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[Val Beechey]

Not much to show for my efforts today except a Beehive Thimble. Quite pleased with that.

Not even a sniff of anything Neolithic, not even a bit of flint.

[probono]

And don't forget the shrapnel

Every time I get a strong signal on machine and it's a bit of WWII anti-aircraft shell I inwardly sigh!

Nice thimble though - never found a thimble that old myself

[geordiefred]

Hi Val bottom row in the middle looks like part of a roman fibular? or do I need to go to specsavers 

[wittsy1]

Yes, nice thimble Val, I got quite a few of them, mostly battered and bruised. Why so many thimbles in the fields? did the farmers wives used to sit in the fields and sew while their menfolk farmed?

[Val Beechey]

Thanks for the comments.

Probono, are you saying that something on pici is military ?

Geordiefred,  Do I need to go to Specsavers. You could be right. I'll take some more pics and post for further comments. It'd be monumental if it is. I thought it was a drawer or box handle 

Wittsy,  That thimble is approx. late 1300 early 1400's I've found quite a few more modern ones myself. All like yours, battered and bruised with bits missing. I think they wore out quickly, being cheap, and were thrown out onto the muck pile and eventually spread on the fields. My theory anyway 

[Val Beechey]

Thanks geordiefred for the nudge about the brooch 

Got to admit it's not the first thing I've ignored. I was on my 3rd Cow horn protector before I found out it wasn't a door knob 

[dingdong]

Congratulations Val,on your Roman broach find,perhaps your next Roman find will be the standard of the lost legion ..!!!......BRILLIANT FIND..👏👏👏👏👍