Through the fog of time

[robfinds]

Freezing fog made it a bit different yesterday afternoon. The temp was below freezing an visibility was poor,very atmospheric to search in !. Here's the finds , had a York mint Edward 111 penny (1327-77) being from Yorkshire it's nice to find York mint pennies. Also had what I think is part of a Medieval knife handle decoration (looks like the bottom half of a woman wearing a dress). Also found a tiny lead token and a lead loom weight. I've posted pictures of the coin before and after cleaning.

 

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[Bavaria Mike]

Very nice hammered! I enjoy those type of hunts, fog is fun to detect in. HH, Mike

 

[ohannos]

Excellent hammered. You sure didnt have to clean it much

 

[robfinds]

Excellent hammered. You sure didnt have to clean it much

Just a couple of mins electrolysis.

 

[shaun7]

fantastic coin! i like the knife handle to you can see the cross inprint on the head side which is what i was wondering about the other day! with the coins being so thin, how come this didn't happen every time?

 

[CRUSADER]

It was interesting in the fog. So wet in the air the trees were dripping like fountains.

That hammered is a stunning coin, we are really struggling right now to get 1 more :P

The other item is half of a strap-end, the back piece is probably missing. It shows a hilly scenery when on its side. In the early days I found a complete one (still have the decorated top half), the bottom piece broke of whilst cleaning & a piece of weaved medieval cloth fell out, which I throw away. It was the most valuable piece of the lot as textile experts could have dated it based on the weave. I felt very stupid

 

[ivan salis]

first great find

you live you learn -- crusader ---(I've had my share of opps moments too)-- however maybe others will learn a bit because of your "sharing" of that info on the cloth bit --not everything has to be learned first hand the hard way.--- Ivan

of course its damp fogggy and cold -- its england ---thats why english men were such bigtime explorers --they wanted a bit of warmth and sunshine -- and to check out women from around the world without the missus "knowing" for sure . ( mess around in england and sooner or later -- the "word" always got back home)

 

[robfinds]

fantastic coin! i like the knife handle to you can see the cross inprint on the head side which is what i was wondering about the other day! with the coins being so thin, how come this didn't happen every time?

Good question Shaun, got a few like this but you would expect more.

 

[phantomfinder]

8) cool finds ....