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i m going to try to post some of my best finds in wales over the coming weeks hope its of interest to you no 1 roman oil lamp made in lead, 2nd cent

Borderfox, they will always be of interest to us.

nice lamp there mr fox  its the first ive ever seen ..... thats what i like about this site   you allways learn something new     well done on a nice find ;D ;D

 thanks both digga your tip worked the oil lamp base was id by welsh museum , its very heavy would have had oil and wick obviously,  regards john

i haven't sen one like that either,  nice one,

Boarder fox :) John very nice lamp would it be the very deep find  ??? yuou mentioned to me if so I,d beter put the program in ready for saturdays rally  ::) good hunting John :) mole

That's a nice one John , keep posting them will look forward to seeing the rest  :)

this will be a very interesting thread guys BORDERFOX will no doubt surprise us all with his finds for sure , think there will be a lot of finds off him to come ................... nice one JOHN ;D

hi mole the  roman oil lamp was over 20 inches very faint signal no2 is henry v111 groat found in cowbridge, if youv e driven from bridgend coming in to the dual carridgeway to cardiff in cowbridge three years ago you would have been within twenty foot of it inside the hedge regards john

 this next item i would describe as a unique find ;Dfound in a field last month i still had my coat on

nice hammered coin great find well done ?   ;D

find 4 roman iron age possibly votive knife handle currently in welsh museum there not sure yet guess the name of the  unique find regards john

VERY NICE cant beat a bit of roman

Another nice find there John , some good ground you've got there. (are those tights?)  :)

wow,  nice finds there Borderfox,  nice groat and knife handle thingy

23 denari from vitellius to hadrian found in the last year regards john

forgot there are nine republican coins  in their bottom rows, two vitellius out of shot vespasian ad 69 to hadrian 117, hedgehog  i m not wearing tights i now you can see holes in knee s there my lucky trousers, have now replaced them with a new pair :(  why are their so many hedgehogs been killed on roads this time of year, i ve seen 7 in the last week are they on heat or suicidel time of year regards john

Guys and Galls  on here , iv seen the BORDERFOXS collection ......its great and you are just seeing the roman stuff........told you in a earlier post he has more to come ....... ;D ;D ;D ;D

a few of my roman fibulas found in the last year, the long top left one was found in a blackberry bush its colchester 1st cent it  was 2inches down , i thought it was a large safety pin till i got the mud of regards john

MR FOX LET ME CONGRATULATE YOU ON AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF ROMAN COINS       I WOULD LOVE TO FIND ONE  TO GET MY COLLECTION STARTED  HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO GET SUCH A COLLECTION TOGEATHER  ??? ??? ???    BRILLIANT BUD  ;D ;D

henry v1th groat found in the vale of glamorgan, this was on cardiff scan club  land , a friend told me about this field he d found lots of buckles and buttons,  passing it i noticed it was in stubble, at club night i told lotsof people about it and it was worth a go, anyway a week later, passing it again, i thought i might as well try it, no sign of holes, with stubble i sometimes walk say 50 yards out and back knock all the stubble down, and then dect it, the above was the result also had a half groat which i gave to the farmerhartd luck lads i did tell you regards john

Fox , take me out one day plllleeeeeeeeeasaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

never had a roman silver christ uve got loads exellent  ;D

 didn t put up much of a fight, anybody now what fish it is defintitly roman 1st cent, or before in the welsh musuem for id and dating regards john

 hi geoff, my 100 post im senior now, do i get a badge ::) ::) thanks to digga , and others for help i can now put my finds on rob ,phil and i will take you out anytime ,regards john

very nice finds ? can i have sum of your luck lol

nice finds keep digging  :)

Borderfox John :)simply amazing finds you talk the talk and walk the walk  :o brilliant fella ::) mole

12th cent gold ring, purchased by the welsh museum this year, if you have driven to llantwit major from barry, past the airport you would have passed within 50ft of it, over 2 years ago, that day i had trouble with coil, late in the day i thought one more go soil like concret, first signal shotgun second shotgun  my feet one more i go home 3rd signal sound shotgun, dig  ring ,   stunned regards john

Well done John on getting the photos up - its easy after a bit of practice. Some great finds there mate and I can assure all Detectingwales members theres a few more to come!

