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Title: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on July 04, 2009, 06:47:02 PM Picked up Ian Gadget today and went to my new farm , second visit to this farm, the first being with Neil a couple of days ago. Quite quiet and the ground was like iron , digging was difficult at best. Ian came up with a silver , I'll let him tell you about it though. I picked up a name plaque , which unknown to me at the time was solid silver.
The ground being to hard to keep our interest we decided to shoot off to another farm, even though we'd done this farm many times previously we still felt it our best chance for some finds. We struggled for the first couple of hours with buttons and buttons and................... yip more buttons , then the heavens opened , several times and we got soaked....... several times. At one point i was lying under a hedge trying to keep the tector dry. Last push we decided to detect back to the car, as I was under orders from a higher ranking member of my family ;) . Halfway back I picked up a Thimble which although is squashed, is solid silver. And 10 yards from that I picked up another button signal (which I almost did not dig) And it turned out to be the Lizzy Half hammered. So all in all it turned out to be not a bad day at all PS Is the hammered cut or broken ? Any ideas? Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: DIGGA on July 04, 2009, 06:55:47 PM WOW ROB WOT A DAYS HAUL WELL DONE BUDDY ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: simon c on July 04, 2009, 06:56:52 PM Very nice finds rob,i like that silver name plaque,the hammered looks like it has been bent in half and broken ?.
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo Post by: Richy on July 04, 2009, 06:58:05 PM Well done Rob & Ian! :) :)
The hammie looks broken rather than cut Rob but you never know...... That very nice name plaque is worth following up "Mr Baker of New something House" I wonder what the history is behind it. ??? Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo Post by: Gadget(Ian) on July 04, 2009, 07:01:35 PM great day that rob a bit wet but at least we didnt get cold after the soakings with the sun drying us out in between showers.
my first coin was nearly a blank george 111 shilling.then two pennies 1927 & 1928 and a few buckles,buttons and a musket ball from the first farm.then we went to the second farm but as rob said he hit the silver trail this time i just found buttons and more buttons.just about to give up i finnished the day with a nice whole gilded watch winder the best i have seen so a very enjoyable day cheers taff my batteries are on charge for the next trip Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Richy on July 04, 2009, 07:02:03 PM Just enlarged the name plaque and it looks like "Mrs Baker New Passage House"
Rob can you date it from the hallmark? Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on July 04, 2009, 07:10:02 PM No hallmark on it fella ? But when i rubbed it with foil it fizzled and stank of rotten egg.
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: hedgehog on July 04, 2009, 07:46:15 PM Well done Rob, mrs Baker must have been a wealthy lady, nice thimble too should straighten out a treat, nice busy area by the look of it and a hammy to finish doesn't get better than that!
Never found a watch winder with the gilding still on Ian, nice find! Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: The Doc on July 04, 2009, 08:08:58 PM Nice finds Rob. The Lizzie is broken rather then cut.
Could this be the "New Passage House" mentioned: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/kinggeorge/n/003ktop00000013u09300001.html (http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/kinggeorge/n/003ktop00000013u09300001.html) Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Kev on July 04, 2009, 08:18:43 PM great finds Taff & Gadget.........well done on the hammy Taff like the plaque nice bit of history you guys found today, well done to you both, got to be more there on that farm for sure . ;) ;D
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: hedgehog on July 04, 2009, 08:40:13 PM Nice one Peter that really puts some history behind the silver tag, bet Rob will be pleased with that info
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on July 04, 2009, 08:47:52 PM Ahhhh well done Peter , I did get some info on the house , and that would probably be the right house. Not a million miles from the farm ;)
Thimble is now unsquished and nearly back to original shape. Thanks to Ian Gadget on quenching advice ;) Rob ;) Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Kev on July 04, 2009, 08:56:17 PM the thimble looks great TAFF well done m8 ;D
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Beefy (GARETH) on July 04, 2009, 09:28:20 PM very nice tafflaff i can see you had a good day out good on you bud.............. :) :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: silky on July 04, 2009, 09:58:18 PM well done ian and rob some nice finds .rob could you post how you straightend the thimble ,could be handy for peeps :)
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on July 04, 2009, 10:12:50 PM I will let Ian post that fella , He told me how to do it , its called quenching the silver. Goos for hammereds as well.
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: KANE (DES) on July 04, 2009, 10:18:00 PM hi mates lovely finds there silver again
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: mole on July 04, 2009, 10:20:51 PM Nice finds there Rob and Ian ;)keep at it there an hoard waiting somewhere ???mole
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: PHIL YNYSBOETH on July 05, 2009, 08:14:14 AM Sounds like you had a tidys days Tecting there boys ;0)
Ian would your quenching work on a Base metal? Ive got a childs Thimble here but it must have a very high Iron content its still in one piece but oxidised all the best Phil Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Neil on July 05, 2009, 09:34:00 AM Great result lads - some decent finds there.
That name plaque is a bit special Rob - nice to be able to trace something and it doesn't come more accurate than having an adress on it! Well done. Cheers Neil Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Stig(The) on July 05, 2009, 11:03:20 AM A good days tecting had by you both,some great finds there,well done,i like the name plaque. ;D
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on July 05, 2009, 11:32:25 AM Neil you was my lucky charm yesterday fella , things went on the up and up after you phoned me...lol
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Neil on July 05, 2009, 11:41:22 AM Glad I could be of service! ;D
Title: Re: Three silver today whooohoooooooo (Now with pics) Doh!!!!!!!!! Post by: Gadget(Ian) on July 05, 2009, 12:51:52 PM phil the quenching will only work on materials like copper silver.steel and iron are a different kettle of fish it depends on the carbon content usually quenching will harden these materials in this case you get it to a workable condition by heating it to cherry red and letting it cool naturally this process is called annealing.hope this helps pm me if you need more info.
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