Iron Age Brooch

[celticspikey]

Hi guys,  I popped out yesterday for a few hours detecting , my initial thought was to try some medieval searching but as the field is in crop, and with the wet sticky conditions I was reluctant to make a mess on the field by trampling the crop around. So I decided to try some well rotted stubble on a roman site,this field you can search for hours with little to show but for a few grots but over the years it has produced some quality finds especially brooches, today was one of these days as an hour into searching up popped this cracking brooch from around 6", Deus, version 4....and trying out the Deep program.
The brooch dates to around the 4th-3rd Cent BC, La Tene 1, (Wessex) variety. I've shown a few photos to emphasise the decoration and beauty, Of course I would have liked the pin attached, but best I found the brooch than the pin........hope you enjoy this little piece history.     

[GJH]

That's a lovely brooch, well found.
Geoff

[dingdong]

Hey PAUL !!...that's an absolute beautiful specimen broach, fantastic patina ,well actually fantastic everythinng !!.... congratulations on your efforts Paul,not the absolute idyllic of soil conditions ay !??
Good hunting..👍

[Val Beechey]

Your beautiful finds always amaze me Paul. Lovely brooch, once again.
With all of them you’ve found you could write an illustrated history !

[roughneck]

Fantastic find once again Paul.  Wonderful piece of history for the collection.  Well saved!!  Cheers.  Tom.

[celticspikey]

That's a lovely brooch, well found.
Geoff

Thanks Geoff, appreciate your comments 

[celticspikey]

Hey PAUL !!...that's an absolute beautiful specimen broach, fantastic patina ,well actually fantastic everything !!.... congratulations on your efforts Paul,not the absolute idyllic of soil conditions at..?
Good hunting..👍

Cheers Chris, it's a chunky little brooch and good bronze before the Renaissance wax was applied. 

[celticspikey]

Your beautiful finds always amaze me Paul. Lovely brooch, once again.
With all of them you’ve found you could write an illustrated history !

Thanks Val, it's a chunky little brooch that I guess has been protected by depth in the soil for a long time, the odd thing is a couple of years ago I found another one with pin still intact and in catch plate only yards or so from this one. Just a coincidence I know. Thanks for your comment....

[celticspikey]

Fantastic find once again Paul.  Wonderful piece of history for the collection.  Well saved!!  Cheers.  Tom.

Appreciate your comment Tom, good luck if you guys are out this weekend.

[Andre]

Beautiful condition,looks brand new!
What are you going to do with it,local museum?

[wittsy1]

Stunning brooch again. Very well done to you.

[romana]

WOW,  now that is a beauty mate. well found and saved 

[celticspikey]

Beautiful condition,looks brand new!
What are you going to do with it,local museum?

Thanks Andre, I wouldn't donate any thing to museums, it's bad enough they take treasure items off us and I've had several purse drops taken under the treasure act. which to this day are probably stuck in a box in a store room never to be seen by the public. So donating things like this wouldn't go on display, in my experience. It's a shame I guess they just got far too much stuff to display. 

[Andre]

Fair enough,I just asked because sometimes I wonder if I come across such finds,which I never had,what would the right thing to do.
Probably would go straight to my FLO.
Not sure.its like opening a can of worms this type of conversation.

[Dale]

Beautiful condition,looks brand new!
What are you going to do with it,local museum?

Thanks Andre, I wouldn't donate any thing to museums, it's bad enough they take treasure items off us and I've had several purse drops taken under the treasure act. which to this day are probably stuck in a box in a store room never to be seen by the public. So donating things like this wouldn't go on display, in my experience. It's a shame I guess they just got far too much stuff to display. 

Great find Paul what a lovely item!
I totally agree with your comment above.