*3000* Year Old Bronze Age Spear head found today

jimmy uk

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hi people
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wow what i a morning ive had i went out on some pasture land i have done for a few years now which i haven't found much on and then today i change some settings on my XP Deus n bingo this beautiful 3000 year old spear head popped up only 4 inchs deep
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so im hoping there is some more around
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i cant believe how old it is and where i found it was around a housing estate so you never know whats there till you find it
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its a shame the tip is missing but being 3000 years old then you aint gonna look pretty in the ground
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the settings i was on the XP Deus was Program 2 GMP.. Sensitivity 99.... Freq 7... Iron vol 2....Reactivity 1...Silencer 2....Audio Response 2 or 3.....2 Tone tone 1(200) tone 2 (600).... TX power 1 or 2 ....Disc13

here is a picture of a full working one found but mine has the tip missing

if you dont know much about the Bronze Age please read here..
[/FONT]Bronze Age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

thanks for looking
 

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hamiddetecting

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Congratulatio!!
 

CoinandRelicMan

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Hi Jimmy, it must be great to be able to find a piece like that! Can't find old metal items like that out here in the Midwest USA. Happy Hunts CARM!
 

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Great find Jimmy.:notworthy: what you have is part off a Bronze Side-looped spear head, shame it wasn't complete.....:icon_thumright:the loops were for leather thongs to fasten it to the shaft.

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jimmy uk

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thanks people :) SS i have watched a program the other day n they where talking about this n they said its common for theses to break like it :-/
 

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thanks people :) SS i have watched a program the other day n they where talking about this n they said its common for theses to break like it :-/
Common for most Bronze weapons to break Mate.:icon_thumleft:


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Shame I can only get the tips, we need a group hunt lol. Its a great piece of History.
 

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Awesome save!!!
 

oldsalty19

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Fannnnnnntastic find........and nice research for the ID.....Romans were on the "Island"
 

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Nice one Jimmy!! l still have not found one of those, not even bits of one. keep on finding them.. Hutch.
 

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nice big congrats! ossi

 

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Wow that's awesome, congrats!!!
 

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