Recent content by ironhorse

Your bell is tombac...an alloy of brass It stays a silvery colour in the dirt but will corrode green like brass Neat shape...I cant say I've seen one just like it before

Welcome Patrick 1234 With a few markers on you coin to help identify it I feel it's a irish half penny of 1805... The slanting reeding on its edge pushed me in that direction https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8347.html

unlike that embarrassing episode of my life lol.....i never did see her again...but I am hopeful my post is going to come back again(fingers crossed)

it appears it was briefly....but it's no where to be seen at this time of posting

A couple of weeks ago I put up a post with an 1804 5 shillings dollar coin from the UK. Ring a bell with anyone at all? Yesterday I tuned in to the ole Tnet and see a 'congratulations ' ...'golden thread'....I was pleased a punch. Now today my post and all the...

Hey hey diggers! ....my jaw just dropped a minute ago... I open up ole Tnet and I'm a new 'golden thread'.....promoted from silver to gold ain't bad. My many thanks to the thread supporters and all the ones who gave a thumbs up! These opportunities are seldom and the finds have be of a certain...

Excellent collection! I know I'll look at those in a different light when they pop up next time. Very hard to attribute but interesting just the same.

well that is interesting.... well that is interesting! I had another find from the site that I discovered days later when I went through my 'scraps'. I initially thought it was a damaged button in the field but found out it was a silver piece! It appeared to have marks punched into it and also...

I was just looking around some other bank tokens from BofE and saw this one...an 1813 1 shilling and 6 pence and the counter mark is the same as my 5 shillings...the "JP" mark must have been used on different denominations of coins in that time period...a step closer in the right direction for...

Of the many fobs I have, this is by far the nicest one I've found. We only get to see a few every year posted here so we shall cherish the ones we get to see! Thank you Dave

I like that..." large and glorious " ..my thoughts exactly! Thanks lenmac

Boy! Now there's a neat old silver coin! The condition is excellent for such a desirable coin! Very well done! You get the trophy today!

many thanks to the recent posters...some posts read like a little novel so you guys have a little more to read now lol that coin spent two centuries under dirt waiting for me to come along a pick it up...I like to think I can stick it in there a bit longer ...I'm sure not in a rush

I considered this a once ina lifetime find....equivalent to finding a Roman gold coin or something impressive like that...you know what I mean.

Thanks OD Your memory is sharp and accurate...dont ever change! Lol