A great range of finds from my fave field--Updated 1730 silver coin

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I managed about 4 hours today on my Fave field. The soil was very sticky, but at least it wasn't raining. I found lots of buttons, some good but most were toast. Also a silver Roman and a hammered (another Elizabeth 1st Half groat), plus lots of other bits, some identified, some not. Now the pics


Column 1 are Utility buttons, Column 2 General Service, Column 3 A mixture of French Army and USA Column 4 Mostly Tombac and Column 5 a few livery buttons



A view of the best buttons



Row 1 a Belgium 5 centime 1895 and a 1943 farthing, Row 2 a Maltravers farthing, a Hans Krauwinckel jetton, 14th century French jetton and finally a George 3 gaming token.
Row 3 2 Viccy ha'pennies



Suspenders and buckle fragments



Copper alloy rings



Lead finds



Eyeball finds



Barrel tap key, thimbles, silver locket or watch cover, 1902 coronation medal and a hook and chain for a cloak?



3 scrappy romans, the half groat and the silver roman (toasted)



Close up of the hammered (obverse)



Reverse



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[snakeyes]

Re: A great range of finds from my fave field

I'm always looking forward to your posts great finds and pictures

 

[kuger]

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What a day!!!The buttons you guys dig is astounding!!!I can see how one would get tired of them pesky things.They are a rarity in my sites

 

[civilman1]

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Great,great looking dig's Hammered That button selection has a time line there!! Merry Christmas!!

 

[nsdq]

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is there any left there for others to find? nice recovery on all that ,,,, i got was a lonely zinc penny

 

[Westfront]

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That was worth the mud! Now i can imagine why it is Your fave field.... I like those fields where it's possible to get such a range of finds. Too bad that the denarius is not that good. For what were these copper rings?

 

[MaineRelic]

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I can see why it is your fave field I really enjoyed all the good pics of your excellent finds . thanks for posting ! M.R.

 

[HISPAN]

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Hi mate !
The last lead seal with the inscription (Sucres) is a commercial seal of Sugar 19th century. In Catalan and French Sucre means sugar.
Good Hammered .

 

[relicminer]

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You know your addicted when the main reason you want to visit another country is to metal detect... Hammered I would love to come visit you and do some Metal Detecting...

 

[hammered]

Re: A great range of finds from my fave field

I'm always looking forward to your posts great finds and pictures

Thanks mate

What a day!!!The buttons you guys dig is astounding!!!I can see how one would get tired of them pesky things.They are a rarity in my sites

I'm starting to like them, I may even keep some

Great,great looking dig's Hammered That button selection has a time line there!! Merry Christmas!!

I've said it before, this field never ceases to give up something good

is there any left there for others to find? nice recovery on all that ,,,, i got was a lonely zinc penny

Sorry about the zincoln, but there's lots left in the ground over here 8) , I might be able to grab an hour or 2 tomorrow, but the longer hunts are better

That was worth the mud! Now i can imagine why it is Your fave field.... I like those fields where it's possible to get such a range of finds. Too bad that the denarius is not that good. For what were these copper rings?

Next time I will take a picture of my boots, about 10 pounds of mud on each .The denarius was a bonus, so I'm not complaining

I can see why it is your fave field I really enjoyed all the good pics of your excellent finds . thanks for posting ! M.R.

Thanks "MR", I do love that field

Hi mate !
The last lead seal with the inscription (Sucres) is a commercial seal of Sugar 19th century. In Catalan and French Sucre means sugar.
Good Hammered .

Hi "H", I haven't got that many good seals, but that one is a keeper . I'm glad to see you are getting out too
feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! (I hope I got that right )

You know your addicted when the main reason you want to visit another country is to metal detect... Hammered I would love to come visit you and do some Metal Detecting...

Get over here, you wont be disappointed


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[jewelerguy]

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awesome assortment of great finds

 

[hammered]

Re: A great range of finds from my fave field

That was worth the mud! Now i can imagine why it is Your fave field.... I like those fields where it's possible to get such a range of finds. Too bad that the denarius is not that good. For what were these copper rings?

Sorry Westfront, I forgot to mention the copper alloy rings. They had many uses, Dorset buttons and harness furniture are just 2, but not Celtic ring money. Some smaller rings may even be from mail armour


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[Nutriasub]

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What an awesome day, you machine must have been ringing all the time!! Fun fun

I love the hammereds from UK they are beautiful and yours looks like very good shape
What do you think happened with the roman silver? Bad quality silver? Or just ploughed too many times?

Congratulations and merry Xmas

NU

 

[HISPAN]

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Thanks for the invitation, up to UK in February when more snow ..... I like the game difficult.

 

[oldsoapy]

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No wonder it's your favorite field . looks a very busy field. with fields like that you can always expect something each time you visit. All the best!! John.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

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Very interesting finds Ian! Looks like you must have dug up half the field!
These two pieces are interesting, what type of material are they made from?
. . . they look like wax letter seals to me?

Have a great Christmas mate!

Dave

 

[hammered]

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Very interesting finds Ian! Looks like you must have dug up half the field!
These two pieces are interesting, what type of material are they made from?
. . . they look like wax letter seals to me?

Have a great Christmas mate!

Dave

Hi Dave and Merry Christmas to you and yours

The items in question are if fact screw tops for beer bottles. Have a look at the link http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/evancoll/a/014eva000000000u06273000.html
We find quite a lot of them in the fields over here, I guess the farm workers used to have a bottle of beer with their lunch back in the day


Ian

 

[hikeinmts]

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Well, we ALL know why the farmers all allow you to hunt their fields......they get a free plowing of the fields.
What a nice assortment of finds. I like the artifacts as much as I do the coins, anymore.
Merry Christmas. And a God-blessed 2012 to you and your family.

 

[hammered]

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When I was detecting I found what I thought was some form of identity disc, it was covered in some kind of black gunk and when I got home I just popped it in a bowl of "Limelite". And completely forgot about it . I saw it again on the window sill last night and the Limelite had turned black, when I had washed off the remaining fluid a silver coin was in my hand. It seems to be a Louis XV of France, Bourges - Ecu, 1730. That day just got even better


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[{Sentinel}]

Terrific finds buddy! Some of those buttons are pretty sweet, the fusiliers style button looks pretty nice as does that 1730 Silver!