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« on: January 17, 2012, 10:19:36 PM »
Managed to secure a small permission through a friend in work. It's more of a big back garden than a field. The house on the site is linked to Talgarth mental asylum. It was built around about 1904-5. I checked old maps before I went and straight away noticed a path running through the site on the 1888 map. Great I thought to myself, sounds pretty promising!
After a quick chat the owners, who were a most obliging pair to say the least (We had coffee and biscuits on tap all day, Much to the delight of Daz!) off we set, detectors in hand in search of the lost path. The path wasn't to hard to find as there were two old overgrown gates hidden in the hedge rows at either ends of the site.
Now to the finds. In know particular order,
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2012, 10:22:39 PM »
If anyone can help me with this misery item given to me by the land owner I'd be a happy man. French and something to do with a car at a guess. Dated 1900
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2012, 10:29:21 PM »
nice silver thimble m8 lol. there should be a metal detecting law that you cant walk through someone elses grid and steal there treasure lol,il let you keep it though lol.il get some photos of my finds up soon m8
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2012, 10:38:44 PM »
Shame about that button m8 Roll Eyes tWas a cracker... In your car m8. Worth going back to find it m8!
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2012, 10:40:25 PM »
think it fell on there drive wen i got all my finds out my pocket to show them.that metal box thingys inmy shed m8.hopefully someone will id it
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2012, 10:43:15 PM »
Some nice finds there, love the James II, cracking condition. Any chance of a better focused shot of the name plate?
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2012, 10:52:30 PM »
i will go and get it now and take a photo
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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2012, 10:58:58 PM »
better photo

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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2012, 11:09:06 PM »
Bring it into work for me tommoro Daz pls m8 my dad will know.
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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2012, 11:15:27 PM »
Ta chef. Your a diamond m8
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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2012, 11:28:27 PM »
like the army badge and thimble any idea of date of badge looks first world  nice finds    or earlier
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« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2012, 11:37:47 PM »
the insides of the mystery item

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« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2012, 11:39:58 PM »
Well I can't actually find the exact article but the name Ducellier is as you probably know still around with distributors and the obvious thought when looking at it is a fuel tank.
And yes they did make copper fuel tanks, but your talking way back in the 1920-40 time.
This is a pick of another model but it proves they made them. I would think that that tank is worth a small fortune if you can track down what it came out of. Vintage car buffs pay a lot of money for genuine parts....Lucky %$*&^%

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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2012, 11:41:02 PM »
I think it is first world war maybe the second. Probably a shellshocked solider from the South Wales Borders  sent to the asylum.
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« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2012, 11:44:46 PM »
half each then steve lol
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