First time out in 5 months, amazing medieval heraldic mount

[bainsey]

Hi all

So today was my first time out metal detecting since sometime near February for various reasons. A couple of days ago I treat myself to a new (used) detector which is a minelab safari. All I can say about the machine so far is that I am really impressed with the build quality and also the depth it achieves although it is still very early days.

Anyway, I went to the huge pasture permission that I have hammered a lot of times and set the machine up in a way I had read about last night. The settings were, all metal, sensitivity auto, -10 and +40 notched out, threshold just audible and noise cancelled. These settings seemed really effective.

There were not loads of finds made but I have found what is possibly my favourite ever find especially after giving it a light clean under warm water. Big thanks to the ferret for live id'ing it while I was still in the field.

A medieval heraldic mount with red and blue enamel!


And if anyone wants to watch me finding it here is the video

 

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[vpnavy]

Nice finds and super Vid! It did take me a few minutes to adjust to you driving on the wrong side of the road, sitting on the wrong side of the car and talking with an accent!

 

[Scrappy]

Bainsey! There you are old chap!

I hadn't seen any of your posts and wondered about you. Amazing find! That's a great mount with surviving enamel!

Congrats
Steve

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds

 

[Westfront]

Very few of these have that much enamel left. Congrats getting your favorite find!

 

[bainsey]

Thanks everyone, I really can't begin to imagine how the enamel has stayed on after so many centuries under ground, they sure as hell don't make things of that quality any more lol

 

[Westfront]

Being found in a pasture field helped a lot for sure.

 

[CRUSADER]

Being found in a pasture field helped a lot for sure.

Yeap, a rare find in pasture, but I'm going to assume it was once plough.

Nice harness pendant, had a matching pair that when either side of the horses head.

 

[bainsey]

Yeap, a rare find in pasture, but I'm going to assume it was once plough.

Nice harness pendant, had a matching pair that when either side of the horses head.

It definitely has not been ploughed in the last 200 or so years but before that I'm not to sure

 

[CRUSADER]

It definitely has not been ploughed in the last 200 or so years but before that I'm not to sure

It would be very unusual to get to an undisturbed 14th C layer with any detector. It does happen but normally in woods.

 

[bainsey]

It would be very unusual to get to an undisturbed 14th C layer with any detector. It does happen but normally in woods.

Thinking about it the area was a Victorian race course. I suppose it is highly likely they would have sculpted the surface in obstacles? Because as you say this item should be well out of reach

Cheers
Andy