mattdiver
Jr. Member
- Aug 31, 2009
- 58
- 252
- Detector(s) used
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Minelab Sovereign Elite
Whites Surfmaster PI PRO
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi folks
Back in February 2013 I found a Bronze Age Chisel then a week later a dagger fragment 1 meter from chisel and other pieces of bronze. I called my buddy Dave and we searched further I looked at the geography of the land and questioned this could be an ancient barrow. I reported this to the finds Liason officer and a small excavation was carried out in June 2013 on the find spot
More pieces of bronze found including part of razor and harness ring
18 Mesolithic Flint arrow heads were also found pieces of jet: Quartz : cremated bone and red ocre
What was realised was in fact this site is in fact an unknown Stone Age / Bronze Age burial site/ monument
Nobody knew about it until our discovery with metal detector.
This has been hailed a significant discovery
An archaeological team - Digventures secured )£50000 heritage lottery funding for 2 week excavation July.
The community and schools will be involved in project.
We have been praised for our proactive/ professional approach with the archaeologists and media. It did receive global media attention and this will accelerate again I'm sure.
Hope this is of interest to you all
I think this is the pinnacle of a the hobby
Here are some links re the find/ project
Thanks for looking.Keep searching !
Dig this: archaeology crowdfunding site launches campaign for Bronze Age excavation
ttp://www.newhistorian.com/discovery-bronze-age-burial-site-good-gets/6121/
Bronze Age burial site uncovered in Lancashire field - BBC News
BBC - Home › news › uk-england-lan...
Back in February 2013 I found a Bronze Age Chisel then a week later a dagger fragment 1 meter from chisel and other pieces of bronze. I called my buddy Dave and we searched further I looked at the geography of the land and questioned this could be an ancient barrow. I reported this to the finds Liason officer and a small excavation was carried out in June 2013 on the find spot
More pieces of bronze found including part of razor and harness ring
18 Mesolithic Flint arrow heads were also found pieces of jet: Quartz : cremated bone and red ocre
What was realised was in fact this site is in fact an unknown Stone Age / Bronze Age burial site/ monument
Nobody knew about it until our discovery with metal detector.
This has been hailed a significant discovery
An archaeological team - Digventures secured )£50000 heritage lottery funding for 2 week excavation July.
The community and schools will be involved in project.
We have been praised for our proactive/ professional approach with the archaeologists and media. It did receive global media attention and this will accelerate again I'm sure.
Hope this is of interest to you all
I think this is the pinnacle of a the hobby
Here are some links re the find/ project
Thanks for looking.Keep searching !
Dig this: archaeology crowdfunding site launches campaign for Bronze Age excavation
ttp://www.newhistorian.com/discovery-bronze-age-burial-site-good-gets/6121/
Bronze Age burial site uncovered in Lancashire field - BBC News
BBC - Home › news › uk-england-lan...
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