A Helluva Bell!

[romeo-1]

Got out with Tony for a full day of detecting. We had a half dozen new fields lined up and spent about 6 hours ruling them out...there were targets but no sites. Spent the last hour at one of our well hunted sites and that's where I found my find of the day. A heavy and well marked bell. I haven't researched it yet but it's French and is dated 1878....I've found a lot of bells in the past 10 years detecting but none as nice as this one...I get the impression that it was something special.

 

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[kingskid1611]

That is some cool stuff. Nice bell. Congrats!

 

[Westfront]

That a nice bell! Love the other stuff too. That egypt looking piece is cool!

 

[bill from lachine]

Romeo,

Sweet looking bell....here's a link for those bells.

1878 fondeur bell | eBay

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Old Dude]

Cool stuff Romeo. Looks like an international kind of day! I see the Union Jack, the Egyptian piece and the French bell. Very cool.

 

[digging440yrs]

Saaweet !

 

[romeo-1]

Looks like the bell has been reproduced for a while...I'll have to try to determine if mine is an original. Based on the site it came from I know it's not a recent drop...

 

[cw0909]

nice bell
bell info
http://www.classicbells.com/aboutUs/articles/weTreasures.pdf

 

[The Patriot]

Really liking that bell romeo...great one to the collection

 

[pepperj]

Great looking bell Romeo, looks like you were keeping busy digging. What's the Union Jack made of, lead?

 

[romeo-1]

Great looking bell Romeo, looks like you were keeping busy digging. What's the Union Jack made of, lead?

It's an enameled pin...thanks!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice bell.

 

[port ewen ace]

that bell isn't something special. it is AWESOME!!!

 

[ironhorse]

That bell is a hum dinger!
I've found the exact same Union Jack pin and the same Egyptian motif jewelry !

Checking fields off the list is what it's all about!

 

[sutphin]

ROMEO DANG YOU GOT SOME NICE FINDS . THE BELL IS A SWEET .

 

[pepperj]

It's an enameled pin...thanks!

Nice!
Ok, It's bath time for that one.

 

[grasshopper]

Nice finds, irish halfpenny?

 

[Country Boy's Metals]

Great finds! Back when I was kid I found a bell just like that in a junk pile behind my grandmother's house.

 

[romeo-1]

Nice finds, irish halfpenny?

Yep!

 

[Gridwalker306]

That a bunch of really great finds, that bell is awesome! I like the Union Jack pin as well. Earlier in the year I dug an old buckle with a similar enamelled Union Jack mounted on it. Does yours still have the pin mounts on it?