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Title: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: handyman [Alan} on February 10, 2014, 05:45:13 PM Ventured out for a few hours on a very boggy, soggy, muddy field, this afternoon.
I was well chuffed with the outcome as well. Enjoy this little gem, with both the dirty and clean version! Cheers Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: hoover-G on February 10, 2014, 05:47:26 PM Stunning fairplay mate ;)
Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: jcb (THE THIMBLE) jones on February 10, 2014, 06:08:34 PM wonder what the hole was for alan or is it just wear where it was sitting
lovely find though i would be well chuffed with that ;) ;) Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: jcb (THE THIMBLE) jones on February 10, 2014, 06:11:16 PM looks like it's been hit with a pellet from an air rifle
Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: cardiffian on February 10, 2014, 06:18:38 PM Hole or no hole, still a nice find.
Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: nobby on February 10, 2014, 06:22:42 PM Great find Alan
Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't they hole them so they could thread then on string ??? Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: handyman [Alan} on February 10, 2014, 06:28:04 PM Great find Alan Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't they hole them so they could thread then on string ??? that seems to be the general opinion. More interestingly, i seem to recall reading a research paper last year on 'holed' coins, which appears to identify that the majority were holed from the head side. [Damned if i can find it now!] Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: 150aceboy on February 10, 2014, 06:34:41 PM Nice find Alan, well done fella ;)
Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: diggaduff on February 10, 2014, 06:42:43 PM Fair play excellent find :)
Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: Dale on February 10, 2014, 06:57:17 PM A rare little find, you don't see many of them being found ;)
Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: WEBBER on February 10, 2014, 07:03:55 PM Nice one never found one of these yet here's hoping!
Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: DEADLOCK on February 10, 2014, 07:04:32 PM Well done Alan great find there
Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: Chef Geoff on February 10, 2014, 07:06:54 PM Great find Alan Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't they hole them so they could thread then on string ??? that seems to be the general opinion. More interestingly, i seem to recall reading a research paper last year on 'holed' coins, which appears to identify that the majority were holed from the head side. [Damned if i can find it now!] You really don't need a research paper to work that one out ::) the commonest sovereigns whose coins are used as ornamentation tend to be Mary, Charles I, Commonwealth and James II all of which had "supporters" who may have wished to wear some vestige of their past allegiance...basically Mary and James for religion and Charles and Commonwealth for the politics and the easiest way to ensure you don't put a hole through their head would be to pierce it from that side. I wonder how much time and money they spent on that "vital" bit of research, was it for a PhD? maybe a key stage 2 general knowledge test would have served them better :D :D :D Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: nobby on February 10, 2014, 07:17:22 PM Lol chef ;D
Reminds me of the joke about nasa spending 10 million dollars engineering a pen that would work in zero gravity.......the Russians took a pencil :D Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: Chef Geoff on February 10, 2014, 07:19:45 PM Lol chef ;D :D :D :D Love itReminds me of the joke about nasa spending 10 million dollars engineering a pen that would work in zero gravity.......the Russians took a pencil :D Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: welsh john on February 10, 2014, 07:30:06 PM I don't think that was a joke knowing the yanks it's probably true,like the yanks spending millions of dollars on a peice of kit to find trip wires in the caves of Afganistan that took 4men to carry,what did the SAS use to do the same job? Cans of silly string.
Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: Dryland on February 10, 2014, 08:25:26 PM Hey well found Al, I just saw this
Title: Re: Hurrah ... i'm up and running! Post by: legio11augustus on February 10, 2014, 09:15:08 PM nice find well done ,,, just 1 thing that gets me about holed coins,why wouldnt they hole it with the profile up the right way,if they where indeed worn around the neck or such like
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