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found today down the vale on the swansea rally by GRIFFMEISTER amazing find , made of what looks like bronze with gold looking guilding all over and very heavy , a truely superb item well done mark , and he's only been detecting 2 months  :o :o

maybe roman , celtic any ideas anyone

OMG that's truly amazing, looks complete too, really can't get over how good that is, well done mate, what a find!!! :o

Hello
Didnt see it up close to be honest I got side tracked and forgot .Great days detecting really enjoyed it.I left with a part of a Bronze age axehead a mangled up georgian silver spoon and a henry 111 hammered coin that doesnt seem to be in the spinks book?Crown looks different on the coin compared to the ones in the book?
Cheers Andrew

absolutley stunning mate :o

Jesus - that looks a tad special. Any chance of seeing the back of it and do you know if its been cleaned at all as the feet and higher bits are shiny!

Any ideas on what its made of?

Very interesting find

Neil

its the same both sides neil , and no it hasnt been cleaned thats 2 minutes after it came up  :o :o :o

really like that looks like there could be a fair bit of history to it  well done mate ;)

A lovely find - its not a million miles away from this image I just Googled up of a modern reproduction of a Greek horse for sale.

The head certainly looks more styalized in a Greek form than Roman or Celtic to me. If it is Greek - you are writing part of Welsh history - get ready for some fame! :)

Amazing find - would have loved to have seen his face when that came out! I bet he was beaming from ear to ear! :)

Neil

Wow great find that.

That is nice. Looks older than Roman to me. 

Superb find and very unusual too,congratulations ;)  ;D

One of the best finds i have seen in many a year.......stunning......PaulB. 8)

Wow, never seen anything like it! Amazing find!

outstanding find thats all i can say.wwooww.welldone indeed.
ray

i'd of clunked that with me spade .......... :-[ congratulations on a belter of a find .......... 8)
well done that man......

What an amazing find, well done Griffmeister  :) :)

I definitely would have chopped at least one of the legs off, if not more  :(

Amazing find mate well done  :) ...what rally was this was it from this site or have i missed summin lol

It's Roman, and they normally have a Rider on them.
I know of one which came up in Bedfordshire and years later he found the Rider.
Nice find, well saved!!

Hi Hog - the Roman ones look different mate and are much smaller from the examples I have seen and held. You maybe right, but I think the scale and design is too different.

A quality find whatever it turns out to be.

Neil

Thanks guys......... ;D...i plucked that little sucker out of its dark muddy home just millisecs and i mean millisecs before mikethefob`s minelab came darting and whirring and whistling like mad attacking the hole from whence it came...just a little slow there bud.... :D...but anyway still not sure what to make of it just yet...farmersteve is popping down to the museum to check it out.....it could be the Real Deal or just another item on the mantlepiece.....watch this space.......... ;)

thats some find,one in a million fantastic mate congratulations what more can anyone say.viv

wow! Thats some find.Well done and congrats.
Al :) :) :)

Awesome, absolutely fantastic find!!!!

Very well found and congratulations on not damaging it during the recovery.This is going to be special, I'm sure.

fantastic find!!! superb!

If it's genuine it's a real rarity, well done :P

That has got to be one of the most beautiful objects I have ever seen!!! This just reminds me why I am in this hobby, to find things just like that!! Absolutely stunning!! Well done!!

now thats something to brag about.

I`d love it to be genuine for the finders sake.
 However sorry to pi$$ on the finders parade but ,I`ve seen  modern day Brass fakes with the verdigris looking just like that (patchy)and it makes me wonder.  ??? Good luck on the outcome anyway And I sincerely hope it proves genuine. The  FLO should verify if it is or not..

stunning find wow :o

Soooooo beautiful. It's one of those rare finds that I have to keep going back to and admiring. ::)

I hope it isn't a modern repro. What a fantastic find. ;D

Val

Wow fantastic find there well done :o

fantastic find, looks celtic to me like the whitehorse in chalk on the side of the hill greatfind :o :o mickycoin ;D ;D

It does look very similar to these based on a horse from Greece. ???

http://www.etsy.com/listing/76378643/ancient-greece-bronze-horse-in-gallop (http://www.etsy.com/listing/76378643/ancient-greece-bronze-horse-in-gallop)

http://www.museumselection.co.uk/bronze-horseman-prod10190/ (http://www.museumselection.co.uk/bronze-horseman-prod10190/)

Looks to Blue to me,lets hope im wrong.

I am not so  sure this is bronze with gold gilding,it looks painted brass,I would guess its a modern copy,hope im wrong though,if genuine its got to be worth around £15000 maybe even more

Griffmeister, BIG Well done. I hope this is the real deal for you.

special find nice 1 , looks celtic ...something on similar elk in cardiff meseum

Weldone great find mate ;D

mark, still cant believe you found that ! 

Even if its not the real deal, its just something fantastic to dig up.  I know the farmer's family are well into horses, could have been one of their daughters, just dont know.

On the other hand if its real - steve, (farmersteve)  wayne and mikeTF will be trying to get you to sell it pronto to get their share of the booty ! lol. ;D

Take care

H

If it's the real thing, is it likely to be Treasure ????

Val

Well the word is out on the street......had conformation off Farmersteve this morning who had it appraised that it is a modern day reproduction...probably worth a few quid on ebay rather than thousands if it was the real deal...Had to keep an open mind and hopes about it but mega dissappointed all the same...a bit of brasso on him to give him a nice shine and up on the mantlepiece it goes as a reminder... :(

That is a shame! What on earth is a modern replica doing out in the middle of nowhere? Very strange?

