Another Amazing day

Silver Searcher · Mar 9, 2008

This might be my last visit to this field maybe till next year :'(

but again I had some amazing finds

first find was a complete medieval key with a beautiful design

these key are highly collectable, a couple of months back i posted my first find from the Bronze Age period a fragment of Axe today I had my second Bronze Age Axe, again broken but still a rare find. The field produced another six Roman Bronze Coins one being the biggest I have ever had ::)

and another fragment of Roman Brooch. After the three Hammered I had had of this which had brought my totall for the year to thirteen I thought I might struggle :-[

to get of the unlucky number and this proved the case right up to the very last signal of the day when I winkled out a cut half of Alexander111 of Scotland unfortunately it was folded in half and snapped in two :'(

still another amazing day

wyattrr · Mar 10, 2008

Great Scores...Cool Pics of farm land and keepers. HH

dgaughan · Mar 10, 2008

wow the key is awesome congrats

Silver Searcher · Mar 10, 2008

BuckleBoy said:
That is one of the finest keys I have ever seen. Bravo to you on some spectacular finds!

-Buckleboy

I have just had an offer from a dealer of £100

he also dated it to early Medieval 11th century maybe slightly earlier

CRUSADER · Mar 10, 2008

tyre kicker said:
BuckleBoy said:

That is one of the finest keys I have ever seen. Bravo to you on some spectacular finds!

-Buckleboy

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I have just had an offer from a dealer of £100 he also dated it to early Medieval 11th century maybe slightly earlier

Sounds like a good offer, so it maybe Norman

As you know he would then sell for £200. Although you would be lucky to get £50 on ebay.

Silver Searcher · Mar 10, 2008

CRUSADER said:
tyre kicker said:

BuckleBoy said:

That is one of the finest keys I have ever seen. Bravo to you on some spectacular finds!

-Buckleboy

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I have just had an offer from a dealer of £100 he also dated it to early Medieval 11th century maybe slightly earlier

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Sounds like a good offer, so it maybe Norman As you know he would then sell for £200. Although you would be lucky to get £50 on ebay.

Or Saxon :P note the heron bone markings on the barrel I have seen Saxon stap ends with the same disighn :-*

chrisplay2004 · Mar 10, 2008

Very Cool Key!!! If I found one I would just keep it... 8)

FloridaBill · Mar 10, 2008

That is some really sweet stuff, congrats

goldgrubber · Mar 10, 2008

Amazing finds! Very cool key. Congrats!

Trond · Mar 10, 2008

Congrats- great finds.

ModernMiner · Mar 11, 2008

TK,
Congrats on some amazing finds that most of us can only dream of. It's been said many times above, but that key is the neatest one I've ever seen.
Just fantastic! I would never part with a find like that.
Thanks for the great post.
-MM-

Derek752 · Mar 11, 2008

Way COOL finds Tyre !!!!

The key is AMAZING !!!

Ummm ..Tell me you ran to the end of the rainbow and dug the clay pot full of ancient hammered gold coins !!!!! :thumbsup:

COngrats !!

D.

robfinds · Mar 11, 2008

Very nice key, with the big handle it looks like a type one variant. These were saxon so 11th century could be about right. If a dealer is saying £100 i'ts worth £200.

HH- Robert.

dakotama95 · Mar 11, 2008

I really like that key. I wish we could find relics that old in our area. You have a very nice place to hunt and what a view!!!

birdman · Mar 11, 2008

Absolutely phenomenal!!!!!

Born2Dtect · Mar 11, 2008

Tyre Kicker,

Wow, just wow! If I take a trip to England will you take me detecting?

Ed D.

Colonial KirkPA · Mar 11, 2008

You are awesome! Keep swinging with the passion!

Kirk

Silver Searcher · Mar 11, 2008

robfinds said:
Very nice key, with the big handle it looks like a type one variant. These were saxon so 11th century could be about right. If a dealer is saying £100 i'ts worth £200.

HH- Robert.

Robert you will have to enlighten me on the type one variant :icon_study:

10th century would make it Saxon :icon_scratch:

but like I said to Crusader it has heron bone markings which I have seen on Saxon strap ends :thumbsup:

Silver Searcher · Mar 11, 2008

Born2Dtect said:
Tyre Kicker,

Wow, just wow! If I take a trip to England will you take me detecting?

Ed D.

Thumb a lift with Bio Professor :icon_thumleft:

here's coming over in the summer :thumbsup:

Silver Searcher · Mar 11, 2008

KirkPA said:
You are awesome! Keep swinging with the passion!

Kirk

Thanks Kirk :thumbsup:

hows the new car doing :icon_profileleft:

robfinds · Mar 12, 2008

tyre kicker said:
robfinds said:

Very nice key, with the big handle it looks like a type one variant. These were saxon so 11th century could be about right. If a dealer is saying £100 i'ts worth £200.

HH- Robert.

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Robert you will have to enlighten me on the type one variant 10th century would make it Saxon but like I said to Crusader it has heron bone markings which I have seen on Saxon strap ends

Type one are late saxon with big handles like yours. Our John found one a bit bigger than yours but not as nice. He got £120 for it in about 1994.
HH- Robert.