A piece of armor ?

yo6oej

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Out at a recently with Garrett GTI 2500 metal detector I detected at a depth of about 10 inches,a bronze fragment that appears to be a part of a bronze armor.Side bevels of the two holes in it and texture area indicate that such armor was composed of several pieces joined together by those holes.I'm not too sure what I found but if it's still an armor,may know someone in that period would be...
 

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Any opinion ??? ?
I thought england members of this forum are familiar with something and they have an opinion about this piece...
 

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yo6oej said:
Any opinion ??? ?
I thought england members of this forum are familiar with something and they have an opinion about this piece...

My opinion is its not armour, but unsure what its from :dontknow:
 

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CRUSADER said:
yo6oej said:
Any opinion ??? ?
I thought england members of this forum are familiar with something and they have an opinion about this piece...

My opinion is its not armour, but unsure what its from :dontknow:

Well ... I'm not English but seems Medieval, I would say that is a very difficult attribution. :icon_scratch:
I not looking at your post, but I was drunk at football :laughing9: ... well really I still do not fully recovered :drunken_smilie:
Greetings!
 

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Hard to say what it is really, I would guess though fairly modern. ???. This is a piece of armour, it would have been on a chain mail vest.
Robert.
 

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yo6oej

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HISPAN said:
CRUSADER said:
yo6oej said:
Any opinion ??? ?
I thought england members of this forum are familiar with something and they have an opinion about this piece...

My opinion is its not armour, but unsure what its from :dontknow:

Well ... I'm not English but seems Medieval, I would say that is a very difficult attribution. :icon_scratch:
I not looking at your post, but I was drunk at football :laughing9: ... well really I still do not fully recovered :drunken_smilie:
Greetings!

;D

Any feedback is welcome.Europeans usually is more familiar with this type of artifacts...
:laughing7: I understand the concern for the football team these days.Congratulations to Spain.Was an excellent match...
 

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robfinds said:
Hard to say what it is really, I would guess though fairly modern. ???. This is a piece of armour, it would have been on a chain mail vest.
Robert.
Thanks for posting !
Is difficult indeed to find an explanation...I think about was a mediaeval leather jacket who was dressed in these thin pieces of bronze...
 

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yo6oej said:
HISPAN said:
CRUSADER said:
yo6oej said:
Any opinion ??? ?
I thought england members of this forum are familiar with something and they have an opinion about this piece...

My opinion is its not armour, but unsure what its from :dontknow:

Well ... I'm not English but seems Medieval, I would say that is a very difficult attribution. :icon_scratch:
I not looking at your post, but I was drunk at football :laughing9: ... well really I still do not fully recovered :drunken_smilie:
Greetings!

;D

Any feedback is welcome.Europeans usually is more familiar with this type of artifacts...
:laughing7: I understand the concern for the football team these days.Congratulations to Spain.Was an excellent match...

yea !! Spain 4 - Holland 0 :thumbsup:
 

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Spain 3 - Holland 1
Puyol 1 goal / Villa 2 goals and Robben 1 goal :wav:
:laughing7: :hello:
 

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HISPAN said:
yo6oej said:
HISPAN said:
CRUSADER said:
yo6oej said:
Any opinion ??? ?
I thought england members of this forum are familiar with something and they have an opinion about this piece...

My opinion is its not armour, but unsure what its from :dontknow:

Well ... I'm not English but seems Medieval, I would say that is a very difficult attribution. :icon_scratch:
I not looking at your post, but I was drunk at football :laughing9: ... well really I still do not fully recovered :drunken_smilie:
Greetings!

;D

Any feedback is welcome.Europeans usually is more familiar with this type of artifacts...
:laughing7: I understand the concern for the football team these days.Congratulations to Spain.Was an excellent match...

yea !! Spain 4 - Holland 0 :thumbsup:
Hard to call, both long over due to win the world cup. The referee for the final, Howard Webb, lives about 1 mile from me in Rotherham England. Just hope it's a good game.
 

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yo6oej

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robfinds said:
HISPAN said:
yo6oej said:
HISPAN said:
CRUSADER said:
yo6oej said:
Any opinion ??? ?
I thought england members of this forum are familiar with something and they have an opinion about this piece...

My opinion is its not armour, but unsure what its from :dontknow:

Well ... I'm not English but seems Medieval, I would say that is a very difficult attribution. :icon_scratch:
I not looking at your post, but I was drunk at football :laughing9: ... well really I still do not fully recovered :drunken_smilie:
Greetings!

;D

Any feedback is welcome.Europeans usually is more familiar with this type of artifacts...
:laughing7: I understand the concern for the football team these days.Congratulations to Spain.Was an excellent match...

yea !! Spain 4 - Holland 0 :thumbsup:
Hard to call, both long over due to win the world cup. The referee for the final, Howard Webb, lives about 1 mile from me in Rotherham England. Just hope it's a good game.

sorry about england team...maybe next time...
 

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