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[legio11augustus]

i was lucky enough to unearth this chap last week.................oooooossssshhhhh!!!!!

[legio11augustus]

and found his hand grasping a snake a few feet away

[Chef Geoff]

Wow Paul that's something a bit special isn't it does the hand belong to the statue ie the right scale, undoubtedly Roman and given the Snake I would say it's a depiction of Hercules fighting the river God Archelous, that is or was the common depiction of human/snake interaction. Lovely find well done

[outlaw]

What an exciting find m8

[marknewbury1]

My my my  ;

[legio11augustus]

yes geoff snake is very probably a match,been a few suggestions,arcelious, but he is usually depicted with snake wrapped around staff,it has been suggested that it is hercules and his 2nd labour fighting the hydra, will know more next week when i take it to the flo

[wittsy1]

Brilliant, makes me want to get out detecting today. In fact think I will.

[Chef Geoff]

I don't think there's a staff involved but a good shout on the Hydra in which case there's another 6 snake heads to be found so get back there and start searching

[Neil]

Fantastic find - well done mate - could prove to be a very interesting site where that turned up.

Keep us updated please.

Cheers
Neil

[legio11augustus]

yes there was a few roman bits turned up neil,geoff i griddled the area couldnt find anymore bits,maybe broken in antiquity..just dont get whats on the back of his head,and his wild unkempt beard,

[legio11augustus]

sorry geoff i meant asclepious

[hotmill]

What a find! Superb! Interested to find out more about that.

[legio11augustus]

cheers hotmill,ye maybe difficult to fully identify without the missing bits ;(

[dingdong]

Missing bits or not,what a stunning find,great work,congratulations!!👍

[Dryland]

Cracking find Paul, well done