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Had a good day out at a Rallyuk event on Sunday.

pictures below.

enjoy

welldone alan..great days detecting butty.love the crotel bell.hope to find one myself one day.
great stuff again welldone my friend.
ray

thx ray -- unfortunately, i only showed the good side of the crotal bell -- the hidden side is a massive hole!

Yes well done Alan. I would be well pleased with any of those in isolation.  ;)

hi guys 'n gals

1st 2 pics are finds from today, including my 1st ampullae in 6 years of detecting. [strange that it was found when its been the topic of discussion this week!], plus a few buttons.

the crotal bells [not all at the same time!] and the 16th century hawking whistle were found earlier this year,

enjoy

Nice finds Alaln, lets hope we have something like that tomorrow.

some nice little finds there Alan, well done fella  ;)

Nice little selection Alan but I've got to ask you ........HOW THE F*#>K did you manage to get all those crotal bells, 32 bleeding years and not even a sniff. I'm soooo depressed. :'( :'( :'(

its a welsh thing!! we like the sheep up here!

But but I'm Welsh

yeah -- but up here the sheep don't know about our reputation!!

Well done Alan - its crotalbelltastic!

I have images of Chef crying in front of his computer as we speak! ;D

It'll happen someday soon Geoff - hopefully tomorrow.

Neil

welldone handyman great finds butty..5 crotal bells hay wwwoooowww.im still like geoff searching for my first one.lol.
again welldone mate.
ray

i daren't mention the other 6!!!

OTHER............6?????? you can go off people you know

"I have images of Chef crying in front of his computer as we speak! "

Damn did I leave that camera on again? I'm too scarred to find one now it might hurt :-[

just to help you out Geoff

one of our club members, who helped me at a talk last week, produced a large tray of crotal bells -- there were 16 in the display box!!!

he's an avid detectorist, been swinging it for 6 years!

cheers

Love the Saxon Chronicle quote Chef.

There are still huge amounts of hoards yet to be found the last two years have proved that with the Viking one, Angl Saxon and the most recent Roman hoard.

One day . . .

Yes Neil it's a beguiling quote. I read it years ago when I first started detecting and I think it has fueled my imagination ever since. It's a good one to remember when its freezing cold and your wandering around ankle deep in mud.

regretfully we couldn't get to chepstow today, due to previous arrangements. However, i did manage 2 hours out today with techony and mrs h, and between us we came up with the following.

the commemorative medal came up and the broken up fragment was 6 inches away ... nice to get them back together again.

Finally can anyone identify the object to the right of the medal?

cheers  c u at ludlow

Alan

Nice going Alan, Mrs H and Techony. Not sure what the unidentified object is but I love the Medal, I've found a few of these over the years, lead and bronze but I have never seen one of that cross pattern before, love it.

a few finds from today.

a nice medieaval key, tombac button, a bag seal? with a very interesting design on it and a beautiful crotal bell fragment.

enjoy

You sure did have a great time ,Well done Allan.
Bob4shirl

Thanks bob4shirl, tho i'd be careful about getting to involved with the hobby, as u could be changing your user name to bob4detecting, at the expense of a marriage!!!!

Nice finds alan well done mate  ;)

nice finds alan keep em coming!!!  ;)

Hi everyone

1st pic are the finds from a WW rally in wendover yesterday, these will be handed in for recording next week.

2nd pic is of 2 lovely buttons, this morning before the rain came.

Fleur de lis button, has come back from FLO with a date of 13th/14th century

enjoy

well, if the 4 days on the roman dig last week weren't enough. these finds came out over the w/e.

the lizzie threepence is dated 1565, is folded like a love token and is blank apart from 1 letter M on the obverse side.

i'm interested to know what the 2 objects are on the top line, the curved one looks like part of a necklace, and as for the 'splitter' i'm not sure.

