The Rain is Here - 3 SILVERS...

[CRUSADER]

After nearly 50 days of no rain to speak of, it rained pretty good yesterday & rained most of the 5.5 hrs we detected to day. Much nicer detecting conditions.
The first picture is Cru'dads 3 small scrappies on a scouting mission to a site that is currently Wheat Stubble. (1.5 hours)

Today we returned to the field where the 2 Roman Silvers came from, but before we started on that we gave a new field nearby a try. Although it wasn't that great, I did get a silver sixpence after only a short 1 hour 15 min hunt.
We wanted to work out whether we had another Roman Site, but after hours (4 hrs 15 mins) of gridding & exploring, the only conclusion we could come up with was that the few scattered coins over a large distance were associated with a long gone track-way.

Broken Crotal Bell
2 Roman Coins - Ses. of Ant Pius, & Tetricus I Ant.
Broken Medieval Thimble
Broken Medieval Buckle
Large early 13th C Horse Harness Pendant with flower design. (new type for us, & 1 of the earliest types produced)
1697 Sixpence - Better than average condition for these ground found ones.
1567 Sixpence Lizzy I
Ed I Hammered Penny

 

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[CRUSADER]

Nice sixpence Cru, good to see a larger hammered come out of the field still round and flat.

You can see a slight bend I straighten. Nice not to be heavily clipped though.

 

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Congrats on your silvers Cru, but what I really like is the early 13th C Horse Harness Pendant with flower design!
Here's one I found last year on a farm in Pickering, ON although mine is probably only mid-19thc.

These square plates are interesting, love to now what you think they might be?

Hope you and your Dad are both well,
Dave

Your version went onto the top off the heavy horses that did the ploughing. It was the internal swinging part that sat in a circular brass frame that screwed into a bracket. 19th C.


Those are horse blinkers (brasses) that went on the blinkers (covered the side of the eyes) of the 19th C heavy horses, so there is a connection with them.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Your version went onto the top off the heavy horses that did the ploughing. It was the internal swinging part that sat in a circular brass frame that screwed into a bracket. 19th C.


Those are horse blinkers (brasses) that went on the blinkers (covered the side of the eyes) of the 19th C heavy horses, so there is a connection with them.

Very cool, thanks for the clarification on the horse blinkers, I always thought they were only made in leather.

 

[CRUSADER]

Very cool, thanks for the clarification on the horse blinkers, I always thought they were only made in leather.

They are made of leather but these were pinned on with 4 pins as shinny decoration. The ones we like to get have the owners initials incised on.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Well done! Your finds always take my breath away.

Cheers,

Buck

 

[UnderMiner]

Elizabeth I, my favorite Queeny!

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks everyone.

I hope the good finds continue but our good plans (target fields) right now are limited, so it's any-ones guess.

 

[cambria09]

Hello Crusader. Excellent bunch of items you have there...amazing what you are able to unearth in the old world. Thanks for the post and Good Luck out there. C9