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« on: January 02, 2012, 07:27:36 PM »

my find of the year 2011 is a  gold bead identified as beaker period/culture, beaker period is 2500BC-1800BC (Neolithic
4500BC-2200BC , Bronze Age 2200BC-800BC) now going through treasure , amazing to hold the oldest metal man used


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« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2012, 07:31:05 PM »

Now that is stunning! You must have been over the moon finding that. I agree you with the handling artefacts bit - its always a strange feeling being the first to touch an artefact in thousands of years.

Great find - been interesting to hear how it gets on. I don't think it will be returned to you somehow and well done on declaring it.

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« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, 07:36:55 PM »

Best find of 2011? that would be my best find of a lifetime, brilliant find Jason Wink (just to be pedantic, lead is the oldest metal)
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« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, 07:42:44 PM »

well done thats a very special find .
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« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2012, 07:46:10 PM »

Yep , i will say that will be my best find of a lifetime , welldone to you seeker and hope you get more for 2012.Nap Wink
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« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2012, 08:59:40 PM »

Forgot to ask...Do they think it was for hair decoration?
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« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2012, 09:28:27 PM »

 there has been different ideas on there use , hair decoration , ear ring , and bead from necklace , there going with bead m necklace these days it seems as they have a  necklace of them in b/m that came from a burial in Ireland but got to be hard to tell , mine has a small pierced hole like the ones they thought were hung from earring so dual purpose maybe ?.
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« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2012, 09:38:04 PM »

 Well done-that is one serious find.
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« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2012, 10:17:41 PM »

serious bit of the yellow stuff...... Cool Cool
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2012, 12:22:30 AM »

With the hole it looks like an earing that would have been wrapped around the edge of the ear rather than the ear lobe.

Cool find matey

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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2012, 07:04:40 AM »

very nice...well done. Top man for declaring it, i have to admit i would never had known it was that old and probably would have just put it in my best finds box  Undecided
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