Bits from last few digs in north Yorkshire uk

[boroboy]

1653 Commonwealth Shilling my best coin,Saxon early bronze cruciform brooch and part of a roman brooch,Edward III York penny,Henry VIII Sovereign Penny,and a gilded viking piece....I have to say loving the T2 classic i just got its paid for its self in 2 weeks. happy hunting guys

 

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[kcm]

Awesome finds!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds

 

[against the wind]

1653??,, man, it seems normal for hunters in England to find dates like that. I'm very lucky to find a coin with a date from the 1800's.
Congrats on some sweet finds.

 

[btjbtj]

Holy smokes! Congrats. -Lisa & John

 

[boroboy]

This is a what i usually dig up...

 

[CRUSADER]

1653??,, man, it seems normal for hunters in England to find dates like that. I'm very lucky to find a coin with a date from the 1800's.
Congrats on some sweet finds.

Not a Shilling from the Commonweath it isn't. I think the OP knows that well. CONGRATS

The Gold Chip Carved bit is Anglo-Saxon, not Viking, pre-dates the invasions. Nice piece.

 

[CRUSADER]

PS.

Welcome to Tnet. Fellow UKer?

Hope to see more & you really should show the reverse of that Shilling? Cheers.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Cool finds I see you are from Middlesbrough, very close to me. Welcome to the forum.

SS

 

[boroboy]

Reverse of the Shilling

my best coin

 

[boroboy]

Were you from silver searcher .

 

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

View attachment 1367131 my best coin

trade you a wheat penny for that shilling! awesome find. or, a 1993 20 lire Italian coin. Throw them both in on the deal.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Were you from silver searcher .

Just near Stockton

 

[weregolf]

You have luck

 

[Gridwalker306]

Fantastic coin, and that's a really great pile of stuff you found.

 

[CRUSADER]

View attachment 1367131 my best coin

Nice.
Had lots of better value coins, but I would still be super happy with that.

 

[boroboy]

Got an email of Dr Kevin Leahy National Adviser, Early Medieval Metalwork.
The Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Honorary Visiting Fellow, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester he said the gold gilded piece is Irish and one of a series of Irish pieces that have been found in England. He suspect that this material was being imported by the Vikings and probably formed part of the equipment of a viking soldiers in the Great Army of 867.

 

[boroboy]

Its my best coin not my most valuable..just love commonwealth coins.

 

[CRUSADER]

Got an email of Dr Kevin Leahy National Adviser, Early Medieval Metalwork.
The Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Honorary Visiting Fellow, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester he said the gold gilded piece is Irish and one of a series of Irish pieces that have been found in England. He suspect that this material was being imported by the Vikings and probably formed part of the equipment of a viking soldiers in the Great Army of 867.

Just had a closer look after reading this, Irish makes sense as its not as deeply chipped carved as the early pieces I was thinking of. Although circa 9th C Irish may be correct its pretty clear he doesn't know its function. Quite often the case with rare incomplete examples. One guess would be a shield mount.

 

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