2 nice george 2nd halfpennies which have waxed up well, and a lovely button with a fleur de lis pattern on it ... any idea of age? i'm guessing medieaval.

enjoy....... i'm going back to work for a rest!!!

went out monday for a change and got this little set of finds. 2 nice buttons, a radiate nummus, a nice piece of decorated bronze, a watch winder and a possible chess piece.

enjoy.

Good going Alan, your "chess piece" is the end of a Tudor/Stewart spoon handle.

wow --- thanks for the pointer in that direction Geoff - will go check it out.

Now that you mention it, i do recall seeing the knop end of another elizabethen spoon handle, similar to that above, but without the decoration.

Could prove to be a very interesting piece to research.

cheers & happy hunting

Alan

similar to one, half way down this page.
http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2008septnewarchieve.html (http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/2008septnewarchieve.html)

PAS lists these spoon handles as EARLY POST MEDIEVAL (Certain), Circa 1500 AD - Circa 1599 AD

Those are the ones and PAS are wrong (again) they may date back to an earlier period but most that have provenance are between late 16th to late 17th Century. (Elizabeth to Charles II)

Thx Geoff, much appreciated. Yet again i have to pay homage to your superior knowledge!!

cheers

NO NO NO, It's luck not knowledge lol, I have found quite a few over the years and it's only in the last year or two I found out what they were courtesy of Richard 16DD.

hmmm - in that case, are you certain that they are not part of a chess set!!!!!



LOL

Well done richard!!

a few finds from a rather wet Cambridgeshire.

enjoy

more

and more  [especially for geoff!!]

And there was me just about to say "nice finds", well I'm not now....lol

LOL -- well i did turn to techony and say "'this ones for geoff!'  - our thoughts were with you!!

Nice one Alan. A wet Cambridgeshire was a fruitful Cambridgeshire. More than I found In Sunny Cardiff.  ;D

LOL Paul

The trip report can be found on our website

http://narc.org.uk/reports/rally-visits/islehamcambridgeshire260910 (http://narc.org.uk/reports/rally-visits/islehamcambridgeshire260910)

The Gallery section has a lot more photos of the day out and the finds found by other club members.

Nice finds again Alan look forward to seeing you both at rooksbridge.

them some really nice finds well done

Yesterday MrsH and i hit them Essex fields and had a good day out with our colleagues from rallyuk.

Find attached our finds from the day out.

cheers

Techony and I hit a new field yesterday and these were just some of the finds from there. It looks promising.

If anyone has any idea of the last 2 pics, feel free to share. I'll try and get some better pics later on.  Though i think its a good chance that its a Unit.

Cheers & enjoy

Here's my bits including "Excalibur", a love token, a totally worn farthing sized disc, and another one that is totally corroded. I think the lead token is actually a counter and my Georgian halfpenny turned out to be a button. Still, I reckon the new fields have promise. Let's see what the next few months bring  ???

Any ideas on top left? It would appear to be perhaps an oil lamp control piece. The disc reads: "Alsion Lamp Co. Birmingham"

Finds from the weekend just past ..

if anyone has any idea as to what the strange object with the letter X on it is, i'm open to suggestions.  

Cheers

[perhaps its an old fashioned spot the ball competition entry!!]

finds from december 30th 2010.

any idea of which eddy?

cheers

out with techony today, 2.1.2011 he landed a surface find of a commonwealth penny and i got this cut half hammered -- john/henry?

sorry about the quality of the pics, but they were taken in the field.

to make the hat trick of silver, our colleague dave also got a lizzie.

hope this is the sign of things to come

cheers and happy hunting

Well done to you both on your first hammereds of the year. If you can get a better pic of the cut half, I'll attempt an ID, but wear might prevent it being too precise. it looks like it might be Winchester mint.

wow,  you found a good productive field there well done,  some nice finds from it.

hi Doc

hopefully these 2 little pics are better .... oh and can u help identify the date letter X on the ring i found today on our club rally. [birmingham mint, 9 carat gold. makers mark is .D followed by the number 9, then .375, then anchor, and X]

cheers -

its been a good start to the year!!

