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Title: Great day! Post by: falcon. on October 05, 2010, 04:50:34 PM Hi all out this moring with my dad just to give him a bit of fresh air and stop him moaning that i never take him out since he bought his first detector. :D The first thing that my Dad found was a bronze weight can anyone tell him how old it is, all that we can c is that it has an A and crown on it ., I found a nice seal as u can see in the pic, the print in the clay ;D what is it ??? The first pic are my finds .
Title: Re: Great day! Post by: falcon. on October 05, 2010, 04:52:48 PM These are my dads finds.
Title: Re: Great day! Post by: Roman (Ray) on October 05, 2010, 05:08:03 PM looks like you had a good day out you and your father falcon welldone both some lovely finds there.
ray. Title: Re: Great day! Post by: Neil on October 05, 2010, 05:39:51 PM That seal looks lovely - that two on here in as many weeks.
Is there much to see of the legend - can you work out the lettering. I think they normally start with the legend after a stylised star or pellet. Grat finds and post Neil Title: Re: Great day! Post by: falcon. on October 05, 2010, 06:23:20 PM That seal looks lovely - that two on here in as many weeks. Hi neil i can't make it out my self sorry :(Is there much to see of the legend - can you work out the lettering. I think they normally start with the legend after a stylised star or pellet. Grat finds and post Neil Title: Re: Great day! Post by: The Doc on October 05, 2010, 06:36:44 PM What a great day - well done.
I think the seal is a very crudely rendered example of this one from PAS. I've adjusted yours to be the right way up. The inscription I think reads ALAS BOWLES, said to be a hunting cry. http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/240453 (http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/240453) Title: Re: Great day! Post by: Neil on October 05, 2010, 06:39:28 PM Great ID Peter - you never fail to amaze mate!
Well done Neil Title: Re: Great day! Post by: The Doc on October 05, 2010, 06:50:46 PM On the weight, I can only see an A in your picture, not a crown.
If the A is definitely crowned, then it is Queen Anne period. if an A alone, this will indicate averdepois, indicating the system of weights. You would usually expect to see other marks as well - are there definitely none there? Title: Re: Great day! Post by: falcon. on October 05, 2010, 07:15:26 PM On the weight, I can only see an A in your picture, not a crown. Hi pete definitely a crown above the A it is worn away a bit ???, the picture is not very good but you can see it in the light ;D Thanks for info ;D ;DIf the A is definitely crowned, then it is Queen Anne period. if an A alone, this will indicate averdepois, indicating the system of weights. You would usually expect to see other marks as well - are there definitely none there? |