Best party in a while

[Iron Patch]

Good enough to do again. Few militia/artillery buttons, a chunk of a ball, and a complete one. (10 lbs on the scale)

 

[spitfire55]

 

[ticm]

Now that's a cannon ball that looks dug. Real nice stuff

 

[artzstuff1]

Cool stuff I.P.,, Now that looks like a ball that has been dug!!!!,,,

 

[romeo-1]

Great looking buttons and cannon ball(s).

I'm thinking somebody's is thinking of beating a path to your door step soon after looking at that iron.

I guess you're forgetting you head the other way in the Winter! But there's always next year!

I think he was talking about someone else...someone from Romeotopia!

 

[Gator-Flea]

Good finds.............

 

[chark21798]

Man im still waiting for 1st one of those. u all have some prime real estate there. Wow nice digs. HH Mark

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Sweet finds there IP and congrats ,very nice additions

 

[pcolaboy]

Awesome finds sir! Congratulations.

 

[Don in SJ]

Same for you IP as for IH, a day you will remember for a long time! You may have said it before but what happened in the past that so many military buttons, and the cannon balls showed up where they did?

Don

 

[SC Keith]

Awesome finds IP! I love to see your Rev finds! Congrats!

 

[kuger]

Outstanding man!!!I was wondering when you were going to start working your magic!!!

 

[Skelly607]

VERY NICE!

 

[pepperj]

Great looking buttons and cannon ball(s).

I'm thinking somebody's is thinking of beating a path to your door step soon after looking at that iron.

I guess you're forgetting you head the other way in the Winter! But there's always next year!

I think he was talking about someone else...someone from Romeotopia!

That's it, I figured the detector would be in the trunk by now.

 

[Iron Patch]

Great looking buttons and cannon ball(s).

I'm thinking somebody's is thinking of beating a path to your door step soon after looking at that iron.

I guess you're forgetting you head the other way in the Winter! But there's always next year!

I think he was talking about someone else...someone from Romeotopia!

That's it, I figured the detector would be in the trunk by now.

I know ours will be soon! Day 2 will certainly be nothing close to what it was, but there's one button I want and it's my best chance since 2001 to find it.

 

[Slipperyjack47]

You would think those guys would have noticed those cannonballs missing when they fell outa thier pockets ? Hmmmmmmmmmm??


great finds!
Slipperyjack47

 

[Kirk PA]

Best party in awhile, eh? The chicks in your country must not be too wild for you to be partying with a metal detector.

Kirk

 

[Iron Patch]

Best party in awhile, eh? The chicks in your country must not be too wild for you to be partying with a metal detector.

Kirk

Dude have you ever watched yourself on video? LOL You know, spazzing, shaking and "shake America", that kinda stuff. Yeah our "parties" can't quite live up to that.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Those are some real gorgeous buttons IP!
Can you tell me what the letters on this one stand for?

Thanks,
Dave

This is what I was told but not sure of the correct spelling.

Royal Stanaries/Stanarys Light Artillery. The person seemed quite sure of himself but very little comes up in a Google search.

Thanks very much for the information IP!

Sure would be nice to know more about the history of who these guys were eh?!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I did some searching and just found this IP.


The Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Garrison Artillery

The 118 th Regiment of Militia

Also known as: The Royal Miners; The Royal Cornwall Miners Artillery.

By ancient custom enshrined in the Stannaries Charters dating from 1201 the tin miners of Cornwall and Devon were exempt military service save when called to arms by the Lord Warden of the Stannaries. This exemption was unique within the history of the United Kingdom and led to the formation of a unique military unit, The Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Militia.

Background

1574 (Elizabeth year16) an Act was passed by the Stannery Parliament to ensure that tinners should not evade their liability for service when called upon by the Lord Warden

1588 The whole of the ‘Trained Bands’ called out – Spanish Armada 1595 23 rd July four gallies of the enemy (Spain) attacked Mousehole and Penzance. Sir Francis Godolphin ‘sent forthwith to all the Captains of those parts for their speedy repair with their companies’ Carew p382 Indicating that the miners were at the time organised into trained militias.

1642 Cornwall supported the King

1778 Sir Francis Basset of Tehidy (later Lord de Dunstanville) marched the Cornish Miners in militia coats to Plymouth where they cast up earthworks and batteries about the port when France threatened to invade. As no commission had been issued to the Lord Warden of the Stannaries to muster the miners it appears that Sir Francis’s miners had volunteered for service. This is further supported by contemporary leaflets.

The French revolution of 1789 threw Europe into a further period of unrest. In 1793 France declared war on England. With an army of only 64,000 within Britain and its dependencies there was a need to raise an army to deter French invasion.

Various Acts of parliament were passed to increase the armed forces and in 1798 an Act was passed ‘for raising a Body of Miners in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, for the Defense of the Kingdom, during the present War’. Act 38 George III c. 74. 21 st June.