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Title: La Tene III Post by: Chef Geoff on July 29, 2014, 07:48:45 PM I honestly can't remember the last time I posted a find in fact I can't truly remember the last time I went detecting outside of a rally ??? but after me saying my farmers religiously harvest in the first week of August they went and gave me a body swerve by getting a few fields of wheat in on Sunday :( so this morning a spent a few hours on a field that has given up quite a few Roman brooches especially about 3 years ago.
Heat, long stubble and hard ground didn't help things along but once again a fibula turned up this makes a nice round total of 30 from this field and while many have been around the time of the invasion this is certainly the first that could be from before 43AD, it's a La Tene type III 50BC-50AD. ;) Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: roaljodaka on July 29, 2014, 07:57:32 PM Lovely find Geoff well winkled :) :)
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: Doug on July 29, 2014, 08:02:47 PM Nice one Geoff.
Not sure if they are that common around our way? Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: bristolminelab on July 29, 2014, 08:39:31 PM well found Geoff ;)
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: Chef Geoff on July 29, 2014, 08:41:22 PM La Tene aren't that common anywhere (though far from rare) not in comparison the Roman brooches that take over which probably translates that only certain people followed the brooch fashion or that their clothes didn't match this form of fastening ???
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: Mike on July 29, 2014, 08:43:49 PM well found Geoff , not found one of those yet :(
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: GJH on July 29, 2014, 08:51:38 PM Nice fing Geoff, where do the name La Tene come from or is that a stupid question.
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: Mungo on July 29, 2014, 08:58:51 PM very nice brooch............ 8)
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: Chef Geoff on July 29, 2014, 09:09:22 PM Nice fing Geoff, where do the name La Tene come from or is that a stupid question. Yes Geoff it's a stupid question :D :D but I'll tell you anyway ;D La Tene is a town in Switzerland where a huge amount of artefacts where found in a lake in the 19th century all of which showed a similar artistic style brooches, swords, shields, bowls even chariots and so this "style" became known as La Tene, a little like Celtic or Beaker it's a cultural influence rather than a time period ;) Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: missmaggs on July 29, 2014, 09:13:51 PM nice find ,forget the la tene harder to find,i havent found any type of roman brooch :-[
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: GJH on July 29, 2014, 09:14:29 PM That's just what I thought it meant, just testing :)
Geoff Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: nonker10 on July 29, 2014, 09:27:27 PM henceforth known as geoff the detecting dictionary,arise sir geoff.by gad sir your knowledge is truly astounding. ;)
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: Chef Geoff on July 29, 2014, 09:32:41 PM In this case for astounding see "sad" :D :D
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: nonker10 on July 29, 2014, 09:37:08 PM only he who denies his true divinity etc etc
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: Dryland on July 29, 2014, 11:35:16 PM Well found sunshine, one day i'll find something Roman. maybe not in this lifetime but one day ::)
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: DEADLOCK on July 30, 2014, 08:18:24 AM Well done mister chef bravo ps about time u found something Pitty it was roman as my drought continues ;)
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: Chef Geoff on July 30, 2014, 08:42:02 AM It's not Roman ::)
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: hotmill on July 30, 2014, 11:37:37 AM Nice find Geoff, there was one found near me a while back, I live in hope of finding one myself one day.
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: grego on July 30, 2014, 04:51:01 PM Great find.
Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: celticspikey on July 31, 2014, 12:04:33 PM I honestly can't remember the last time I posted a find in fact I can't truly remember the last time I went detecting outside of a rally ??? but after me saying my farmers religiously harvest in the first week of August they went and gave me a body swerve by getting a few fields of wheat in on Sunday :( so this morning a spent a few hours on a field that has given up quite a few Roman brooches especially about 3 years ago. Heat, long stubble and hard ground didn't help things along but once again a fibula turned up this makes a nice round total of 30 from this field and while many have been around the time of the invasion this is certainly the first that could be from before 43AD, it's a La Tene type III 50BC-50AD. ;) [/quote Cracking brooch Geoff , I love them ;) Title: Re: La Tene III Post by: Dale on July 31, 2014, 01:31:35 PM Geoff I think the last time you was posting finds was when every hammered or jetton you found was pierced, lets hope this year is different ;D
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