Hot day with hot finds. gilded spur 12. century! Updated Pics!

Westfront · Jun 5, 2011

We met yesterday with a few hunting buddies in a wooded area near the rhine. You can expect everything from roman to modern there. And this day was a good one! Some of us went downhill into a valley which had seen lots of roman activity, but four of us decided to stay on top near an old road. We started with a few musketballs, but we got more and more over the whole area. Looks like a 1800s skirmish there. We ended with 10 to 20 bullets each, but no regiment buttons

. We had a few nails, a roman circular mount, crotal bell and some coins as we worked up the hill. The highest point of the hill was littered with WWII crap, but i managed between tent buttons, casings, a pack of razorblades and a pioneer axe the best find of the day. A beautiful gold plated brass spur dated 12th-13th century :hello2:

. The two buttons i found may be around 1600. The coins are 1800.
Im pretty sure that we go back to this place soon as our fields are all planted....

cntrydncr1 · Jun 5, 2011

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awesome find!! congrats!

TerryEastTexas · Jun 5, 2011

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Some good finds you got there.

CAgem · Jun 5, 2011

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An entire spur is a really nice find. :hello2:

Woodland Detectors · Jun 5, 2011

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I would love to find a spur like that sometime :headbang:

BANNER

Steve in PA · Jun 5, 2011

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Very cool spur!

mamabear · Jun 5, 2011

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that is one wicked looking spur! hope the wearer lost it cuz he got kicked off the horse when he used it! but what a great find!! as my daughter so aptly put it, "Jealous"!

CRUSADER · Jun 5, 2011

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If I found those two buttons in the UK, I would say 17th C as well :thumbsup:

The COMPLETE spur is an amazing find, we only getting the bits the plough left behind. You understated this one I'm voting BANNER!!!

Your finds look to be getting better :wink:

Can't remember if you got the big coil yet?

underarock · Jun 5, 2011

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I know nothing about anything really but that spur being complete and all probably would look real nice in a glass case also inside a museum?

Or am I being too generous? Great recovery either way :notworthy:

CRUSADER · Jun 5, 2011

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underarock said:
I know nothing about anything really but that spur being complete and all probably would look real nice in a glass case also inside a museum? Or am I being too generous? Great recovery either way

No, this is what you might expect in a Museum! This is one of the earliest types your ever likely to find! (but complete is near impossible)

Nutriasub · Jun 5, 2011

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Beautiful spur, amazing find, voting banner tooo!! :headbang:

g-olden years · Jun 5, 2011

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I just voted BANNER on your amazing complete gilded spur! Andi

Westfront · Jun 5, 2011

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Thanks all! Im very happy with that one. Gold plated spurs are a sign of the status of its owner. Only knights had them. And yes...its complete. A buddy found the small buckle for the leather strap too!!! It was only a few yards away. I trying to get pics and the buckle from him. :tongue3:

Hi Cru!

Thanks for Your confirmation! Yes the finds are getting better, research pays off. But i have to drive 70 to 80 miles now. Still using the 11" stock coil in the woods. Have the 12x15 for the fields. Its a good year with the extreme dry spring. You can see cropmarks everywhere! Got some roman shards this morning when i was out with the dogs on a field i never expected roman... :hello2:

CRUSADER · Jun 5, 2011

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Westfront said:
Thanks all! Im very happy with that one. Gold plated spurs are a sign of the status of its owner. Only knights had them. And yes...its complete. A buddy found the small buckle for the leather strap too!!! It was only a few yards away. I trying to get pics and the buckle from him.
Hi Cru! Thanks for Your confirmation! Yes the finds are getting better, research pays off. But i have to drive 70 to 80 miles now. Still using the 11" stock coil in the woods. Have the 12x15 for the fields. Its a good year with the extreme dry spring. You can see cropmarks everywhere! Got some roman shards this morning when i was out with the dogs on a field i never expected roman...

Sorry, when I said large, I meant the 11", the 9" is our stock coil in the UK. The 12x15 I find quite unstable on my settings, but I think I need to get used to it/change settings. The 11" is my fav at the moment :icon_thumright:

Westfront · Jun 5, 2011

Rinsed with water and cleaned a little... Looks much better now.

CRUSADER · Jun 6, 2011

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/sh...page=40&sort=2&stype=&limit=&cat=all&ppuser=0
Your spur if found in the UK would be dated a little boarder than 12th C, we date it 12th-13th C. I can't tell from the blurry photo if the buckle is similar to any on the link above but it looks circa 13th C & therefore its likely part of the set. Check that area more carefully for other fittments. :icon_thumright: