Medieval Gold !!

[celticspikey]

Well I said this would be my last visit to this field whilst still in stubble in my last post? However as you can see it was a good move to have one more search, I was going to search the field on the opposite side of the road as it had been ploughed but as we had a good downpour I decided it would be too sticky under foot.  So I found myself in the field of dreams!!! After the usual cuppa and chocky bar I made my way to the bottom of the field were I was mainly digging bits of lead, cartridges and bronze bits and pieces, it’s funny how you are drawn to what has been the more productive areas of fields only to neglect other areas with this in mind I found myself searching the corner of the field, where on the opposite side of the fence in a grass field you can see the traces of medieval hut platforms, this was a good move as a lovely high pitched sound rang out in my head phones and a  couple of spade digs later and my first bit of silver in the form of a Sixpence of George 111, dated 1817.   Less than a few steps away and another signal and out popped this Silver chain? Incomplete and possibly part of an Albert chain?  It weighs 22 grams and is 10” long.   I was running out of time due to work commitment so decided to work my way back to the car which for some reason I had parked in a different place than usual this once again took me to a part of the field I had not spent a lot of time on and less than 10 yards from the car I had a nice but shallow signal, in went the spade flipped over the soil and lying next to the hole was the unmistakable glint of Gold straight away I could see it was a ring and I just knew I had finally after all these years got my first bit of medieval gold, after a careful bit of cleaning I could unfortunately see it has had damage to the bezel as well as being misshaped and the stone was missing, that said as you would expect it made little difference to me…it looks to me to be 15th-16th century, and my thoughts are it would have had a coloured stone , I will endeavour to sieve through the spoil from the hole just in case it had recently been dislodged it’s a long shot but hey worth a go. I have yet to show the farmer who I am sure will say it is worth thousands he’s like that aren’t they all? But clearly with the damage it will not be, that said the treasure act will take care of all that and who knows may be it will be returned to me due to damage, I hope you have enjoyed this special find, and I still wait for the field to be ploughed….…quite fancy Hammered gold, till next time swing low.

[Neil]

A quality days detecting from the fields that just keeps of giving.

Good luck with the sieving - definately worth a try!

Great post
Neil

[carling2]

very nice ,I agree with the 15-16thc period ,, found similar before but in 4 separate bits {bleedin plough } over 3 visits to spot.

[monkeymad]

Very very nice. I hope you find the stone mate. That ring is a corking find. 

[Chef Geoff]

Wow! Wow! and double Wow!
Good on you Paul, see rain is good for detecting, it keeps you on the right field lol. I'm glad too hear that you also suffer from the "magnetic" field areas syndrome, I can start out with the best will in the world to search other areas but within a few hours I find myself back in the area I have had results without consciously meaning too

[herbie]

Fabulous finds, that's a lovely ring, sometimes you just have those wonderful days

[anthonyjay]

Nice one M8,

[Dryland]

Well found Paul , what a cracker, get back and look for the other bit.

[congerman]

stunning finds well searched 

[matthewbullingham123]

well found!

[Mike]

top finds indeed well done spikey

[Val Beechey]

What wonderful finds Paul. Looking at the pici of you holding the ring, it looks too big for a lady. Do you think it was a mans ring ?
Makes a nice change to find a silver chain in good condition as well. Lovelly.

Val

[Mungo]

a belter of a find..................

[probono]

That's a belter of a find spikey - nothing like finding medieval gold

[alun]

Congrats those are dream finds even though damaged, thanks for sharing