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Went out detecting yesterday on a field i thought i'd hunted out.

Another Vicky Joey dated 1856 popped out, still on my silver streak lol ;D ;D

Next finds were the norm for this little field, lead bag seals, buttons, couple of Georgian grots, clay pipe parts etc.

Quiet for a while, when all of a sudden a signal that nearly blew my ears off ;D, i dug out the clod, and seen in the hole what i thought was an old oil cap  >:(, just about to throw it in the hedge, when i spotted the inside was shiny. A quick clean with the old toothbrush and WooHoo hallmarks  ;D ;D ;D

Turned out to be a Silver Pocket Watch case, done a little research on the hallmarks :

Dated 1804,  maker was a William Linsley ( case maker ) of 68 Banner Street, Bunhill Row, London  ::)

Now when i cleaned the watch case, inside i noticed someone had engraved / scratched a name in it, i have tried to make sense of the name but have had no joy,  anybody have an idea ??? ???

Strange thing was, at the other end of the field, i found a little watch winder lol

Paul  ;)

Well searched just goes to show what can be left  :)

well found, when a watch was put in for a service they would often leave their name and date serviced ;)

Interesting that, going to be very hard i think to make anything out, writing is old and scrawly, just like mine lol.

Very goood haul , some interesting finds :D

Nice finds Paul.   2 days on a trot,....   U lucky man..
     Was good chattin the other day. Thnx matey

well searched nice finds  ;)

if the key was there aswell maybe the watch is too !! Keep digging that area !!

Nice haul there fella, the old silver is starting to mount up now between the two of us  ;D

nice finds there Paul
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