Title: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: Myke on August 24, 2017, 09:52:39 AM Found on LGG dig on Ridgeway, West Hendred. Cant get a definite ID on it, some say it looks saxon. certainly caused some interest.
Title: Re: Patera handle, staff top ????? Post by: wagis on August 24, 2017, 10:05:40 AM Don't know myself but certainly looks old, ask the Flo they should be able to find out
Title: Re: Patera handle, staff top ????? Post by: Myke on August 24, 2017, 10:09:07 AM do you know contact details for the best FLO ?
Title: Re: Patera handle, staff top ????? Post by: Neil on August 24, 2017, 10:29:03 AM Interesting find and may well be a fertility symbol as it appears to represent the female reproductive organs.
Definitely one for the FLO Quality item Cheers Neil Title: Re: Patera handle, staff top ????? Post by: Dale on August 24, 2017, 09:48:44 PM Interesting find, if you have a powerful magnet try and find out if it has iron cast within the bronze.
Title: Re: Patera handle, staff top ????? Post by: Myke on August 25, 2017, 01:42:50 PM yes, indeed...there is iron cast within, what does this tell us?
Title: Re: Patera handle, staff top ????? Post by: Dale on August 25, 2017, 05:48:51 PM Your item looked Ironage to me I was thinking pommel that's why I asked about the iron core, when I got your reply I contacted a
Celtic expert to look at it he thinks its a Hallstatt dagger chape or pommel from the last half of the 5th century BC so a great find indeed!! he also sent a plate photo of one like yours but I'm not able to attach it using a kids laptop. Title: Re: Patera handle, staff top ????? Post by: Myke on August 25, 2017, 05:58:39 PM Oh my...my first thought was dagger chape...but never seen one like it before. Thanks for input.
Title: Re: Patera handle, staff top ????? Post by: Dale on August 25, 2017, 09:44:42 PM Just had a look on the PAS website there's a Iron age dagger chape like yours recorded, its dated 800-300 BC so yours fits in well ;)
Great find. Title: Re: Patera handle, staff top ????? Post by: Myke on August 26, 2017, 10:26:41 AM thanks Dale, the pas one is identical....thrilled to bits with the identification...have informed flo in Wrexham !
Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: hotmill on August 26, 2017, 03:21:11 PM Superb, well done!
Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: Mungo on August 26, 2017, 09:07:26 PM top find............... 8)
Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: simond on August 26, 2017, 09:15:54 PM Very nice find
Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: dingdong on August 27, 2017, 12:19:34 AM STUNNING..!!! Absolutely Brilliant detecting,well done,well searched and saved..100%..👍
Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: Dale on September 10, 2017, 09:19:00 PM Hi Myke
As promised the plate photo I was sent, yours would have looked like this back in the day ;) Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: Myke on September 10, 2017, 09:24:16 PM Wow...im blown away. I will show the FLO this when i meet her to record the chape....thank you so much.
Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: Dale on September 10, 2017, 09:29:06 PM Wow...im blown away. I will show the FLO this when i meet her to record the chape....thank you so much. Your welcome, its was nice to see such a great item ;) Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: hotmill on September 11, 2017, 09:25:10 AM That is some find!
Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: Myke on September 11, 2017, 09:30:13 AM Fairly sure the museum will want it...and im more than happy to give it them providing its displayed
Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: celticspikey on September 11, 2017, 03:22:51 PM Fairly sure the museum will want it...and im more than happy to give it them providing its displayed Better man than me, I would not want to part with it lol. In my experience stuff donated rarley goes on display for public to see, more like a box in a basement for study and accademics to look atSuper find though amd well done to Dale he loves Iron Age / Celtic Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: dingdong on September 11, 2017, 05:00:04 PM Please don't donate it to a museum...what Celticspikey said is so very very true,it will sit in a box,in a drawer, where only a privileged few will ever see it.... ::) :'(
Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: Dale on September 11, 2017, 05:05:41 PM Fairly sure the museum will want it...and im more than happy to give it them providing its displayed Better man than me, I would not want to part with it lol. In my experience stuff donated rarley goes on display for public to see, more like a box in a basement for study and accademics to look atSuper find though amd well done to Dale he loves Iron Age / Celtic Me neither I wouldn't part with it, My local museum Bristol haven't got 1 local detecting find on display!! Myke il display it for you in my collection im sure Paul would too :D ;) I do love the Celts Paul but I think im a Roman with my nose! Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: wagis on September 11, 2017, 08:14:07 PM What a cracking find and old to
Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: celticspikey on September 11, 2017, 08:52:13 PM Yep Dale 6 months for you 6 for me..lol. I guess Myke you could put it on display but still retain ownership! But I'm pretty sure I remember some time back some one done that and the item got moved and mislayed some where.
Also I recall some war medals being donated to a museum,only to be auctioned off to make room. What ever you decide enjoy it....... ;) Title: Re: Iron Age Dagger Chape, 500BC....conirmed! Post by: Myke on September 12, 2017, 09:41:20 AM Blimey....think i might re think! Have a mind to make a replica dagger and create a proper display for grandkids....and maybe their school on history day.
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