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Title: Heavy lead disc Post by: roaljodaka on August 12, 2014, 09:40:58 PM Hi, found this tonight any ideas ??? it is about 2.5" diameter solid lead. lovely pattern :)
Title: Re: Heavy lead disc Post by: Val Beechey on August 12, 2014, 11:31:46 PM Looks like it could be a brooch. Is there anything on the back ?
Val Title: Re: Heavy lead disc Post by: roaljodaka on August 13, 2014, 12:21:50 AM Hmmm, just been browsing images and maybe saxon, viking lead alloy brooch ?? thanks val, just wish it was light when i dug it as i just slung it in my pocket thinking more scrap lead :(, and no not night hawking, just the nights are drawing in so fast now >:(
Title: Re: Heavy lead disc Post by: roaljodaka on August 13, 2014, 01:00:37 AM Looks like it could be a brooch. Is there anything on the back ? Val Just cleaned it now val and you can deffo see there was a pin going across the back of it fixed side and attachment side. Title: Re: Heavy lead disc Post by: cardiffian on August 13, 2014, 04:59:02 AM Would they have been the remains of iron lugs? It is most likely a bridle boss. They a fairly common with that beaded edge effect.
Title: Re: Heavy lead disc Post by: Val Beechey on August 13, 2014, 08:55:47 AM I've found this one on PAS. It looks very similar. Hope the link works, couldn't copy the pic.
http://finds.org.uk/images/thumbnails/472570.jpg.pagespeed.ce.qjA5vMvQxO.jpg (http://finds.org.uk/images/thumbnails/472570.jpg.pagespeed.ce.qjA5vMvQxO.jpg) Record ID: NMS-247B85 Object type: BROOCH Broad period: MEDIEVAL County: Norfolk Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find waiting to be validated Medieval lead alloy composite disc brooch with an integral pin. The outer edge of the frame consists of a ring of small pellets. Within this a concave slope rises to a sharp rim before a downward slope on which there are twelve evenly spaced larger pellets around another ring of small pellets. Within this there is a plain inner edge which, through miscasting, is detached for more than half of its circumference. On the reverse there is a square-sectioned integral pin and the stump of some form of catchplate. Beneath the pin a decorated disc, now loose, is considerable larger that the i… Title: Re: Heavy lead disc Post by: Kent on August 13, 2014, 09:34:34 AM Alright roger i found this a while back also made of lead and has iron marks on back were pin or studs would have gone.
Title: Re: Heavy lead disc Post by: marknewbury1 on August 13, 2014, 11:47:53 AM Found this to lead fixing on the back 19 century
Title: Re: Heavy lead disc Post by: roaljodaka on August 16, 2014, 11:12:12 AM well found my disc on another finds site exactly the same and they say it is lead carriage crest.
http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/L/leaditemsmisc.htm (http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/L/leaditemsmisc.htm) Title: Re: Heavy lead disc Post by: The Doc on August 16, 2014, 06:02:19 PM These all appear to be horse harness mounts (bridle bosses).
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