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« on: January 23, 2016, 06:41:01 PM »
Today was the first day I have ever been detecting so, pleasantly surprised with my little bundle of finds.  Pretty obviously the first one is a knife and the middle two items are buttons, they both appear to have patterns on them but, yet to start cleaning them.  The item on the right appears to be a small brooch but, stuck on the spindle type object on the left ?  All items found at roughly 20cm depth and all within about a 20m area.

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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2016, 06:49:23 PM »
better than my first time....one ringpull, two crown bottle tops ,lump of lead and a castrol oil can ha ha.... well done  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2016, 07:06:56 PM »
Well done Philip a great start your "spindle type object" has more than a passing resemblance to a Roman stylus Undecided
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2016, 07:11:51 PM »
Congratulations Phillip, you seem to be getting the hang of this old detecting game,well done,think that the knife was a fish knife(once)!!!👍👏👏
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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2016, 07:27:28 PM »
I've just Googled 'Roman Stylus' and checked the images........ very similar indeed, also the knife does have quite a thick blade so, a fishknife is what it could well be, thanks for the posts guys :-)
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« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2016, 09:43:06 PM »
Quote from: Chef Geoff on January 23, 2016, 07:06:56 PM
Well done Philip a great start your "spindle type object" has more than a passing resemblance to a Roman stylus Undecided

It does a bit, but I think I can see a screw thread on the left hand side of it, which would probably suggest something later.
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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2016, 10:06:27 PM »
Ok, so just spent ages gently cleaning up the larger button, was convinced I could see Roman / Latin on the back......LOL, turns out it says 'Extra Standard' ........ mmmmmmmm........ I'll keep you updated with the other bits..... maybe they are all younger than me ? :-) The 'stylus' / 'spindle' object is not threaded in a screwy sort of way .... they are individual threads that do not join up as a screw thread in the usual sense....... again, once cleaned up, i'll update ;-)
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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2016, 10:43:54 PM »
Philip,

Your off to a good start....you'll be making killer finds in no time.

Regards + HH

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« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2016, 11:28:29 PM »
OK enough of the cleaning already Cheesy Don't ever clean what you suspect are historical ie Roman objects well not with anything more aggressive than a soft dry tooth brush Undecided
Buttons like those and what we recognise as buttons have only been around for 350 years so no danger of finding a Roman one Wink
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« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2016, 06:38:10 AM »
Well done on your first session, and if that is a Roman stylus, very well found indeed.
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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2016, 07:53:59 PM »
Well done on your outing and nice finds, as already advised only gentle cleaning or you'll wreck them
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