Let me start this post by saying, I don't think I've ever found anything truly worthy of being posted here... until this past August. 
I found this piece in a bean field that archeologists had dug for almost 4 months the previous summer.
To-date, I have recovered over 60 coins and almost as many buttons from this site!
"As always, I would like to thank the arkies for leaving a beautiful looking horse rosette for me to find!
Now, I’ve found a lot of rosettes in my nine years of detecting, but this example has more detail then any I’ve ever seen before. Coming out of the ground, it looked smooth as a baby’s bottom, it was only after giving it a warm bubble bath that the details started to appear. After a couple of passes on a fine brass wire wheel polisher, a liberal slathering of Museum Conservator’s Wax and a final polishing with a buffer wheel, you can see the results. Originally it was likely silver-plated on brass."
I have included pics of the foundation of the homestead, as well as, how the site looked that the arkies had uncovered last summer.
Also shown is a pic of how I have it displayed along with some other finds from this site.
Dave
I found this piece in a bean field that archeologists had dug for almost 4 months the previous summer.
To-date, I have recovered over 60 coins and almost as many buttons from this site!
"As always, I would like to thank the arkies for leaving a beautiful looking horse rosette for me to find!
Now, I’ve found a lot of rosettes in my nine years of detecting, but this example has more detail then any I’ve ever seen before. Coming out of the ground, it looked smooth as a baby’s bottom, it was only after giving it a warm bubble bath that the details started to appear. After a couple of passes on a fine brass wire wheel polisher, a liberal slathering of Museum Conservator’s Wax and a final polishing with a buffer wheel, you can see the results. Originally it was likely silver-plated on brass."I have included pics of the foundation of the homestead, as well as, how the site looked that the arkies had uncovered last summer.
Also shown is a pic of how I have it displayed along with some other finds from this site.
Dave
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