Tiny but wide

[robfinds]

Went back to the worked out Saxon/ Norman site today. As always signals were few, and small. The finds though covered a fantastic time range. The finds in oldest were, a bronze age spear tip, a worn roman copper coin, a late Saxon hammered silver coin fragment. And the curious coin of Henry III 1247-72. Someone as gone to the trouble of hammering the coin down in diameter, there's a heavy rim on the coin. At first I thought, it was a recent copy, but tested it and it is silver.

 

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[Scrappy]

Perhaps it was the beginnings of a love token on that H3. Great digs as usual Rob. The Bronze Age tip is incredible

 

[robfinds]

Perhaps it was the beginnings of a love token on that H3. Great digs as usual Rob. The Bronze Age tip is incredible

Certainly a strange one Scrappy.

 

[Steve in PA]

I have found coppers, from King Georges to Large Cents with hammered down rims like that. Never found a silver coin hammered like that though.

 

[robfinds]

I have found coppers, from King Georges to Large Cents hammered with hammered down rims like that. Never found a silver coin hammered like that though.

Yep same here Steve. Wondering if it's a modern copy, someone as been playing around with. The site as been massively detected over the years, the coin could have been planted, to fool.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Over here, people used to hammer coins into rings. Here is a pic of a modern US silver quarter, that someone started to turn into a ring, but it was lost before it was finished. Just an idea.

Excellent finds sir!

 

[pepperj]

Strange one for sure and a very cool find. Congrats on hte silvers and the Bronze Age spear tip-very nice!
Is the weight of the hammered inline with the mint?

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Great finds..rob, another nice spearpoint...maybe they hammered that silver down to fit into the Coke machine...Ddf.

 

[sawmill man]

good stuff ,man what i would give for a bronze spear point.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Great bunch of history you dug! I clicked the title because I thought you might be talking about me!

 

[against the wind]

Sweet variety,, you won't find any of that stuff up in the Bronx.
Congratulations

 

[robfinds]

Strange one for sure and a very cool find. Congrats on hte silvers and the Bronze Age spear tip-very nice!
Is the weight of the hammered inline with the mint?

Hello pepperj, there's not enough detail to id the mint. Robert.

 

[robfinds]

good stuff ,man what i would give for a bronze spear point.

Hello sawmill man, the best find for me is the Saxon coin fragment, looks like a coin of Aethelred II, who reigned 978-1016. Robert.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice finds. That Bronze Tip is an outstanding find.

 

[thrillathahunt]

I would love to be able to find history like that. Amazing finds!

 

[robfinds]

Here's some pictures of the Saxon coin fragment. Looks like a coin of Aethelred II 978 - 1016, First small cross type. Robert.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Over here, people used to hammer coins into rings. Here is a pic of a modern US silver quarter, that someone started to turn into a ring, but it was lost before it was finished. Just an idea.

Excellent finds sir!

That's the first thing I thought about Tom when I saw the pic. I'm guilty of doing that in Jr. High School back in the mid-60s. We used to beat on silver quarters (which they all were back then) with the back side of a spoon bowl from the cafeteria, but it took quite a while to turn it into a ring. That was the big craze for a while back in those days. And I believe that might be exactly what was being attempted with the coin shown in this post.

 

[robfinds]

That's the first thing I thought about Tom when I saw the pic. I'm guilty of doing that in Jr. High School back in the mid-60s. We used to beat on silver quarters (which they all were back then) with the back side of a spoon bowl from the cafeteria, but it took quite a while to turn it into a ring. That was the big craze for a while back in those days. And I believe that might be exactly what was being attempted with the coin shown in this post.

Hello Bill, nice to hear from you. Could be. it's certainly a strange one. Robert.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice finds!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Here's some pictures of the Saxon coin fragment. Looks like a coin of Aethelred II 978 - 1016, First small cross type. Robert.

The Saxon fragment is a fantastic find! Well done!