4 hours on my fave field-NEW PHOTOS

hammered · Oct 27, 2010

4 hours on my fave field-NEW PHOTO'S

I got to my field about 07.30 this morning but the farmer had only plowed about half of it, and the wrong half at that :laughing7:

. So we had to be content with the "Button" end of the field. Still, I wasn't disappointed with my finds, a fairly good range I think. It would have been better, but I must have caught the volume dial for my headphones before I started and I didn't realise, it was below 1/4, until the last row :tongue3:

. That's when I started to get decent results, anyway on with the pics.

Pic 1) These are the good buttons, including a 17th century "nipple" button, 2 livery buttons with a stags head, 3 military buttons and a "Rochford Union" button.

Pic 2) A closer look at the livery buttons

Pic 3) A sample of todays lead

Pic 4) Some of the more interesting bits. The buckle, thimble and winders I have id'd, but the other items are, as yet, unknown to me

Pic 5&6) A closer look at the items I have not id'd yet

Pic 7& 8 ) A Viccy Ha'penny and farthing ( in soak now) 1860 and 1881 respectively

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hammered

CRUSADER · Oct 28, 2010

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hammered said:
Thanks for all the input guys , just goes to show though, when it came out of the ground I didn't think it was much .

hammered

Took me ages to reconsize it, wasn't until you placed it the right way up with a close up that I twigged. Looked very saxon/Viking to begin with & it somewhat crosses over that period & some... :icon_thumright:

I'm still looking for my first :P

{Sentinel} · Oct 28, 2010

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Great finds. Man that nipple button is in great shape :icon_thumleft:

Garabaldi · Oct 28, 2010

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Hey Hammered,
You found these things in England correct? I have found an exact artifact in Boston Mass. USA. Do you know what it is?

ohannos · Oct 29, 2010

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Im happy to surrender the idea of the item to be urnesstyle and im even happier for you if its Norman. I looked around to find an exact match in urnesstyle but i couldnt find any.
Some more stuff from the same period wouldnt hurt. Care to find some more 8)

CRUSADER · Oct 29, 2010

Re: 4 hours on my fave field-NEW PHOTO'S

ohannos said:
Im happy to surrender the idea of the item to be urnesstyle and im even happier for you if its Norman. I looked around to find an exact match in urnesstyle but i couldnt find any.
Some more stuff from the same period wouldnt hurt. Care to find some more 8)

To begin with on the first photo I was happy to agree, it wasn't until I saw the close up (right way up) that it became clearer. :icon_thumright:

Silver Searcher · Oct 30, 2010

Re: 4 hours on my fave field-NEW PHOTO'S

ohannos said:
Im happy to surrender the idea of the item to be urnesstyle and im even happier for you if its Norman. I looked around to find an exact match in urnesstyle but i couldnt find any.
Some more stuff from the same period wouldnt hurt. Care to find some more 8)

Well as urness style covers most of the Norman period as well...1040-1150 I don't see what difference it makes ::)

SS

steelheadwill · Oct 30, 2010

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Super Livery, Looking mean!
Nice Collection of finds!
Pulled an 1861 HP over here on the 27th, odd how often Similar finds seem to come in short order.
Thanks for showing! :icon_thumleft:

hammered · Oct 30, 2010

Re: 4 hours on my fave field-NEW PHOTO'S

steelheadwill said:
Super Livery, Looking mean!
Nice Collection of finds!
Pulled an 1861 HP over here on the 27th, odd how often Similar finds seem to come in short order.
Thanks for showing!

Thanks mate :icon_thumleft:

, it doesn't end there either. I was cleaning some of the other bits that I didn't post and one of them, what I thought was a non descript Georgian halfpenny, turns out to be silver. I am going to put it in the electrolysis tank tomorrow and see if I can bring out some detail.

hammered