Limit them to one a day John - you don't want to excite the members too much! ;D

See you and Phil on Saturday
Neil

hi borderfox, wooooooow" very very nice,  ;D well done   mick

Loving the finds John , glad you have got the hang of posting them up, a lot of dream finds there!

last three for now, selection of roman spindle whores and lead roman weights 1st 2nd cent  regards john

1601, james v1 of scotland£6 gold piece equal to 10 shilligns in england, he became james the first of england in 1603, the story goes he brought chests of gold and silver coins down from scotland with him he sent his servant out with a gold coin, to get  maybe  a indian and a few cans, but the shop keeper said i don t now what this coin is worth so he refused to sell him anything on becoming king  he made nknown the rate of exchange between the currency, found on the same farm as my ring i was talking to the farmers wife, thinking which field to do nexrt she said at the back of the house is an old trail down the bank , after a few hoursat the bottom signal shotgun,signal the above  there is one found in a hoard in the welsh museum,ps. another visit, gold guinea found 20 ft from this coin but not by mehad a great month 2 years ago 3 gold coins two half sovereigns ring and hammered, not a sniff of gold since maybe the golr roman one day, and pre 1947 halfcrown  regards john

last one have lots more, 1st cent roman cavalry mount found in vale of glam,  the reason for these posts is to say that there are still plenty of great finds in wales i do a lot of walking, and just now and again that field of gold turns up we have land in england, and i like to do an odd english, rally, but  i  get more satisfaction , finding things in wales, than travelling every week hundreds of miles to a fixed location for a days decting, at least i can enjoy the scenery, wildlife and dect at my own pace, and can go back as often as i like regards john thats all folks thanks for your kind comments  have a great year regards ohn pugh

Some wonderful finds there John and nice stories behind them, why travel when there is so much on your doorstep, the quality of finds in Wales when found is much superior to many other areas of the country. I feel sure the items that you have posted up will inspire others to persevere!

guys as i said in a earlier post LOTS more to come  ::) ::) ;D, iv had the great pleasure top see the Borderfox collection.................. outstanding, well done MR PUGH ;D

hi three horse harniss mounts roman 1st early 2nd cent,  regards john

Outstanding. Those are beautiful. Little pieces of history.

Excellent finds john well done  ;)

Nice finds again John, wonder how big the horses were way back then?

Apparently the celts used small horses easy to handle so i would think the romans used the same ???

According to Bishop 1988 the average height of a Roman Cavalry horse was 14 hands. Quoted in the book THE ROMAN CAVALRY, Dixon and Southern. Although 10 to 15 hands was the range of excavated horses. At Krefeld 31 horses were excavated, two from 11 to 12 hands and the rest from 12 to 15.2 hands.

like that gold coin well done ;D :D

Nice finds Mr Pugh

Amazing  background knowledge and well presented. Can sit and look at these time and time again. Keep up the good work.

Also your always available to help others

Farmer Phil

hi, this celtic terrett ring was found in the vale of glamorgan , now purchased by the welsh musuem, it was at least 18inches down, a very faint signal,and small rocks wedged arond it, i now without my ex11 i would have not found it people talk about slow recovery speed, of the ex11,  well its served me well. thanks again for your nice and  intelligient comments , regards john

as i have said in earlier post MR Pugh has got some great finds and found in WALES as well, great hope for the rest of us i say..........brill finds BORDERFOX ;D

Great finds,John. Always good to see your stuff - keeps us optimistic!

amazing stuff john!!!!! wouldnt mind a few finds like that more often lol

Wow ! What an amazing collection of finds,

i think it goes to show, that all of us in Wales neednt travel too far to distant rallies, when it is possible to find amazing roman/med artefacts on our doorsteps.

well done border fox  ;D

well done john great finds regards louie

well done john. thats a great find mate
my luck as gone not found much for a while now.

