A combination of good bronze Dale, also the Wiltshire flinty fields are always good to bronze and yes the brooch has signs of an iron pin now corroded. 

[Dale]

Stunning mate

Im going to have a few hours out detecting tomorrow hopefully her in door has recovered from her section and she been dragging me out clothes shopping its was Bath today, I almost went to the roman baths again just to get away;D  

Keep it up

[celticspikey]

I don't know about the 4 hours (I'm still building up my muscles again) but if I got home with a Roman brooch in that condition and nothing else, I'd be a very happy bunny. Would you believe I was over the Moon when I found a Spindle Whorl.
Once again, you're doing well Paul.  Great, keep it up.

Val

You had problems Val I'm sure you would be happy with the brooch .Spindle whorls are nice finds Val, I wish I could pop to your fields and scatter a bit of roman for you, I do feel a bit guilty showing some finds especially as others find it hard to find similar in their parts of the world.

[celticspikey]

Stunning mate

Im going to have a few hours out detecting tomorrow hopefully her in door has recovered from her section and she been dragging me out cloths shopping its was Bath today, I almost went to the roman baths again just to get away;D 

Keep it up

Glad she is on the mend Dale, I popped in to Roman Baths a while a go, there's a few things in there that's on my wish list  I'm out tomorrow early as well good hunting.

[Val Beechey]

Thrombosis Paul but pretty well O.K. now except that muscles got soft from lack of use. Managed 3 hours on the beach with the Ultimate the other day so I reckon I'm getting there.
S'pose it would make you feel a little self conscious posting pics of all those lovely finds. It's all down to demographics I reckon.   I should have stayed up in the Midlands.

Val

[nonker10]

wallop thats a beauty well done,next year the plough might have clouted that well rescued.

[Johnboy25]

I like that brooch very much, enjoy.

[celticspikey]

Thrombosis Paul but pretty well O.K. now except that muscles got soft from lack of use. Managed 3 hours on the beach with the Ultimate the other day so I reckon I'm getting there.
S'pose it would make you feel a little self conscious posting pics of all those lovely finds. It's all down to demographics I reckon.   I should have stayed up in the Midlands.

Val

Sorry to hear that Val but glad your getting there and managed a few hours on the beach I'm sure there's a lot of detectorist's that do better than me . The Staffordshire hoard comes so mind the midlands are a rich area thou, 

[roaljodaka]

I don't know about the 4 hours (I'm still building up my muscles again) but if I got home with a Roman brooch in that condition and nothing else, I'd be a very happy bunny. Would you believe I was over the Moon when I found a Spindle Whorl.
Once again, you're doing well Paul.  Great, keep it up.

Val

You had problems Val I'm sure you would be happy with the brooch .Spindle whorls are nice finds Val, I wish I could pop to your fields and scatter a bit of roman for you, I do feel a bit guilty showing some finds especially as others find it hard to find similar in their parts of the world.

Don't feel guilty cs, i love seeing all these roman finds  , keep up the good work.

[celticspikey]

I don't know about the 4 hours (I'm still building up my muscles again) but if I got home with a Roman brooch in that condition and nothing else, I'd be a very happy bunny. Would you believe I was over the Moon when I found a Spindle Whorl.
Once again, you're doing well Paul.  Great, keep it up.

Val

You had problems Val I'm sure you would be happy with the brooch .Spindle whorls are nice finds Val, I wish I could pop to your fields and scatter a bit of roman for you, I do feel a bit guilty showing some finds especially as others find it hard to find similar in their parts of the world.

Don't feel guilty cs, i love seeing all these roman finds  , keep up the good work.

Cheers mate, will be out this week see what turns up that's the beuty of this wonderful hobby  of ours you just don't know, you can have the best machine on the market and hundreds of acres and find nowt  and an entry model detector with an acre and the find of your life

[Val Beechey]

Like a lot of people, Paul, I often think of the numerous times I drove past that field.  Only consolation I have is that I didn't detect back then.   Wish I'd taken it up years ago. But then I might have been tempted to stay up there.


Val