Todays farm finds

[Discrim-Me]

Dug this lot today at the farm, found the pound coins in the small garden at the side of the farm house and the rest i found in one of the top fields literally just down one edge of the field. The brass horse buckle is my fave, dunno what the other stuff is though,anybody got any ideas?

[The Doc]

The bit at the bottom is a harness fitting - late 19th to early 20th century.

[Discrim-Me]

Thanks Doc, just wondered if the round thing in the top left could be a spindle whorl?

[carling]

nope think its a nut, spindle whorls are made of lead,

[Val Beechey]

No, not a spindle whorl, unfortunately, it's a degraded nut. The buckle if off a harness and the harness fitting is probably a makers name plate.
The more fields you do you will come to realise that all fields seem to have a dumping area, usually the corners.
Well done on the coins. Next time you go ask if they used to have an orchard, might produce some older coppers that you might be able to I.D. and date.

Val

[Discrim-Me]

Heh one thing i did notice, everything was quite deep,   me backs killin me   

[Dryland]

yes but think of the fun you've had  well done D M

[Discrim-Me]

Best thing is my teenage daughter spent the afternoon with me she was the appointed pinpointer she really enjoyed it.

[Drivertess]

Dug this lot today at the farm, found the pound coins in the small garden at the side of the farm house and the rest i found in one of the top fields literally just down one edge of the field. The brass horse buckle is my fave, dunno what the other stuff is though,anybody got any ideas?
 

I detect on a Farm and have found that speaking to the farmer about the history of the farm and the locals is rewarding. I follow the public footpaths that have been there for many years and also the farmer informed me of a stream that used to pass through where the lakes are now and this area has been very rewarding. It is also useful to find out what the fields have been used for as with the ploughed fields you will find a lot of stuff that is deep. There is always a part of the field that has been used to dump stuff over the years and I have found these to be near gates. Another thing I have also found in the fields is spent coal that looks like coke (the coal form) and these give a good signal and are supposedly from the old steam tractors.There is a pub nearby and my most rewarding day when I found my silver I took a direct line from the pub area to the gates at the bottom of the field. If your intention is to detect the whole field it may be of use to use markers, there is a field I am doing this with and use small flags on stakes so I know where I was on my last trip.

You could find an old map online of the area and look especially for paths between farms and the old throughfares and follow these this works as well. I haven't found anything fantastic but have found many older coins back to George II some old silver coins, stacks of livery buttons and £90 in new currency and I am a relitively new detectorist with just a starter machine.

Hops this helps and well done with the finds

[Discrim-Me]

i know what you mean about the coal/coke from steam engines,i found 3 lumps of it yesterday, i do know there are old public right of ways on the farm that havent been used for a very long time,will get out the maps and see were excatly they are.

[alun]

Nice finds Discrim. Looks like you enjoyed the day well done.
The top two actually are a spacer (not spindlewort) and the pin next to it is a spigot pin what they used to attach trailers or machinery to either tractors, steam or horse drawn.
NIce