out with the vac today, and louie 90,  we started a new farm in deep wales, the farmer let us pull the car in the field,and of we went phil the vac was of and running with a nice 17th cent buckle, william 4th sixpence closly followed by elizy 1st half groat dodging a few showers we  had lots more targets, but the finds where all georgy, so lunch time we decided to move to  our other farm bad news the farmewas in the barn with the vet, his whole herd wherte being put down, tb the dreaded disease.  badgers love them or hate them,so we tried a new farm, louise 90,  kicked of with two nice tokens one a bishop cronard, type then i followed up with this silver arm piece. phil thinks its victorian , i think a lt earlier,  we had a great day out  lou and phil nev er stopped joking , bottom photo lou 90. warming up see over hedge, phils audience,  saw a wonderfull red kite today. very close what a great hbby close to nature, lovly scenery and mad, but great company regards john

Looks I/A to me,  :o very significant find if it is, Perhaps Pete might have more info for you. Well done John. ;D ;D

hi two of my unusual lead finds last year, lead  roman head of eel, 1st cent, the other roman 1st cent  bowling ball for small roman ;D no i m not sure. thanks maxine hope it is off that period  plus  i cut phil s lead to 21 to six regards john

my 50th denari, at last of welsh soil, went out yesterday on a new sight, with loiuse 90,  havn t id it yet nice head but only 1.7 grams light for denari, also a reasonable sersturius, and lou had a unusual fibula, with enamelling but needs a clean regards john and lou 90

Well done John , keep 'em coming no. 50 denarius? Is your favourite the first one you  found?

hi hedehog, my first ever denari was in 2008 , i was over the moon, second five minutes later could not believe it,  3 to 49 heaven every o ne after two months number 50, i ve done it dreams do come true don t now who it is yet,  next target gold auries regards john

well done again Borderfox, and Louie 90 Mr Pugh you are  getting those denarie for sure ,nice to see Louie doing well... ;)

hi flipper,  my machine is minlab explorer 11, fitted with the 11 inch pro coil, which i bought new 3years ago. it was bought because of their depth qualities, and has certainly paid off, , your not doing anything wrong , any machine would have found them, but sometimes if your very lucky you find that field of dreams best regards john

hi, out fri , in to deep dangerous wales the horseflies are waiting, at every corner for their dinner me, it lashed down with rain till i got their, louise90 and i then stopped, thanks odune any way after 3 quater years finally got my florin 1920  plenty of shillings and sixpences but no pre1947 florin, over the moon,  finds for the day two denari, havn t id yet , two sersterius and few grots,  a large pot  mend roman and weight, louise had a lovely dupondus, and the 2nd cent, lion casket  head the second denari havn t posted yet,  buts its a really nice republican

got a new camera,  still learning it best regards john

Hell John , those are some finds there, what a great site you are working on, don't think some of us are seeing the finds, might be an idea to start a new post with finds as they come, don't want the rest to miss your endeavours do you?  ;D  Nice pics too!

Hi border fox,

stunning finds,

Do you take pot luck or do you try and research prospective farm sites to detect on ?

For the majority of tectors on hill farms, you can walk all day and only find buttons and buckles lol ;D

hi hedgehog, , your probably right , but what i m trying to do is  build a picture of finds in wales for myself to remember, and to show what can be found in wales, if people are interested. outlaw, its a mixture of both, at this present moment i research possible sites, but  even then, you can only try new land, i walked miles, with very little to show, but just now and then ,you find that field of dreams. its just down to thinking where ancient man lived and meet, the piece in the centre of the grot coins cleaned up well and is a 2nd cent  roman strap end best regards john

Lovely finds borderfox i am still waiting for a productive field have been for years now mate ;D

I think we all are waiting for that field of dreams Adie  ;D

Well borderfox i am still walking, though did find a denarius in Battle just after
Christmas  ;D

went out fri. with lou 90,  driving  to collect him saw a hawk in front of me lifting a road kill rabbit  wish i had the camera to capture that , anyway  we chased up a tip off of a iron age fort ,one hour later lost in a country lane we give up tried a new farm , usual georgy , lou then had a nice tudor buckle. , i was thinking not another geory farm, then digs, hammered couldn t believe it,  really nice eliz groat, thanks phil for straighting it  regards john

Very nice Mr Fox. Nice patina as well. You must be well proud.

well done mr fox very nice coin mate would be proud to find that myself mate  ;)

hi found  the other day roman 2nd cent  bird brooch minus one wing, according to mark lodwick ,the first recorded bird booch found in wales regards john

Hell John two more lovely finds there, enjoying seeing your posts , keep it up! Do you find much rubbish on your forays?

