DetectingWales.com

These are a few of the unusual finds in this great hobby of ours.

...a few more.

Cracking finds and very interesting  :)

Very nice finds there. Very interesting. Well found  :) .

A curious bunch of finds you have there. Is that gold looking thing...gold? I like that silver thing too.  :)

Some interesting finds you have there,

I think the one silver item is upside down. I thinks its a treble clef brooch...

Silver is a hat pin, minus the pin.

"Charles Horner (born in 1837, died in 1896), the original founder of the jewellery business, achieved much in his 59 years. With his innovative designs and undoubted marketing skills, he laid the foundations of a thriving business, which survived two world wars. It finally went into voluntary liquidation in 1984, at a time when a large sector of British manufacturing industry disappeared."

Gold item is what I think is one part of a fob seal.

Another Charles Horner piece.

I did think it was what you said but I see a hat pin on one of the TV antiques shows a few years ago of a similar design.

..a few more.

Wow!!!  ,well done great finds you have  :) :)

Great finds well done :)

some lovely little treasures there doug  :) :)

Lovely stuff there well found doug

Many thanks.......a few more.

Anybody want to 'guess' what the first two are?

The badge is the ATS Auxiliary Territorial Service, WW11 ladies .

I never did quite work out why this strap end or belt end was marked up with dateable trade mark and a Penny-Farthing bicycle ?

That's a nice little find Doug it's from a Penny Farthing tool bag  ;)

Good detective work Cheffy (although in fairness you probably cycled one when they were new) and lovely finds Doug.

Thanks Geoff, that would tie in with the date from the makers mark quite nicely.

Revenge is a dish best served cold Neil and yours is in the fridge as we speak ;D >:(

I never did find the rest of the car!

Very interesting finds, would love to find something like that well done.

Surface finds.

Top one is a riding (hunting) crop handle, one below not really any idea.

doug i think the top horn is what the whipper in would carry with the hunt , for cracking the whip to get the hounds to gather in one place , it would of had a small wooden pole built in to the handle with a long leather whip coming from the pole
 

and the 1600 badge is off a ford cortina and also used on the ford capri

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-FORD-CAPRI-facelift-CORTINA-MK3-1600-BADGE-INSERTS-/201056412174?pt=UK_Car_Parts_Vehicles_Automobila_ET&hash=item2ecfe5620e (http://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-FORD-CAPRI-facelift-CORTINA-MK3-1600-BADGE-INSERTS-/201056412174?pt=UK_Car_Parts_Vehicles_Automobila_ET&hash=item2ecfe5620e)

Thanks, I did see a photograph on the inter web which shows the rider unhooking a gate while still on the horse with handle of the riding whip.

I remember the day when I had a Ford Cortina 1600E , wish I still had it!

A few more.

Nice finds Doug, is that a silver Bodkin on page 1 with the initials MM   

I think this is a good post, so I thought I would add to Doug's post with a unusual find.........For those who like a challenge  :)

Sorry Geoff your not allowed to play this one :D ;)

looks like what's left of a Tudor dress pin

like the archers ring  8)

Pure guess...............Reliquary.........A receptacle, such as a coffer or shrine, for keeping or displaying sacred relics.?

That's 2 good guesses.

Well the closest item I have found was a item on the PAS recorded as a dress fastener, its very different from the normal type we see.   

One of my earliest and an unusual one I think, found with the good old Garrett 250 a silver Georgian fighting cock spur.

A few more.