Super Sunday 😎 xx

[blossom]

Ahhh it’s been a long week, but we got back out to play today, and had the best time! 😆

Got to the field, and the tractors were working in it.. so perfect timing! xx I found this little Seal Matrix.. got a strong little signal but the tractor was bearing down on me… so I had to walk away, but walked in a straight line to the left, once he had passed over my target… I followed my foot prints back over and dug this little beauty out! Then himself dug this little buckle, not sure what if the next bit is… nor the ones in the next pic, then a leather stud, another mystery item then part of a brooch, bit of a crotal bell and buckle, lump of bronze and a shiney piece, musket balls, buttons, 3 pre dec coins, 3 scrappy Romans, then this stunner of a Roman!

Absolutely gorgeous sunny September day, indeed the perfect Sunday! xx

 

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Awesome thanks Peps xx … but struggling to visualise what they went on 🤔 they are so tiny… 🤔xx

 

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[pepperj]

Awesome thanks Peps xx … but struggling to visualise what they went on 🤔 they are so tiny… 🤔xx

Leather mounts
Mount up-Giddy up-have a read

mounts

 

[blossom]

Leather mounts
Mount up-Giddy up-have a read

mounts

Ahh So they fitted them to the leather as a decorative piece! xx got it! Thank you xx

 

[BennyV]

Very nice finds!

 

[Blackfoot58]

Photo #8 looks like a sew-on bauble shaped like a rugby ball. LOL
Great stuff! That is one cool buckle.👍🏼

 

[CRUSADER]

Ahh So they fitted them to the leather as a decorative piece! xx got it! Thank you xx

Human belts/cross belts & even on horses.

 

[oldmxrat]

Truly incredible finds there, boggles the mind!

 

[cudamark]

I've always wanted to find a seal matrix. Nice!

 

[lenmac65]

Great finds. I really like that wax seal; so interesting. Congrats!

 

[scruggs]

Nice hunt love the stunner!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great finds you two. Thanks again for sharing with us. Congratulations once again.

 

[Gare]

VERY NICE FINDS !! Do you have to get all your findings inspected ?

 

[blossom]

Update on buckle… looks similar to ones dating from 1350-1450… xx 😍

 

[blossom]

VERY NICE FINDS !! Do you have to get all your findings inspected ?

No we dont have to, but we do take the interesting ones to the Finds Liason Officer at the local museum for recording xx

 

[Gare]

No we dont have to, but we do take the interesting ones to the Finds Liason Officer at the local museum for recording xx

Thank you I bet to someone new it could be a bit confusing

 

[Gare]

And i did MEAN over there

 

[Digger RJ]

Whoo hoo!
That's a great hunt! A pile. Again. But the coins....

This piece raises question of if it was a defective casting. Doomed to the remelt pile.

Or , very intricate with place for precious stones up front and deliberate flair on rear to represent hair(?) How to vent while pouring would be problematic. Both the rear and front.
where as a worn or just not secured tight mold would allow the flash to poke out the rear there where it shows. (Getting that thin flange on purpose is high church so to speak.)
All that to hint of a manufacturing process nearby. Or scrap material transported from a spot things were cast ; on or through site.
Lead wouldn't be much trouble. Other metals would want more of a crucible, furnace, or similar beyond a blacksmiths forge .


Seagulls? They look small to be geese. A goose would be a good "find" around the holidays....

Congrats on the day!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[cudamark]

VERY NICE FINDS !! Do you have to get all your findings inspected ?

When I go over there, the FLO gets everything I find for them to sort out. As ignorant as I am about a lot of the finds there, I wouldn't presume to know what is important and what isn't. Once the experts take a look and decide, I just pick up what they don't want on my next trip. (or have it shipped to me) So far, only two items are going to one of the museums. Everything else was returned to me.

 

[CRUSADER]

When I go over there, the FLO gets everything I find for them to sort out. As ignorant as I am about a lot of the finds there, I wouldn't presume to know what is important and what isn't. Once the experts take a look and decide, I just pick up what they don't want on my next trip. (or have it shipped to me) So far, only two items are going to one of the museums. Everything else was returned to me.

Strange, what you are describing sounds odd & maybe not legal, unless the 2 items going to the Museums were classified as Treasure & in which case you should have received a fair market price? (unless you agreed to donate)

 

[cudamark]

Strange, what you are describing sounds odd & maybe not legal, unless the 2 items going to the Museums were classified as Treasure & in which case you should have received a fair market price? (unless you agreed to donate)

Yes, the two items are classified as treasure. The first item (a silver cufflink with Charles II on it) has gone through the process and my half of the value was donated. I don't know what the farmer has decided on his half. The second item (a gold necklace or bracelet bead) is still being evaluated as to what it is worth.