Awww wow , lovely finds there , keep it up , You're giving Wales a good name!  :D

Hello John :)still not in your league finds wise :o nice bird brooch bud the last twice out with your programme I,ve had silver JOEYS nothing spectacular yet!!! due to find something from the bronze age though ;) I can dream ;D ;D mole

hi hedgehog, in answer to how much rubbish, if you mean foil pull tabs foil, not to much, as most of our land is very rural, do have lots of georgian / vicky coins had 16  yesterday, tried two new fields in rural fields right by old church, going back tomorrow, took camera, forgot batteries,, even decrt, in small river, found buckle and vici penny,  had like new 1923 florin, two in week ::) lthanks for all the kind comments, mole your not doing any wrong finding silver joeys, but you have to keep going research new land sites, phil and have hundreds of farms but we are always looking  and trying for new places wales is a big place, but there are still fields of dreams there to find regards john

hi, lo90 phil the vac,and me on a day out in rural wales phil had 3 silver coins and haLF A CROTAL BELL ON WELSH SOIL, LOTS OF COPPER FROM GEORGE 11 TO VICKY, lou had a votive figure ;D according to him but we now a old lead soldier and my best a 1890 sixpence, and spindle whore, a few photo s of our day pic 1  our new sitelove the bells  ;D ;D pict 2 who would by this house see how close to graves less than 5ft, maybe vampires ::) rear of house would you buy a used car from these two  :-\ phil is posting photo s of finds great day out  regards john

Better get the spell checker working John , what's a spindle whore? Like the photos

hi hedgehog the   spellings right evertime i get one its the same tone as a silver coin so if its a spindle i call it you whore ;D ::) regards john

 ;D Sorry i questioned the spelling , yor right  ;D

Spindle whore?...........is that a thin prostitute?........ ; ::) D ;D

the hoover strikes backs

louie) louie) louie) its the vac strikes back  :P  :D  :D

nice pics john well done that man  ;)

hi out today lou90 and i, thought we d  try a new site by a saxon church in rural wales, tracked the farmer down, gave permission, he said tht it had been dect before, but he would take us to another farm  with a ancient mound on it we followed his old jeep a few miles  to his other farm through the yard then we started to climb up and up my poor old car was sliding but got through the first field  then the next field it  was 1 to 3 i m sure, i said no way i could make it so parked up there left lou in car and he took me up to the mound, see in photo , i said what age he thought it was, he dryly said i don t now i wasn t around then :-[ i said is their water around being on top of the mountain, he then showed me the circular pond anyway after pointing out the rest of his land he took me back to the car and wished us good luck  i said to lou,  our first iron age fort to dect, as lou got out i saw some green stuff on my mat guess who had stepped in sheep poo, twenty mins later we  there grass fairly long, but the wind, blowing my head off signals quite, but lou did up a roman grot,  so after a hour, decided to go back when weathe was better,went back to saxon church, best find a pound coin ;D  the wind and rain was no better, so decided to return in better weather anybody got a four wheel drive  regards john

louie looks lost on that hill john nice pic of the church mate i like it. chin up mate you found a pound you cant find stuff all the time  :-\ mabe next time see you soon (phil) ;)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ps  good job i was not up there with my ears we mite of flown down that hill  :D :D :D :D :D :D

HEY  MR FOX ,,,,,,, THAT LOOKS   IT  COULD BE VERY PROMISING   ESPECIALLY  AS IT HASENT BEEN  TECTED  BEFORE    WELL DONE   AND   THE BEST OF LUCK  ON IT  MATE    ;) ;) ;)

hi out last fri, lou and i , tracked down another iron age fort, thought we had the farmer, but on arrival, told us it wasn t his but supplied us with name of farm directions and phone number,  getting their the farmers wife, said she would phone him to check if okay, bad reception so she jumped on her quad, and roared of , ten min later, the farmer appeared,  do you own the fields four miles away yes, can we go on the field with fort, he said yes,  of he went as quick as he appeared, so did we,  back through the lanes, got to our field about 30 acres, over the moon, what a site all the old fort bank ditches complete,  lou had a button very quite,  no signals, then it came rain no tree s two small hawthorns bushes, we where drenched, made a run for the car, dripping hour later stopped tried again walked up down the field, nothing  but we will return  run for lower places,  to finish the day, my camera must have shorted out , so only 1 picture ,  picture two louise coin weight for a gold noble 15th cent. . picture three a bird landed within three foot of me with a snail in his mouth, and proceeded to eat it , three ft away i reached for my camera, he must have been there for five minutes, wasn t bothered at all by me i could not believe it, pict 4 could not resist it what a preety cow, love the ears ::) will it ever stop raining regards john

