Copper Axe

[robfinds]

Continued my recuperation yesterday afternoon. Had a couple of hours trying the Deus on P5. This is recommended for pasture, to find larger very deep objects. The field as yielded hundreds of coins for me, but nothing older than Victorian. The first 10 mins was silent, perhaps I had found all there was to be found. Then up turned a badly corrode George III cartwheel penny 1797. The penny came up from deep, this gave me encouragement. Another worn George III penny soon followed. The next hour was quiet, apart from a couple of more modern coins. I decided to move to the highest part of the field, from here you get a great view of the area. A thumping signal resulted in this little copper/bronze axe/chisel. It's only 6cm long, it's broken on one end. A very interesting little find. Certainly impressed with program 5. The axe could be very old.

 

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[Plumbata]

Hopefully next time you pull out a fine unambiguous bronze palstave or socketed axe! You're allowed to keep those over there provided they aren't in a cache, right?

 

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[robfinds]

Hopefully next time you pull out a fine unambiguous bronze palstave or socketed axe! You're allowed to keep those over there provided they aren't in a cache, right?

Never had a complete one plumbata, had two axe blades though. Guess where I'm going now for a couple of hours.

 

[Plumbata]

I'm pretty jealous really, all I can do is hope to buy them cheap from Europeans with poor English skills.

Good luck finding an intact one!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice find.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Awesome find Robert - WTG!!!!

 

[huntsman53]

If it actually dates to the Copper Age, it could possibly be a Copper hoe made late in the period before the use of Bronze. However, as Cru pointed out, the head shows signs of blows as in hammering, so I am wondering if it might be a Copper tool for stripping bark and strips from trees to build shelters.


Frank

 

[robfinds]

Hello Frank, there's no hammer blows, that end is broken off. Robert.

 

[robfinds]

I'm pretty jealous really, all I can do is hope to buy them cheap from Europeans with poor English skills.

Good luck finding an intact one!

Not me then, I was the bestist in the class in Inglish