Just what I thought. Very strange. Such a dissapointment. :'(

Never mind, praps one day. ::)

Val

Chin up, there's always tomorrow.

I was sure this was a modern copy, but as everyone seemed so excited about it I was hoping I was wrong

How a modern copy got in to the field in the first place is a complete mystery

Maybe one of the farmer's families lost it, or someone planted it for a joke

Totally gutted for you mate :-\

must talk to the farmer,i think hes been having car boot sales on this one.  OH BUM!!!!!

having read the story so far, even a modern copy would be worth a few bob, still makes no sence to bury it in the field in the first place lets hope it is the real thing,, get it looked at by the proper people ""game shot"" fingers, toes everything crossed for you goodluck  mickycoin ;D ;D

Even though it is a modern replica it's still a lovely find.I'd have been delighted to have dug that up,whatever its age.I only hope it wasn't planted as a cruel joke.
  Onwards and upwards-keep at it.

ah shame Mark,

But they also had horse shows on that field if I remember, or one near it, so might have been a trophy for winning a class.

Great find all the same :) wish I had found it

take care

H

Weird thing is, there was another very similar sold on ebay 10 days ago from Bridgend.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ancient-Greek-Trojan-Roman-style-VERDIGRIS-HORSE-Sculpture-Brass-Metal-Art-/140618478655?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE&hash=item20bd83b43f (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ancient-Greek-Trojan-Roman-style-VERDIGRIS-HORSE-Sculpture-Brass-Metal-Art-/140618478655?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE&hash=item20bd83b43f)

I wonder where this one came from?

Excellent bit of detective work Ceri. Given that the lighting and angle is different and of course the soil, there appears to be a slight difference in the shoulder boss and neck decoration, but the gold appears to be identical definitely from the same workshop.

Bizarre! Even if it is a modern item, why the hell leave it in a field?

Think someone is having a laugh here.

Eric

The ring dots going down the neck are different and also on the Rally find there is a Zig Zag pattern running down the neck. So defo not the same artifact.

I was there and in discussions over its condition, I overheard someone mentioning that there had been burglaries in the area in the past.
Maybe someone crossing the fields dropped it? It looks in too amazing condition too have been underground for more than a few years surely.

Well if its a repro still a cracking find and what a nice artifacts to display , strange it end up in that field middle off knowhere but s big bravo to the finder . Nap

they re all over the place ;D

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Bronze-Greek-Horse-Meuseum-Replica-Greek-Art-/220853154942?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336bdfb47e (http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Bronze-Greek-Horse-Meuseum-Replica-Greek-Art-/220853154942?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336bdfb47e)

I recall seeing them in the gift shop at  the famous Minoan Palace ,Knossos,Crete.

I think there may be an Elephant in the room here, lets face it the likelihood is that some idiot has put it there either on the same day or a couple before and not realising the disappointment this type of stupid prank can cause, they have now bottled it and can't admit to doing it, and yes they are almost certainly a member on here.
Those clean bronze areas are bright and shiny and those legs, not a bend in sight.
It happened on one of Avalon's digs last year and on the Corf rally by MLO and a Weekend Wanderers Rally.

try on ebay....theres loads ;D

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Remarkable object..... The rest of the story ???  But Nobby all I hhave to say Is  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Not buried to get a degree of patina / corrosion for selling on by any chance ?

Just resurrecting this dead topic, and to show there's one (or actually 10) born every minute, here's an almost identical horse on eBay, supposedly a detector find by the seller's dead grandfather. It's currently attracted 33 bids from 10 bidders, and is at £232 with a day to go:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Celtic-Horse-Detector-Find-/261132010375 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Celtic-Horse-Detector-Find-/261132010375)

Seller is oksanab2005

NICEST ARTEFACT IVE EVER SEEN !!

aaah  yes the fabled celtic horse ,  ::) ::)

ouch someones going to get there fingers burnt

Ummm? I may fly out to Cyprus for an all inclusive holiday, buy a dozen and still be quids in. ;D

Using a little detective work and the eye of faith, If you look at the buying history of the Bridgend Horse, the buyes has also bought Police memorabilia and animal obedience books.

I wonder if the police have been training dogs on that field and That was left there for the dogs to find ?

Bad luck Mike, patina wasnt rite for something 2,000 years, shouldnt have shinny bits. that said great on mantle piece ;)

I suppose to be fair to the seller, this is what he says in the item description:

"We Are Currently Clearing Out My Grandfathers House, He Was A Keen Metal Detectorist.. He Has A Vast Collection Of Finds. My Mother Is Sure This Horse Was Found By Him Many Years Ago. We Cannot Guarantee This So Selling This Horse As An Unknown Item..It Is Beautifully Decorated, Looks Like Gold So Perhaps It Has Been gilted In Places... We Did Show It To A Local Detectorist. His Opinion Is That It Did Come Out Of The Ground As The Patina Is To Be Expected.. He Did Make Us An Offer But We Declined, We Will Gamble On Ebay"

It started at £4.14, with no reserve, so the rest of the bidding is just down to the clueless folk believing they can see something that might be worth thousands, unless there's some shill bidding going on.

I think I have some genuine crucifixtion nails in the garage.......think i'll dig em out ::)

Just wait until its sold,after a few weeks you will see the feedback,you can then contact who ever bought the rubbbish and let them know they have been conned  ;D

£820  :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

chef , book the flight , im coming too  ;) ;)

OMG :D

Bet Griff wishes he'd put his on the bay now. WOW what a price. :o  I hope they're not toooooo disapointed. ::)

Val

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