Hey Borderfox , keep this thread going fella, its really interesting, a continuing story.....better than Emmerdale!

hi thanks rob,  for comments, what a combination dect and nature , can t beat it, ps which caracter would i be in emmerdale seth ;D ;D regards john

by the way john mr fox are you trying to say that cow looks like me  :( i think i got bigger ears than that mate  :D :D :D :D

thanks mate like you to :D :D :D :D :D

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   no john not seth i think shadrack fot sure :D  :D   :D

hi phil, can t argue about the ears, but youv e definitly got a big heart,how do you now shadrack, didn t think you watched emmerdale ::)see you soon john

Lol who's calling you Ermintrude ?

some graet finds there one problem is my wish list just doubled

 well another landmark my 50th hammered, , me and the vac had a afternoon out on the vale, started the day with a headstud  roman fibula, changed fields, low signal and their it was my 50th hammy little edward penny, its dark by now and the vac  had a last signal he said to me thinks its a milled shilling, back at the car using the lights, elizebeth hammy shilling  well done the vac but the day is mine 21-7 to the vac, but remember the hare and the tortoise ::) regards john

More nice finds there John , you will soon catch him up!

Both nice finds well done to you... ;D Dave

Well done guys , did better than me today...lol.

well done john the vac does not strike back

out today with lou 90.  my first horseshoe wow. you probably think im mad, but a roman horse shoe.  4 roman grots, roman suspension weigght and part of a roman latch bolt.  lou had to go to work, so i went shooting after, did not see a thing ::)

is that horse shoe bronze???

no james . its def iron tested with magnet, it must be the watery soil thats give it that colour,  regards john

Nice finds John, think the local badgers will be employing you with a hole that deep.
Now you are going to be peed off, I don't think it's a Roman horse shoe, looks like a relatively modern one, when they got stuck in the boggy ground I would assume that the shoe got sucked off as it pulled it's hoof out.
There doesn't seem to be much evidence of horse shoes other than the rare occasions a hipposandal turns up!

thanks hedgehog, but still think its very old anybody got pictures of roman horse shoes, or can date this one it was at least 18 inches down thanks john

By the design it is quite modern John, the weight of the horse in wet ground would push them down to that depth, I did my homework on horseshoes once because I was digging some odd ones up, They are identifiable by the design and shape of the shoe, the one you have found looks 20th century I'm afraid.
Here is a link to some post medieval ones there are others in other categories but have a look!

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showcat.php?cat=257 (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showcat.php?cat=257)

thanks hedgehog, for your help we learn every day, regards john

well done john nice coins

nice finds from the vale you had with coleggwent  like the brooch and the hammy ,well done John. ;)

out today lou and i , tried a new farm which had a  motte castle next to farm , so we tried a long narrow field in front of it20 mins in lou shouted i got silver turned out to be a shilling token from george north with the brecon coat of arms,  i had a buckle, a rough 1720 farthing we both had lots of georgy grots but not much else, anyway i, could not believe my eyes, coming up the field was this large pig lou run, he s not very good with animals, anyway, a few jaffa cakes and  a good scratch we  relaxed his teeth god they where odd, anyway we  went to tell farmer, he laughed. its my daughters, and he roams through all the fields,  he said be carefull he will butt you, anyway showed the farmer the token he new the history of north, they run stage coaches between london and irland, he told us the field we found the token, had been dect, the man had found a silver penny  the dect told him it was matilda :o i said did he give you a cash share he said no,£1000 coin, i hope the dect who found this coin reads this  your a crook and wan----rps new competion to be posted the questions are about the pig regards john and lou 90

nice coin john thats a bit different

That's a great story and pics John  ;D . What a great site that is.
 :o A Matilda penny!
I would be visiting that pig many times.Hope you get back there and find some more to share with the farmer.
Most coins of that period seem to be found near cleaned out ditches ponds or moats , so who knows there may be a pile there waiting to be found. Good luck!

