13-14th Century Vesicca Seal

Silver Searcher · Mar 31, 2008

Hi all.....the seasons comming to a draw now and the find rate is slowing down but did mannage a few nice finds, this is my second week with out a hammered :'(

but kept up the Roman count with a bronze coin & brocken small Brooch :thumbsup:

also a nice Tuder Cloathes fastner complete, but the main event of the day was a 13-14th century Vessica Seal with good detail and loop attached :thumbsup:

theres also a picture of a small strap end type object not quite sure but the marks on it look Saxon :icon_scratch:

TK

Elvis · Mar 31, 2008

Cool seal, you guys have the chance to dig far older items than in the U.S. Congrats!!!!!

Silver Searcher · Mar 31, 2008

Elvis said:
Cool seal, you guys have the chance to dig far older items than in the U.S. Congrats!!!!!

Yes we are lucky.....but you guys over there still post some amazing finds

robfinds · Mar 31, 2008

Very nice seal Tyre Kicker,what does it say ?.

HH- Robert

Silver Searcher · Mar 31, 2008

robfinds said:
Very nice seal Tyre Kicker,what does it say ?.

HH- Robert

No idea mate :icon_scratch:

how about you :P

CRUSADER · Mar 31, 2008

That seal is something special & I have yet to find a whole one. Needs more research but its one of the nicest I have seen for some time.

No idea on the whatzit but it medieval looking & not Saxon (I would guess).

Season coming to an end, its not even started for us :icon_scratch:

Don in SJ · Mar 31, 2008

Nice finds, which I could comment more but out of my league on those finds, just OLD and GREAT.

Don

Silver Searcher · Mar 31, 2008

CRUSADER said:
That seal is something special & I have yet to find a whole one. Needs more research but its one of the nicest I have seen for some time.

No idea on the whatzit but it medieval looking & not Saxon (I would guess).

Season coming to an end, its not even started for us

I was looking through my Bennets Artifact book :icon_study:

and the only one I saw with the loop attachment at the top was a Silver one the outhers seemed to have the loop attachment at the back :icon_scratch:

have you seem them this way before Crusader.

Bavaria Mike · Mar 31, 2008

Awesome finds! The seal is great and one of my favorite finds to find. The whatsit looks like a buckle from the 1200s. I might be wrong about what you think the whatsit is but I know what everything you found is, LOL. Is the whatsit on the left, LOL? HH, Mike

tymcmurray · Mar 31, 2008

Great looking pieces!!!
Nice hunt!!!

CRUSADER · Apr 1, 2008

tyre kicker said:
CRUSADER said:

That seal is something special & I have yet to find a whole one. Needs more research but its one of the nicest I have seen for some time.

No idea on the whatzit but it medieval looking & not Saxon (I would guess).

Season coming to an end, its not even started for us

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I was looking through my Bennets Artifact book and the only one I saw with the loop attachment at the top was a Silver one the outhers seemed to have the loop attachment at the back have you seem them this way before Crusader.

No, as you say normally on reverse for lead types. To be fair I haven't seen hundreds though.

ModernMiner · Apr 1, 2008

TK,
You guys find the coolest old relics over there. I have no idea what half of them are, but I love em'. :icon_scratch:

Congrats to you.
Cheers,
MM

DCMatt · Apr 1, 2008

Wow! Love the seal!

I did a quick search on the Net and found another with the same wheat stalk in the center.

Apparently this one was also found with a detector - in North Wales. There was no additional information.

Two seals with the same image in the center might indicate a guild. Grain Millers, perhaps? I have no idea, really... Just guessing.

I'm interested to know where you found it.

DCMatt

Silver Searcher · Apr 1, 2008

DCMatt said:
Wow! Love the seal!

I did a quick search on the Net and found another with the same wheat stalk in the center.

Apparently this one was also found with a detector - in North Wales. There was no additional information.

Two seals with the same image in the center might indicate a guild. Grain Millers, perhaps? I have no idea, really... Just guessing.

I'm interested to know where you found it.

DCMatt

Hi Mat...the pattern in the centre is actually Fleur de lies a pattern introduced in Britain by the Normans :thumbsup:

Silver Searcher · Apr 1, 2008

CRUSADER said:
tyre kicker said:

CRUSADER said:

That seal is something special & I have yet to find a whole one. Needs more research but its one of the nicest I have seen for some time.

No idea on the whatzit but it medieval looking & not Saxon (I would guess).

Season coming to an end, its not even started for us

Click to expand...

I was looking through my Bennets Artifact book and the only one I saw with the loop attachment at the top was a Silver one the outhers seemed to have the loop attachment at the back have you seem them this way before Crusader.

Click to expand...

No, as you say normally on reverse for lead types. To be fair I haven't seen hundreds though.

It's not totally lead it's a lead alloy or pewter :thumbsup:

Silver Searcher · Apr 1, 2008

Bavaria Mike said:
Awesome finds! The seal is great and one of my favorite finds to find. The whatsit looks like a buckle from the 1200s. I might be wrong about what you think the whatsit is but I know what everything you found is, LOL. Is the whatsit on the left, LOL? HH, Mike

I think you are getting confused Mike, the whatsit I was referring to is the last posted picture :thumbsup: