Talacre Silver today

[Resurgam]

                                                           Gave it a second go this morning and nabbed seven coins and of all things.........a completes cigarette case that looks to be in worse condition than the half case that I found on Saturday.
Will post some pics later in the week once we get home and I can do a little cleaning of my weekend's finds.

[Val Beechey]

Good old Chris.  Bet you got a bit wet though.  Looking forward to seeing the whole one.

[dingdong]

Well ventured Chris,looking forward to seeing the photographs
Seems like they all gave up the fags and chucked away their fag cases!!LOL👍

[Richie sixpence]

Well done Chris I will look forward to seeing the photo's. Old coins or modern?  

[Resurgam]

Here ya go folks,
                            ok, the items don't constitute a king's ransom but  more clues in the Talacre jigsaw puzzle. The cartridge case is rather unusual for Talacre; it appears to have been made of overlapping layers of thin copper
with a brass head but no date or calibre stamped on the head. I suspect that the markings on the rim of the percussion cap may be the war department arrow?

                           I did, of course, dig a whole load of WWII scrap that was disguising it's self as good targets and fooled both the Safari and my self! 

                         

[Richie sixpence]

Strange cartridge case Chris looks like a lot of the info off the base as worn away over the years. Well done on the finds my friend  .

[Resurgam]

Hi Richie,
                the nearest guess at present is a 1870s .450/577 Martin Henry Round but the jury is still out on that one. I'm waiting for "RRPG" to get back to me. Of course I got plenty of WWII scrap at the same time. I'm hoping to get back onto the same area this coming Sunday to see If I can get a cigarette lighter to go with those two cigarette cases! 

               I'm going to try and improve my discipline and stick to three smallish areas this coming Sunday; rather than meandering all over the place. 

[Richie sixpence]

Seems like a plan Chris good luck my friend 

[Resurgam]

Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men!? 

Staying away from the low water line and chasing up three interesting spots. 

[dingdong]

Hi Chris, good selection of finds!!well searched👍
That cartridge case,wondering if it could be one of those as used to start aircraft engines,probably not but just an idea,keep up the good work DD👍

[Resurgam]

Hmm; engine starter never crossed my mind but I think it would be too small for that duty.

[Resurgam]

Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men!? 

Staying away from the low water line and chasing up three interesting spots. 

Oops, quick change of plan; the weather man says it's going to rain all day on Sunday. 

[Val Beechey]

Yes but only till lunch time.   Have you seen the forecast for Friday.  Get the canoe  and oil skins ready, looks like we'll need them.

[dingdong]

No surprise there Val,after all it is Summer!! and even more,well it is We(s)t Wales !!!!☔💧⚡☁🌀☔☔☔☔☔☔ang on!! It's stopped raining!!!!YES it's now SNOWING !!!!ho,ho,ho.

      !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OILSKINS!!!OILSKINS!!!OILSKINS!!... DONT TELL ME YOU STILL
    GOT OILSKINS, we've moved on a bit since then Val.
    OILSKINS WAS NOT NICE.  LOL👍

[Resurgam]

                                           Ah ha, the BBC weather man says it's going to be fine and dry all day on Saturday; unless he has changed his mind since I last looked.

                                           A year or two ago, I was down on the beach chatting to a detectorist when the weather started to look very threatening. Not having my detector with me and being dressed only in my summer togs; I made my apologies and started to leave at the first sign of a few raindrops. Before I reached the dunes, the heavens started to open and it commenced a downpour. I reached the shelter of some trees too late and was soaked to the skin!

                                          Strangely, when I arrived at our caravan looking rather like a drowned rat, my wife thought that it was rather funny.