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« on: March 11, 2010, 07:37:33 PM »
Some of you may already of seen this over on MLO, but this is the Bronze age spearhead I found about 4 weeks ago near Newport. It's from the middle Bronze age 1450-900BC. 2 others with the same dimensions have been found in North Wales which leads the FLO to think they were either made in Wales or possibly Ireland.

One interesting point that came up when I was talking to the FLO was that there is now a belief that the Irish Tinker of more recent times who came around and would mend pots and pans and make buckets etc, could be the descendants of a much older tradition of travelling Irish metal workers as some of the best examples of metal working in all metals have been found in Ireland.
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« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2010, 08:15:47 PM »
That was a great find Geoff m8
Ace  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2010, 08:29:08 PM »
nice find geoff and its complete would be worth another look in that area.viv
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« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2010, 08:43:16 PM »
a lovely find,

it will be nice when its finished!! Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2010, 08:45:51 PM »
I'm just sanding it down now Alan Wink
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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2010, 08:50:52 PM »
It does not need sanding down i have seen it it needs 10 mins in a good sandblaster lol its a nice find well done chef Wink
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« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2010, 09:13:32 PM »
I just have this mental picture of the "traveling Tinkers" offering to fix your chariot and "tarmac your drive for you sir", and by the way,i think the guttering blocked on your Celtic round house Grin
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« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2010, 07:43:17 AM »
wow, it looks a nice one.,  i hope you don't go damaging it now,
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« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2010, 09:36:39 AM »
now that i REALLY like......  Shocked thats just gone way up my wish list of finds to come !!! well done fella  Wink
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« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2010, 10:02:45 AM »
well done CHEF (geoff) that is a lovley find , one in a million finds ......... and the history behind it  Wink
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« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2010, 10:07:28 AM »
A stunning find fella , I would love to find something like that. Well done and thanks for posting it...  One for the gallery I think.
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« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2010, 10:52:27 AM »
Thats a great find Geoff Smiley Smiley
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« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2010, 08:50:58 PM »
A very nice find, well saved. Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2010, 09:10:57 PM »
HI CHEF BUTTY.
yeh what a cracking find.
it was great to see it for real mate.lovely find.
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« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2010, 08:16:54 PM »
I found one identical to that one five years ago, but mine was broken in half and was thought to be a votive offering,it had the same brown patina which you get when bronzes are recovered from water or wet land like bogs or marshes.

Excellent find !


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