the prat will be  back tomorow

WELL DONE FOXY  ON A GREAT DAYS TECTIN BUD  ,,,, I HAD NEVER HEARD OF A MATILDA PENNY TILL TODAY ,,, THEY SAY YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY ,,, KEEP IT UP BUD    ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

hi out today lou and iwent back to the motte castle fields stared a new field lou had a nice love token to kick off, then rain run for and old wartime  tin  shelter, closly followed by three cows and 4 calfs we won the race they had to have the tree,  moved on to next field, more showers getting wet now, then good signal elizy 6d 1571 in good condition , 10 inches down,  then more rain, sheltered in lane, heard vehicle approaching post office van  large puddle by me, i m sure he swerved in deliberite, result drenched, . had enough went back to barn to dry of and eat lou s chocalate, we will be back for that matida coin ::) regards john

Well done Foxy ;D good depth to 10 inches still wating for my first Hammie soon I hope ;D....Dave

Nice find again John, would be nice if you could find a Matilda!

Nice find John - I am loving your dirty photos as well mate. You just need to lean a tad closer to the coin so we can see a bit more detail. Well done on taking a camera with you though - it really adds to your update.

See you Saturday mate
Neil

well done mr fox the prat will have a suprise

well found mr pugh did you get louie to dig that hole for you ??? :D i would of pushed him in  ;D well done men keep them coming  ;)

hi out in the vale sun with the vac, started looking for roman but site crop not cut ,so we went to one of our farms, short stubble , a few targets in signal hammy penny , not much else that day, bingo phil id in house thinks 80 per cent sure king john down the museam today besley confirmed john over the moon , my top want  i have a john the blind of luxenburg, found 2 years ago in a rally in england,  well done on your id phil  all thats left to find is my roman gold coin king john yes yes yes found in the vale coin  short cross  s imon canterbury mint1205-9 very happy john

Well done again John, those short crosses are nice to find and one with your name on is the ultimate.

Do you carry a ladder with you to get into some of those holes?    ;D

hi hedgehog, it can be hard work with the minlab , i thankfully dont always dig so deep, it does my head in sometimes thanks for good comments from you and all the others regards john

hi out with the vac the other day found this unusual lion mount, some of the vacs many finds as well, out today my first silver halfcrown 1943. plus1931 shilling, just the gold aurius left on wants list . watched two sheep at 10 ft head butt each other, one was a ram, they looked like they where courting, this happened about 4 times, spoke to the farmer about it, he said they have been known to kill each other. the vac hade two nice early coin weights and lots of bits and pieces regards john

NICE ONE  FOXY ,,,, IF IM NOT MISTAKEN ,, THE ONE ON THE LEFT LOOKS LIKE A JAMES THE FIRST PENGUIN BAR    ;D ;D ;D ;D

spot on digga, they where the vacs but i soon eat them with cuppa, don t bring chocolate when you come out with me yum yum ::) ;D

Well done John , you are an example to all of us, keep posting those finds. It is quite scary when they are taking a run at each other, even worse when it's at you!
Nice to find that half crown at last, only and aureus to go? What about Matilda?

you nicked my choc wonder were they went you bathplug :D not an example to me steve he,s a croock  ;) when johns about he,ll piiiiick up your penguin ;D well done mr fox

thanks steve matilda would be nice but gold aurius dream coin, i will find one, anyway out with the vac today,  went abroad for a change , the ground was like concret, one good field we had to leave because it was hard to dig  tried a few more fields and managed to winkle out a hammy vac thinks eddie 1st picture not very good also roman grot and army badge, any idea s please who it is  vac had a very unusual buckle,  and a lead token ,but finds where sparse with stubble and hard grounds,let me defend myself as regards to missing chocalate vac had a bag full, and i did leave a few for him  but so much chocolate yum yum ::) ::) regards john

ANOTHER HAMMIE FOXY  ??? ???    YOUR LIKE A FLIPIN MAGNET TO THEM  ;D ;D    NICE ONE THO BUD   ;) ;)

Always seems to make the day worthwhile finding a hammy John, you are right though the ground is very dry could do with a bit of moisture to help with the signals too. Nice find.

hi, had a day out with hedehog steve, day started well steve bought 6 penguins for me, great day out our tally for me one james 1st penny, which was stuck in hard soil, i was frightened to loosen it, steve stepped up ,job done, piece of roman fibula, and a fox head mount, steve had a nice william111 sixpence, and large roman fibula thanks steve a really nice guy and see you soon,

Well done John and Hedge!

