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« on: September 16, 2011, 06:42:53 PM »
DW and DS member Filternozzle who lives in Scotland was on his way to visit relatives in Berkshire but took a detour for a days detecting with me here in Somerset and it was a good excuse to get me out of bathroom tiling Grin
Well we met up at 9 this morning and I made the fatal error of saying how many times you get the best find at the beginning or at the end....well 10 minutes later I was holding a clod of earth with an Eddy penny firmly implanted in it, oh dear!
Well other than a Georgian? grot at the end that was my total coin count Sad
But at lunch time and after 33 years I found my first seal matrix, it's bronze and a Vesica type, I'll update this thread with a pic of it cleaned and with an impression later. My only other find worth mentioning was a very bent but maybe savable silver sweet heart brooch. So 8 hours detecting for 5 minutes of digging Undecided  But enjoyed every moment Wink

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« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2011, 06:57:59 PM »
nice finds there fella
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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2011, 06:59:33 PM »
worth it for the seal matrix, great find
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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2011, 07:37:50 PM »
great finds chef well done on the seal matrix as well  Wink
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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2011, 08:28:53 PM »
Great finds Geoff Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2011, 05:28:19 AM »
Nice finds there well done Geoff is that a bird on the seal matrix or should I have gone to specsavers  Grin
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« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2011, 06:37:26 AM »
Nice Finds Geoff , loving the seal matrix  Wink
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« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2011, 06:45:32 AM »
Very nice finds Geoff.I'll look forward to seeing the matrix cleaned up.Congratulations  Grin
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« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2011, 07:15:47 AM »
Wow! Fred you certainly don't need specsavers Cheesy Yes it's a bird  and I can see the word "Sigillum" which is the easy bit and just means "Seal of", unfortunately I didn't have any blue tack so couldn't do the impession but I'll pop out later and buy something that will do the job.
I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that it's bes to dust the seal before using sealing wax? did I dream that???
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« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2011, 07:21:29 AM »
Blu tac???   

nah -- take a close up of the image then reverse the image so the lettering appears as what you would see in a blu tac impression.

result --- pennies saved and no time wasted. Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2011, 08:20:31 AM »
Spoilsport Tongue

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« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2011, 08:45:21 AM »
Excellent! It appears to read SIGILLVM S[ ]LVTIS. Any idea what the second letter of the word is - I can't make it out?
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« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2011, 10:06:12 AM »
Well done Doc. That is a cracker Chef WELL DONE.
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« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2011, 10:35:27 AM »
Got it!!

We were all misreading it - it's not SIGILLVM, it's SIGNVM.

The reading is SIGNVM SALVTIS, like this lead one:

http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/109536

So not a personal seal, but still a great find Geoff!
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« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2011, 11:21:33 AM »
Nice Seal Geoff well done mate
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