Title: Another Silver Day... Post by: 150aceboy on April 02, 2014, 09:14:44 PM Went out detecting yesterday on a field i thought i'd hunted out.
Another Vicky Joey dated 1856 popped out, still on my silver streak lol ;D ;D Next finds were the norm for this little field, lead bag seals, buttons, couple of Georgian grots, clay pipe parts etc. Quiet for a while, when all of a sudden a signal that nearly blew my ears off ;D, i dug out the clod, and seen in the hole what i thought was an old oil cap >:(, just about to throw it in the hedge, when i spotted the inside was shiny. A quick clean with the old toothbrush and WooHoo hallmarks ;D ;D ;D Turned out to be a Silver Pocket Watch case, done a little research on the hallmarks : Dated 1804, maker was a William Linsley ( case maker ) of 68 Banner Street, Bunhill Row, London ::) Now when i cleaned the watch case, inside i noticed someone had engraved / scratched a name in it, i have tried to make sense of the name but have had no joy, anybody have an idea ??? ??? Strange thing was, at the other end of the field, i found a little watch winder lol Paul ;) Title: Re: Another Silver Day... Post by: diggaduff on April 02, 2014, 09:18:20 PM Well searched just goes to show what can be left :)
Title: Re: Another Silver Day... Post by: bristolminelab on April 02, 2014, 09:19:06 PM well found, when a watch was put in for a service they would often leave their name and date serviced ;)
Title: Re: Another Silver Day... Post by: 150aceboy on April 02, 2014, 09:21:46 PM well found, when a watch was put in for a service they would often leave their name and date serviced ;) Interesting that, going to be very hard i think to make anything out, writing is old and scrawly, just like mine lol. Title: Re: Another Silver Day... Post by: matthewbullingham123 on April 02, 2014, 09:26:34 PM Very goood haul , some interesting finds :D
Title: Re: Another Silver Day... Post by: NEMESIS on April 02, 2014, 10:25:33 PM Nice finds Paul. 2 days on a trot,.... U lucky man..
Was good chattin the other day. Thnx matey Title: Re: Another Silver Day... Post by: congerman on April 02, 2014, 11:04:49 PM well searched nice finds ;)
Title: Re: Another Silver Day... Post by: chantalpoole on April 02, 2014, 11:47:42 PM if the key was there aswell maybe the watch is too !! Keep digging that area !!
Title: Re: Another Silver Day... Post by: TheLoveDoc on April 03, 2014, 05:58:42 AM Nice haul there fella, the old silver is starting to mount up now between the two of us ;D
Title: Re: Another Silver Day... Post by: Kent on April 03, 2014, 06:42:23 AM nice finds there Paul
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