Theres a definate improvement in your photographing skill as well John! ;)

Cheers
Neil

well done on your finds and glad to see you both had a good day together,STEVE & JOHN ;)

It was a great day John, thanks for all of the advice on the Explorer I can use it with confidence now. You have got a good camera there, just adding a pic of the fibula. It's only the second one of that size I have found around here and I think it came to the surface because you kept talking about denarii   ;D
How's the lucky rabbit's foot  ;D

lovely fibula STEVE well done m8,nice to see you are using the EX 11 ;D

hi, got to own up steve took photo s  ::)thanks for rabbit leg, i thought i saw a 3 legged rabbit  hopping around after,  it was fresh steve still now ive cut it down ,and fits into my finds box, will stay there till i get my roman gold aurius steves william 111 and my fox or fish mount well done steve

hi the mount above turned out to be a 15th cent stirrup mount id by the vac, possible a bear head,  out today with hedgehog, great day , only had a elizzy penny mint mark tun, two in a row stuck in  a hardened  earth,  steve had a great roman fibula , enamelled, with a silver band hope steve posts the photo, it s got to be a rare fibulia,  thanks for day out steve regards john

WELL DONE LADS ,,,,,,,,, MORE HAMMIES   ??? ???   WOT YOU LIKE FLIPPIN HAMMIE MAGNET BUD   ;D ;D ;D   NICE FIBULA TOO MR HOG    KEEP THEM CUMMIN BUD   ;) ;)

Digga you are psychic here are the photo's  ;D . We didn't make the finds till very late in the day! First time I have been detecting by moonlight, enjoyed the day again though John.

well done steve and the fox nice finds there that field looks so flat nice to detect on but i see still to dry we could do with some rain and a lot of it  :)

Nice finds - I like that big trumpet brooch Steve ;D

It's a first for me Peter, enamelled and a silver ring on it , if only I had taken the T2 I would have found a gold one  ;D

Cracking finds you guys , flippin heck , talk about the dream team out detecting, all you were missing was Coleggwent!  :D

well done JOHN & STEVE nice finds you both had ,the lizzy and the brooch ;D

borderfox,brilliant finds and the discribtions to them,again this is why this site stands out from the rest,keep them coming.(viv)

well done mr fox if the prat was there he would be griding the shit out of it

out with hedgehog today, trying a new site,  steve said on the way there. theres no roman in this site. end of day steve s denarius,  ::) i m supposed to have the roman steve the hammy s, huh did find a unusual buckle, possibly 14th cent, and guess what a hammy, elizebeth 1 sixpence 1571, that rabbit  foot you gave me i can t stop finding hammys ;D where my gold roman coin, thanks for great day out, and trmendous job cleaning and straighting my coin, regards john

Definitely no Roman there John  :-[ I think you talk the denarii out of the ground. Good news on the buckle, I think it's 1250-1350, have a look at the link and see what you think.
http://netmarshall.co.uk/bucklepage10.htm (http://netmarshall.co.uk/bucklepage10.htm)

Nice finds John - Hedgehog is spot on in the buckle description - a pretty early medieval one. Theres also a few similar in Ross Whiteheads book.

Well done mate
Neil

out fri with lou 90 started a new site, , photo is rear bank of a norman castle, second a thirteen cent church, afternoon didn t start well lou s battery went flat, so spent the afternoon following me,  started with a george 2nd halfpenny,  , quick reckie around castle, then on to church field, 2nd signal, elizy 3d dated 1575, that rabbit leg steve gave me, is supposed to find roman gold, its in my finds box, getting a bit iffy ;D out tomorrow, feel good about this site regards john

is that a zebra with the cows???

