1st Century Colchester Brooch...

[Silver Searcher]

Visited the new site over this weekend and had a few decent items, no silver but a very nice early Iron Age Brooch. A two piece Colchester brooch, these seem to have developed along different lines to that of the fibulae.
The two piece brooch has a separate spring and pin and has a date range of between 50and 80 AD. Many derivatives from this form exist including dolphin, headstud and T-shaped brooches.Not perticually a rare brooch.. what really intregues me is that the coils on the integral bilateral spring and hook issuing from the back of the bow are still fully functional, and apart from the missing pin (proberbly why it was lost) the brooch is almost complete. There could be a good chance of a ealy coin from this site, time will tell.

UPDATE ON THE STRAP ENDS..BELOW..

SS

 

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[DCMatt]

More Finds... A Zoomorphic strap end, not sure about the outher.

Is the "other item" also part of a brooch? It could be a chicken.




DCMatt

 

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[Silver Searcher]

Is the "other item" also part of a brooch? It could be a chicken.

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DCMatt

Hi Matt, the outher one is a strap end, just don't know what date range, I think Medieval.


SS

 

[Silver Searcher]

discriminate out Spike TV and American Diggers !

I completely agree, what a joke!!!

Dave

What's this to do with my post.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Very nice finds SS, looks like anything could come up from that area! HH, Mike

 

[oldsoapy]

Visited the new site over this weekend and had a few decent items, no silver but a very nice early Iron Age Brooch. A two piece Colchester brooch, these seem to have developed along different lines to that of the fibulae.
The two piece brooch has a separate spring and pin and has a date range of between 50and 80 AD. Many derivatives from this form exist including dolphin, headstud and T-shaped brooches.Not perticually a rare brooch.. what really intregues me is that the coils on the integral bilateral spring and hook issuing from the back of the bow are still fully functional, and apart from the missing pin (proberbly why it was lost) the brooch is almost complete. There could be a good chance of a ealy coin from this site, time will tell.

SS

Looks like you found yourself a productive field there , l like all those finds , bet there's more to come. good luck!!
l have a new field for next week too.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Consider my ignorance when I say I like items 2 and 3 at least as much as the broach.

Thanks for the description, it makes much more sense looking at it now knowing that it's primary function is more of a fastener.
It certainly is in good shape for being so old.

For the record I'm glad your back too.

Rick

 

[Silver Searcher]

Looks like you found yourself a productive field there , l like all those finds , bet there's more to come. good luck!!
l have a new field for next week too.

Thanks....will look forward to finds from you new field.


SS

 

[Silver Searcher]

Consider my ignorance when I say I like items 2 and 3 at least as much as the broach.

Thanks for the description, it makes much more sense looking at it now knowing that it's primary function is more of a fastener.
It certainly is in good shape for being so old.

For the record I'm glad your back too.

Rick

Thanks Rick.....Sometimes I forget to explaine the functions of the items I post, Jeff asked about how it works, so I added the extra imformation which makes the post much better, I will be doing this more in the future.

SS

 

[jimmy uk]

lovely brooch colchester is only 20mins away from me. well done n well saved mate

 

[Papa Bear]

You are doing a great job at preserving England's early history. Well done!!

 

[ossi]

nice fibula ,like bros . ossi

 

[Silver Searcher]

You are doing a great job at preserving England's early history. Well done!!

Thanks I'm trying to.

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks I'm trying to.

& some. more like succeeding

 

[Silver Searcher]

& some. more like succeeding

We both do I think.


SS

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[TheRockCollector]

Nice find!

 

[landmagnet]

Good finds. Apromising site for an early coin indeed. Excellent photos by the way, slightly reflective surface gives an even light balance that really shows the finds at their best.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Good finds. Apromising site for an early coin indeed. Excellent photos by the way, slightly reflective surface gives an even light balance that really shows the finds at their best.

Thanks
a good macro helps as well.

SS

 

[leprechaun]

Awesome stuff, I need to take a trip over there for a week or two.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Unfortunately I missed this post because I was out of town and covered up with work... Glad to have found it hiding on the second page. The brooch is a fantastic find, and amazing that it is almost complete. I am replying to bump this up to the top again, where it deserves to be, and also to tell you that I'm so glad that you are still sharing your fantastic finds with us here on Tnet.

Best Wishes,


Buckles