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Found today at the Longbridge rally i think it may be a Roman or Celtic Buckle 50mm wide x 40mm long.

Ian that still looks like a stunning buckle. You sure its not from Burtons? ;D

Well done the tall one.

Very nice object Ian. Would not commit to its period or if it is a buckle or something else like horse harness mount or something else. The bar down the left hand side does show signs of wear. Over to the Doc on this one I think.

Glad you got something Ian, :) lovely find,

I like it , nice old one that, good clear pic too , love the detail on it!

Yeah it is a good clear picture Ian. Forgot to mention

thanks all. at least my pictures are getting better

hi ian lad thats a fab find, thats all i got was two rosy cheaks  ha ha must have been a full moon lol

Nice find Ian,it certainly has the look osf some age to it.
Al :)

very nice find ian looks roman to me would like to have that in my display well done ;)

Looks nice but I don't know what it is.

Not a buckle Peter?

Glad you said that Peter, never seen anything like it , very unusual , would guess that it was made in the locality, would be worth contacting their FLO for more info.

Cracking find - reminds me of a Saxon wrist clasp - except they tend to be more rectangular. Wonderful find all the same!

Neil

Really nice find Ian dont forget to bring it to RARE,s find of the month let Mark Lodwick have a butchers at it ;0)

Anyone anyone find anything else up there ? ive only heard of one other find Gavin Palmer (Rare) and his Roman brouch, any chance of seeing it Gavin ? if not bring it with you week wednesday !

all the best
Phil

Nice find ian, considering it was a difficult day search wise for everyone, and the condition of the ground was tough going as well.  ;D
But the views were incredible, just ask Des  :D :D :D

well done ian m8 that is very nice . :)

Des found a lovely buckle, unfortunately it was attatched to some womens trousers. ;D

think of the site you could have got her to pose for a pic with it ;D

Dave.......She was having a pee at the time :o

How come we don,t get these shinanigons at a detecting Wales rally. Sounds like a carry on film.  ;D ;D

Rob good job his coil was waterproof then ;D ;D

well I recon she had a picture of Phil Harding on the floor below her.  ;)

arr you cleaned it up Nice Ian without damaging the patina , well done,  a good pic too,
 iv'e justy mananged to look through my list of buckles, medieval, roman and anglo saxon,  couldn't see this one there though mate, sorry.

 my best find was the Lone Rangers Silver bullet that he lost that time ,  lol

 oh i think i saw that woman peeing or something, was she in blue, had her hand down there too,

Another View of Ian's Buckle,  Fresh from the Ground

Dont look as if you all had a very productive day ;0(

Im glad i didnt go ive got enough Bullets and cartridges lol

Least you had great weather

all the best Phil

hi alan lad i can say i honestly did not notice her clothes lol hee hee
  DES

HI Phil yeah bullets all over the place mate,  you wouldn't believe it though,  it was freezing there till mid afternoon, the breeze i think.

 Des, nawty you lol,  if its the same one, she was there a while too, i was walking her way, but when i saw her changed direction. i didn't want to embarrase her, she was looking at me before she went down. perhaps wishing i went away,  lol
 i did see some guy walking up the other side of the fence to her towards her , i though oh oh, but she didn't hurry up any.

a great buckle ian...well found !.....and a silver bullet for alan !...no vampires in that area were there?.... :-\..and des doing a bit of dogging.... :o...sounds like a great day all round !.... ;D...byron

byron took what i thought to be a dog and it turned out to be a tiger lol hee hee
 all that hair

thanks guys for the efforts in trying to id this one. sent mick(rally organiser leisure premotions) the pictures he replied he would try to id through his contacts.also i will take it to the next club meeting perhaps mark lodwick will id it.i will update the thread when i find anything out.thanks again. ;D

had a update from the museum tonight on the buckle they said:-
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The buckle is difficult to closely parallel and the decoration on both faces may be seen as unusual.The style and form of the buckle may suggest a date in the early medieval period.
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still more research needed to id nothing like this to compare it to, so i wait and hope.   

They don't know either then Ian, at the moment you must consider that as a unique find, there are no parallels so they ain't gonna find anything at the moment. Can only think that it is a piece that has been designed for a specific purpose and in some ways it is quite crude!
A lovely find which you may never be able to tie down, a bit arts and craftsy for the period so made locally I would guess.

You still haven't heard from Mick i take it Ian

no alan mick hasnt got a clue what it is.

I've had a similar reply about mine Ian, my 'tap head'

what ever it is its a nice find
got a saxon look about it