Look's like another promising site John,nice photo's :)

hi the hammy... terry, lou will read this a zebra  ;D ;D elizy hammy 3d   1575 i don t want any more hammys only roman john

John if you look in the background of our metal detecting buddy  you will see cows, and what looks like a zebra,  I know its a cow. :D.
Terry

 sorry terry, i thought you where calling lou a zebra, told him and he laughed out today with lou,  chuffed to beans didn t get a hammie, but lou got his 5th well done lou, he s pleased because he beat me, but the fox will strike back , peter ,anybody any id on hammy for lou thanks john

hi just like to thank everybody for my2001 hit on my  site, . its give me great memories and lots of good laughs john

Well done lou. The hammered looks like an Aberystwyth mint coin of Charles I. What size is it John and what's on the other side?

Damn shame they've holed that one , always wanted to find an aberystwyth coin, lucky lou!

hi peter, the coin is exact size of spinx no 3000 penny, i can see the kings head but my glasses are not good enough, bring it wed night thanks john

Well done on the finds, its great to see them keep the good hunting up ;D.......Dave

the prat zebra beats the fox the fox gives the wrong spot away

Here is the link to the stirrup strap mount John (11th cent) http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=4285&cat=110 (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=4285&cat=110)
Spot the fox in the one pic, he does blend well into the background  ;D

thanks steve for link, my first saxon artifact. well pleased, there must be something wrong with camera, im younger and better looking than that ;D ;D

had a day out with lou on the previous site nothing really old but did turn up this item lovely betina anybody any ideas please thanks john

Nice little find well done ;D ;D.....Dave

Nice find John  - it's a fob seal, late 18th or early 19th century.

thanks peter regards john

Nice find Mr Fox , well done that man.   Did you do the walk again?   ;D

Yes very nice find Mr Fox. The pics are great too.

hi out today lou and i, a sad day for me i returned to my field of dreams  in wales at the invite of the archoligists, who have taken over my site, it is now a scheduled field forever in the time i decteted it  i amassed  a tremendous amount of roman,  roman brit , iron bronze age artifacts which has been with the welsh museum for almost a year, the amount of items found has made this field quate from archi, probably the most important collection of finds in britian, if not internationaly,  from one field in wales, not  so much for the value but so many rare items, there  are more digs to be done, in the following months i hope i get an invite back  . all artifacts have with the farmer and me been donated to the welsh museum, after studying cleaning it will be passed on to another museum for display forever probablly two years, time i ve lost the farm now but have no regrets to be part of making history for wales is its own reward oh plus 52 denari i keeped ::) a small start on photo of one dig pictures artifacts to come with the help of mark lodwick i hope over the next months to build a picture of my finds to share with anybody interested

well done boderfox the mentor of welsh detectorists. ;)

Not interested John!  ;D Can't you make a start now? Look forward to seeing them, hey they didn't schedule the WHOLE farm did they?

hi steve yes and no , but the farmer decided that a total ban was best incase i encroached on the scheduled area, in the future at his age he  doesn t want the worry  regards john

hi lou and i out today, we got permission from dean to do a cathedral,  its on ,top of a older monastry. the day started well, the dean asked us to locate a house key, he had lost, lou found it in two minutes flat, holy intervention ::) its a massive place we didn t find much old at present but masses of targets, and great laugh best find medieval lead weight and silver childs bracelet,we found £2 cash and i said to lou see if you can spend them in the cathedral cafe, he came back with flap jacks  which he paid for himself ,and put the money we found in the collection box,trust him, anyway lou had a easy day , he never stops calling me squirell after my raids on his chocalate, i call him fu--face in return but couldn t swear at him because of holy ground ;D looks very promising there i smell gold regards john

Well done John,wow i can't believe you were able to get permission on a cathedral site,theres got to be a few good finds there  :)

hi simon c , the cathedral is not a protected site, and the dean knows lou familly,  lou had a few bones though ?  i hope for a few nice  finds, its a massive area to do, so we are hoping regards john

Don't forget to get on their at the "witching hour" tonight John, you might find something special  ;D

Who is that post aimed at so we can all be aware

Nice lamp there good find very intresting!