Early Saxon Site...

[CRUSADER]

Our plan today was to find another hot-spot in a large ploughed field, but after 2.5 hours of nothing other than 2 buttons we gave up that plan & gridded the known area after lunch. It's not a great area & it could have gone a lot worse, Cru'Dad had his first skunk of the year(Actually as long as I can remember), unless you count 1 horse tooth.
5 hours 45 minutes;

4 Scrappies (One might be Celtic??)
Saxon Pot Shard
Medieval Purse Bar (piece)
Nice 6th C Saxon Small-Long Brooch with Lappets. (Near complete)
Small frag of a large high status 6th C AD Chip Carved Brooch with hidden faces.
Frag of Ring (Roman? Saxon?)

 

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[GB1]

way to go

 

[pepperj]

Digging the Saxon era, and the awesome finds that go along with it is so cool. There's just something about the design, and that alone sets it apart from many other eras. Congrats

 

[landmagnet]

Our plan today was to find another hot-spot in a large ploughed field, but after 2.5 hours of nothing other than 2 buttons we gave up that plan & gridded the known area after lunch. It's not a great area & it could have gone a lot worse, Cru'Dad had his first skunk of the year(Actually as long as I can remember), unless you count 1 horse tooth.
5 hours 45 minutes;

4 Scrappies (Not pictured yet)
Saxon Pot Shard
Medieval Purse Bar (piece)
Nice 6th C Saxon Small-Long Brooch with Lappets. (Near complete)
Small frag of a large high status 6th C AD Chip Carved Brooch with hidden faces.
Frag of Ring (Roman? Saxon?)

What would the chip brooch look like whole? Any link please ?

 

[CRUSADER]

Digging the Saxon era, and the awesome finds that go along with it is so cool. There's just something about the design, and that alone sets it apart from many other eras. Congrats

https://finds.org.uk/images/hgeake/medium/FAHG-7B3D73.jpg
Yeap, imagine the brooch whole like the above. I can't find a match for mine but you get the idea, its the top of the square-headed Brooch. The faces were probably up-side-down when worn.

 

[CRUSADER]

What would the chip brooch look like whole? Any link please ?

https://finds.org.uk/images/hgeake/medium/FAHG-7B3D73.jpg
Similar ish...

 

[Westfront]

Wow, that was a beautiful brooch. The almost complete small-long brooch is impressing by itself but that big one with the face...

 

[scruggs]

A lot of history in those finds! Very well done! Good luck to you!

 

[CRUSADER]

Wow, that was a beautiful brooch. The almost complete small-long brooch is impressing by itself but that big one with the face...

Yeap, pretty special. Can't find a match in my books, or over 1300 records of early Saxon Brooches on the PAS.

 

[Westfront]

Yeap, pretty special. Can't find a match in my books, or over 1300 records of early Saxon Brooches on the PAS.

Anything 6th C. is rare. Not to talk about a high status brooch. No wonder there is no match with every piece hand crafted.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Excellent hunt, congratulations!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on your finds

 

[Relicific]

Awesome finds
Confrats

 

[sutphin]

NICE FINDS

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks all.

 

[HighVDI]

Very neat, interesting finds. Congrats.

 

[CRUSADER]

UPDATE;

The bottom right coin that I thought might be Celtic is an early Potin;

Thurrock MA type 120-100BC