thats it im going out tectin with alan next sunday as it seems to me he finds shed loads of goodies on a sunday  ;D ;D ;D

Great finds Alan - I like the ring with the Bloodstone - you been doing well lately.

see you soon

Neil

Thx to the wonderful eyes and research of techony - he has now identified the date mark as that of 1795.

cheers mate

I don't want to disagree, but I think you'll find that it has to be newer than that as the 1000ths (375) system didn't come in until 1854, Which is the same year that 9ct gold was legalised.

thx for that bit of info geoff, will take another look at it.   ;D ;D

cheers

Thanks for the info Geoff. That's a rule that they didn't build into this nifty little wizzard then: http://www.gold-traders.co.uk/hallmarks/ (http://www.gold-traders.co.uk/hallmarks/)

Unfortunately, that probably puts us back to 1922.
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yep - -sundays are good to us! ;D ;D ;D

pic 1 - all the finds

pic 2 - mrs h strikes again - hallmarked silver - somehwere between 1875 and 1899 i think!

pic 3 & 4 - a nice Elizabeth 1st 3/4d

pic 5 - a fob seal holder?

and a lovely button to finish it off, along with a spoon/knife handle and buckle fragments.

sundays are good to me!!   ;D

a nice 1825 george iv penny
an edward hammered ... better pics later
a fragment of a forged coin [penny] with the 4 shields on it

.... and a few other bits of interest!

enjoy

Ok, a few finds from Wednesday .. a nice selection of buttons and a beauty of a viccy shilling, [shame about the damage ... no it wasn't me, or my spade!]

However, your thoughts and opinions on the cross mount  ??? ???  and its age   ??? ??? are welcome.

cheers

Very nice Alan , wish you more to come . Napoleon

any idea and date about the mount

There's a lot more detail come out on the cross now it's had a bath. well done Alan. Not Templar, is it?

Love the clarity too, Is that the new camera?  :D

playing around with some of my finds, i put this general finds tray together.

A variety of objects which depicts why our hobby is so interesting. [All finds recorded with the FLO].

i would be interested to see how others display their finds.

cheers

alan well done looks like you had a great day out and a nice bag of finds.viv

it was a lovely day to be out and about walking the english countryside and then coming home to watch our wonderful celtic cousins defeat them cocky english so and so's.

anyway, a few finds of note for you to enjoy.

Nice finds Alan - the Eddy is Edward I, Newcastle mint, Class 10ab.

wow, thx for that ID peter. never had one from newcastle before. Its amazing to think how far that coin has travelled.

nice coins Al!!!

Keep them coming Al  8)

will do, my luvvly swansea lass ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

sneaked out today for a couple of hours, but was well rewarded with a nice william farthing, 1696.

enjoy

Flattery will get you everywhere Al  ;D ;D

A few finds from todays detecting, buttons, mounts, hammered coins to name but a few.

Though the bar is a very interesting find, i thought at first it was a purse bar, but now i'm not so sure.

not a bad day overall.

Enjoy

and a few more.

cheers

Good detecting there Alan. As you say not a bad day overall. ;D
Looks like you've got a thingy, wonder what that is. :-\
Val

nice finds Al..... oohhhh hammered!

thx ladies -- won;t tell you about the farmer who joined us on the field mid afternoon, drove me back to my car so he could borrow the spare detector, then drove me back to the spot where i was detecting.  I went left, he went right and first swing gets a lizzy threepence, and a couple of minutes later gets a beauty 1926 sixpence as well.

he has now provided me with 6 numbers for next weeks lottery as well!!!!!

What can I say !! well done alan yet again  ;)

bloody hell this threads been going for nearly a year now

is it going for the longedt thread on DW??/

yep -

 it also helps keep my pics in one place. makes it easy to look for a specific picture!