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Ok We've had Favourite Bronze coin and Favourite Silver Coin - Lets take a break from coins and find out whats 'Your Precious'

What is your favourite artifact found by yourself. It hasnt got to be the Sutton Hoo Mask or The Holy Grail  just any artifact that you've found that is special to you in some way.

Go for it , lets get some different members answering as well, there must be some well saved artifacts out there amongst our members  :)

My gold ring  :) found on land and was my first gold, and maybe my first piece of treasure  ;D
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Sorry about the giant photos  ;)

Yet again I'm sooooo predictable :D But I've not bettered it yet. A spearhead from the beginning of the late Bronze Age 1450-900BC and one of only four of this type recorded in Wales.


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It has to be this for me  ;) 12th Century silver daggar chape, and my first Item required for treasure ( think you where with me when it came up Taff ) Glad to say its now back in my collection  ::)

My favourite artefact a 12th Century Limoges Reliquary Mount, found by Mrs Herbie with the old 250 :), we just love it!

its is still my favorite as no one can properly  id it not the museum nor the searcher mag !!!! ??? ;) the ukdfd think its some sort of mount.!!             Material                                                       Size (mm)
                                               Lead alloy                             34.6mm long x 25.1mm wide x 4.5mm thick 

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got to be me Iron Age Comb...... 8) unique , peaked too early......... ;D

This is my fav find by far.
2nd century roman brooch.
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before cleaning
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after cleaning.

Its my favourite because it was only my second roman brooch, and its condition after all those years
in the ground, and the skill involved all those years ago in the making of it, i found it on a freinds
farm {GLYNKID} who kindly invited a few club members out for a dig.
Below is a detailed record from UKDFD
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=26762&cat=500 (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=26762&cat=500)

I think mine has got to be a Celtic Sword pommel, absolutely stunning condition, and shows what a Celtic warrior looked like with his  braided hair. Not a lot is known about  these people, and to find a face with hair style is fairly uncommon, as there is very little surviving evidence. The Pommel  has been on loan to the Corinium museum in Cirencester for the last 5 years.

Great thread guys with some lovely finds!

Mungo - I presume you know how rare and valuable a find that is? A similar one or possibly this one graced the cover of the Searcher a good few moons ago. Stunning find - well done!

Keep them coming

Neil

its got to be my  FOB of course , the only gold i have ever found  :P :P

Well i have two favorites at the moment a bronze cross i found in Oxford some twenty four years ago, the engraving on it is awesome. Secondly a stunning memorial ring engraved inside for a fella who died in 1856 i found in Gwent nearly two years ago it was also pictured in the Searcher magazine

have a vote for the best......

i like the fob its fab,nice one mike the fab.

Ok here is my favourite find, its a little predictable but it is what it is.

Had been reading up a lot on the Knights Templar , always find their story interesting. Decided to find a farm that bordered something Templar and managed to do just that.

Its funny how things work out, now the chances of finding something 'Templar'  ::) ....well lets just say I'd have been more likely to have luck sticking a squid on the lottery  :)

Imagine the dawn of realisation when not only do I find my First and only (Still only)  ring , but its also 12th Century Treasure and its also got a nice symbol on it.  ;D .... A Templar Symbol.

The museum may say that it's links to the Knights Templars cant be proven, but to me it will ALWAYS be my 12th Century Templar Ring.

Some great artefacts guys!

Here is my contribution - most of you have seen it before. Dated 1500-1550 and now resides in the National Museum of Wales. Silver and 22ct gilt large man's Medieval ring - only know comparrison is a heavily erroded version from the deck of the Mary Rose. Declared it as Treasure and went through a full pocess of 18 months.

Keep them coming . . .

Neil

my favourite is this aerial gunners badge,they where given to the american air force as soon as they did their training on the b17 flying fortress bombers.
 i found it on aberavon beach and at first glance i thought it was tin foil.
the ones handed out in britain were made of cast alloy but the ones handed out in america were solid silver and can fetch around a £100
 this one was sold on ebay for £45.i wanted to keep it being a man who never throws anything away and because of its history but the mortgage does'nt pay itself so hay ho it had to go >:(
 it would have been worn on the lapel of a jacket

On the subject of favorite finds how many members remember this caddy spoon from the 2 day rally at Llantwit Major a couple of years ago . To be honest if any members get downhearted not finding much this thread is great every find is a cracker and maybe even better ones just waiting to be unearthed, keep em comming folks cheers Chris

:o I want one!  :o

willow that is awesomeanumanumanummmmmmm.

Stunning finds just to keep all my hopes up, all real nice finds, but willow trees caddy spoon does it for me. I guess my YALE padlock does not count :)

think this has got to be mine thought it was some sort of horse decoration when first found after quite a bit of research it turned out to be a sword belt hanger ;D