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Title: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: alun on November 25, 2013, 03:47:41 PM Found this one today which does not fit into the other finds normally found on this permission. It has blue colouring ontop of stem, with the bottom which looks as though something has either broken off or worn away.
I have found medieval coins and artifacts here, so maybe might be of that era. Thanks Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: Dryland on November 25, 2013, 04:58:26 PM Nice find Alun, not sure what it is though, ??? It's probably one of those ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: Christoph1945 on November 25, 2013, 05:03:03 PM Initially it looks similar to a copper maritime nail.
Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: alun on November 25, 2013, 06:49:57 PM Thats what i first thought Dryland, but now thinking it may be a thingy.
Found about 15 miles inland Chris, so must have been a high tide ;) Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: Christoph1945 on November 25, 2013, 07:04:45 PM Perhaps off a Welsh Ark!!! ;D
Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: Dryland on November 25, 2013, 09:17:21 PM Ah in that case it's definitely a wottsit then Alun ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: alun on November 27, 2013, 12:08:22 PM Bump.
Would like an identification if possible, as everytime I open my find cabinet it stares at me !!! :o :-\ Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: nobby on November 27, 2013, 12:19:39 PM Pretty sure its a Rove mate
Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: alun on November 27, 2013, 01:07:01 PM None the wiser Nobby,, Rove? :-\
Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: Christoph1945 on November 27, 2013, 02:41:34 PM I have a handful of copper maritime nails found in the sands at Talacre. Also called roves. I have stopped thinking of them as nails and now think of them as being copper rivets for holding pieces of wood together. The Romans, the Vikings, and even modern boat builders have used them in their boats. I see no reason why a land lubber would not use the same technique for something special that he was building. You may find more of them in the same area.
Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: Val Beechey on November 27, 2013, 03:01:42 PM Alun, being in-land doesn't really count for much. When we lived in Shropshire the cottage opposite had ships timbers for lintels and ceiling beams. They were complete with wood worm and nail holes and a couple of the old bolts for good measure.
Yours could have been re-used on an old chest or something similar. Just as intriguing as the bolt I found last year with red paint dotted on it. Val Title: Re: Ident if possible, Blue enamel bronze? Post by: alun on November 27, 2013, 03:15:11 PM Nice one thanks all, makes sense on reused timbers or possible chest.
I can now look it in the eye with a knowing grin ;) Spot on Nobby |