I found this exellent example of a crotal bell in my local fields while detecting with whitehunter.
was a bit of a shame that a small peace was missing along with the actual ball which would have been inside,
This 17th century bell was found using my garret ace 250 which is an exellnt machine well worth the money !
The only one I found was many years ago in my own yard (my house was built on old farmland in 1965). That old crotal bell is what got me hooked on the hobby!
Welcome fellow UKer, always nice to get a whole one. May the next one 'ring' for you
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Thanks to everone for the warm welcom to this website
Lots for stuff to put on here and will keep updating my recent finds
thanks
Try & post in the 'Todays Finds' section after a good day's hunting
TOO BUSY TO DETECT, YOU'RE TOO BUSY!!!
'No good comes from thinking about how much time we waste detecting, as wasted time is good soul time' - me 25/06/08
How do you find Gold coins? Reply: 'By finding lots of Silver ones..'
A real man thinks about detecting every 6 seconds
Congratulations on the crotal bell and welcome to tnet! I too found my first crotal bell recently, and mine looks identical in design to yours (though mine is only 2/3 complete). If you don't mind my asking, how did you date the bell as from being from the 17th century? I would have thought mine was from the mid-late 1800s. I've been having trouble finding good sources of information on the internet.
Welcome to T-net and to the crotal bell gang! The ones we find in the U.S. are usually 1800's, but the European bells they're copied from I'm guessing might go back as much as several hundred more years.
And I'm hunting in one of many Milfords over here (must be one in every state). All it took to name 'em was a mill and a ford or a wish to steal a name from the Old Country. Connecticut's is large, this Michigan one is nice and small with some old (for this territory) homesites.
Neat find and welcome to TreasureNet! Does your bell have a number
on the bottom? Most sleigh bells have numbers stamped on them from 1 to 12 or 13. The number 1's being the smallest. Some of the sleigh bells with no numbers on them were privately made, probably at a blacksmith shop.
HH, Ringfinder
ACE 250, Whites XLT, Tesoro Tiger Shark, Depth Pro, Fisher 1235, Fisher F-75, Minelab Explorer II, X-terra 70
Neat find and welcome to TreasureNet! Does your bell have a number
on the bottom? Most sleigh bells have numbers stamped on them from 1 to 12 or 13. The number 1's being the smallest. Some of the sleigh bells with no numbers on them were privately made, probably at a blacksmith shop.
HH, Ringfinder
I have tons & none of them have numbers. Most of the ones over here are not sliegh bells they are goat & sheep or horse & cattle.
TOO BUSY TO DETECT, YOU'RE TOO BUSY!!!
'No good comes from thinking about how much time we waste detecting, as wasted time is good soul time' - me 25/06/08
How do you find Gold coins? Reply: 'By finding lots of Silver ones..'
A real man thinks about detecting every 6 seconds
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