Another Horses Head! Musket Balls, Buckles, etc.

DavidBeard · Jul 26, 2009

Another Horse's Head! Musket Balls, Buckles, etc.

Hi All,
Have been on a new field - a quiet one at that, but some interesting finds:
First thing I stumbled upon was another Horse's Head (is this the year of the horse?)

Couple of buttons:

A few buckles (probably from Horse harness):

A 1947 Sixpence - sadly this is the year they stopped making them out of 50% silver and used the cheaper Cupro-Nickel:

Thimble and button fragments:

Musket Balls:

A round lead item which could be a single sided lead token, a weight or game piece - 15th - 17th century - (another job for the museum at Derby)

And the end of an old walking stick (I think - had one of these before with wood still in it):

Ooh! - A cow collar too, which the Farmer was pleased to recieve back; automatically registers the cow when going through milking!!

spartacus53 · Jul 26, 2009

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Nice finds! I always wanted to know what happened to the horses head from the movie the Godfather, now I know

Africa · Jul 26, 2009

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real lekker looking items indeed, it does not matter what they are, the main thing is thatyou had fun looking for them. And walking in a field with the warm sun reviving your body after a cool winter.

artzstuff1 · Jul 26, 2009

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Great finds ,,!! love the horse head,,,,thanks for sharin,,,,

art

ringfinder · Jul 26, 2009

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Neat finds, really like the horse head, too bad you couldn't have found all of him.

HH< Ringfinder

robfinds · Jul 26, 2009

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Nice one Dave, question is though, where have all the headless horses gone :dontknow:

shaun7 · Jul 26, 2009

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i'm starting to feel a bit left out! I want some of the horse head action

I suppose i'd have to get out and detect for that though :'(

Evan/tn · Jul 26, 2009

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cool old finds!!!
way to go!!

WhiteHunter · Jul 26, 2009

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that lead thing was used for killling squirrels they come in all shapes and sizes

DavidBeard · Jul 26, 2009

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WhiteHunter said:
that lead thing was used for killing squirrels they come in all shapes and sizes

"Killing Squirrels"

How on earth would they do that with something shaped like this? :icon_scratch:

The grey squirrel wasn't introduced to Britain and other parts of Europe until the 19th Century, this is much older - Did they have a need to kill the red ones too? Surely rabbits, dear and bore was much easier!!
Or are you pullin my leg WhiteHunter!!

Bavaria Mike · Jul 26, 2009

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Nice hunt! I found a lead elephant this weekend, a first, LOL. HH, Mike

DavidBeard · Jul 26, 2009

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shaun7 said:
...I suppose i'd have to get out and detect for that though ...

Are you not able to get out Shaun? Is this because of the weather or have you ran out of fields?
The sun will be shining again soon - don't worry. :hello:

magoo30 · Jul 26, 2009

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Nice finds!!! WTG

WhiteHunter · Jul 30, 2009

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DavidBeard said:
WhiteHunter said:

that lead thing was used for killing squirrels they come in all shapes and sizes

Click to expand...

"Killing Squirrels" How on earth would they do that with something shaped like this?
The grey squirrel wasn't introduced to Britain and other parts of Europe until the 19th Century, this is much older - Did they have a need to kill the red ones too? Surely rabbits, dear and bore was much easier!!
Or are you pullin my leg WhiteHunter!!

sorry for the late reply. I find loads of them near trees grandad told me they where used to kill the squirrels but im sure they would have used them for hunting other animals

curbdiggercarl57 · Jul 30, 2009

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Cow collar? Everything you guys dig in England is cooler than our stuff. Kudos!

Mental Granny · Jul 30, 2009

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Very cool love all your finds as usual and even another horses head the last few times when our local club was out I was finding horse shoes ya wanna trade ? :laughing7:

Aquila · Jul 30, 2009

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Nice digs! :icon_thumleft:

allen · Jul 31, 2009

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looks like you found lots of interesting
items finds in that quite field !!! :thumbsup:

vermonster · Jul 31, 2009

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Neat finds :icon_sunny:

DavidBeard · Jul 31, 2009

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Mental Granny said:
Very cool love all your finds as usual and even another horses head the last few times when our local club was out I was finding horse shoes ya wanna trade ?

Thanks for the offer Mental Granny - but I already have a massive box full to the top of horse shoes........(I don't throw them in the trash)
I'll be painting them up and giving them out to family and friends as Christmas Presents this year - labelled as 'Lucky Derbyshire Horse Shoes' - I might even get myself a wicker basket and try selling them door to door :laughing7: