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Title: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: Meatslicer on June 15, 2010, 06:38:57 PM todays finds, any ideas on the curved pointy thing?
also, the lead pieces were wrapped around each other and one of them has a small drilled hole in one corner. age of the buckle? Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: Roman (Ray) on June 15, 2010, 06:44:56 PM hi mate..i think that one could be for pete the doc..butty.
hope someone will know for you. ray. Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: The Doc on June 15, 2010, 09:49:45 PM It does look like a brooch Eric, well done :)
Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan ) on June 16, 2010, 05:57:33 AM sure looks like a brooch to me too meatslicer, well done,
the buckle is a brass horse harness one, 1800s into the mid 1900s. Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: Pipster on June 16, 2010, 10:20:42 AM Nice finds mate well done ;)
Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: waltonbasinman on June 16, 2010, 01:23:25 PM Sure looks like a dolphin brooch which I think went out of fashion about 200 ad. Nice find fella.
Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: geordiefred on June 16, 2010, 07:15:31 PM I agree it looks like a dolphin brooch to me,well done m8 nice finds ;)
Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: Meatslicer on June 16, 2010, 11:00:52 PM YES!!!
So now for the hammered, the vicky silver, the roman gold, the celtic........ Eric Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: Neil on June 17, 2010, 05:29:03 PM They won't be far behind Eric!
I would certainly concentrate in the area you found the fibula. Where theres one . . . Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: handyman [Alan} on June 17, 2010, 07:29:29 PM a lovely find, well done indeed. make sure you have either a 10 figure grid reference of the find spot, or go onto google earth, locate the find spot and record the eastings and northings.
This makes your FLO's recording of the artefact much easier. record it with the FLO, its so important. cheers Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: Meatslicer on June 18, 2010, 03:36:46 AM Hi Alan,
No worries, I plan to bring it to the next CSC meetiong so Mark can check it out and record it. I would like to see if he can date it for me too if thats possible. I use GPS when I am scanning so I can mark where I make finds, and I have an aerial photograph of the field with the find spot marked. Cheers old mate Eric Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: handyman [Alan} on June 18, 2010, 06:24:39 AM That's excellent practice Eric. All detecting newbies should follow this practice, as its a very important part of our hobby.
the digging it up bit is easy, it's the importance of recording the artefact that makes the bigger picture well worth while. Hopefully meet you on a rally someday. cheers Title: Re: Is this a roman brooch? Post by: Meatslicer on June 21, 2010, 08:24:38 PM And another brooch and my first hammered, John or early Henry III, approx AD 1208- 1215, along with some bronze horse fittings to add to his list.
I will have to buy him a pint of squash at this rate. Eric |