Late 11th century Saxon Stirrup- Mount+++ Extremely Rare

hammered · Sep 4, 2011

I went out this morning about 7am to have a look at 2 new fields. The first field maybe worth going back to later, but was giving up a lot of iron signals today. We moved to the second field after about an hour and it gave up lead, coins, pistol and musket shot and a beautiful late saxon stirrup-strap mount :thumbsup:

. I also found what maybe a strap end, but it needs more cleaning, so I will post it and all the other finds in a separate post. Here is a link to a similar stirrup mount http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=5951&cat=110

here are the pics

hammered

HISPAN · Sep 4, 2011

Re: Late 11th century Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mount

Very interesting Medieval finding

!.
It represented a deer in the middle?
H

hammered · Sep 4, 2011

Re: Late 11th century Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mount

HISPAN said:
Very interesting Medieval finding !.
It represented a deer in the middle?
H

Hi "H", it could be a deer but whatever it is, it has long pointy ears :laughing7:

ANTIQUARIAN · Sep 4, 2011

Re: Late 11th century Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mount

Interesting find there Ian! :notworthy:

Love to see it when it's restored! :icon_thumright:

Dave

hammered · Sep 5, 2011

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ANTIQUARIAN said:
Interesting find there Ian!
Love to see it when it's restored!

Dave

Thanks Dave, this is about as far as I want to go in restoring it, but you can see a lot more detail now.

hammered

PS. Just got this from the UKDFD http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=33099&cat=110

Silver Searcher · Sep 5, 2011

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Great find :icon_thumleft:

I think the image is infact a Bird :icon_thumleft:

I will vote Banner on this one, but it might not go down well $:-\$ the europeans are taking over the banner :laughing9:

SS

hammered · Sep 5, 2011

Re: Late 11th century Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mount- New pics

Silver Searcher said:
Great find I think the image is infact a Bird I will vote Banner on this one, but it might not go down well $:-\$ the europeans are taking over the banner

SS

Cheers Colin, I've been staring at it for ages now and I see a big nose, 2 beady eyes, a grinning mouth and high cheek bones, I think I need a break :laughing7:

. I might send you a pic of the possible strap end to see if it rings a bell with you?.

Ian

Silver Searcher · Sep 5, 2011

Re: Late 11th century Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mount- New pics

hammered said:
Silver Searcher said:

Great find I think the image is infact a Bird I will vote Banner on this one, but it might not go down well $:-\$ the europeans are taking over the banner

SS

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Cheers Colin, I've been staring at it for ages now and I see a big nose, 2 beady eyes, a grinning mouth and high cheek bones, I think I need a break . I might send you a pic of the possible strap end to see if it rings a bell with you?.

Ian

Yes do

I would like a look :icon_thumleft:

SS

shaun7 · Sep 5, 2011

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Nice one Ian

Cru will be well "jel" :laughing7:

I missed this yesterday :icon_scratch:

Banner

leddel · Sep 5, 2011

Re: Late 11th century Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mount- New pics

a very cool and unique relic Ian , congrats

CRUSADER · Sep 5, 2011

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OK, now you talking. This is an unpublished Variant of the Class A Type 16. The 1997 book only has 4 examples of the full type 16, I call yours a half version, as its missing most of the middle section (or lower body of animal). I have spotted 7 other full versions, but yours is the first of this type I have seen. EXTREMELY RARE.

BANNER all the way :icon_thumright:

Below is a nice 'full' version;

hammered · Sep 5, 2011

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leddel said:
a very cool and unique relic Ian , congrats

Thanks mate :thumbsup:

CRUSADER said:
OK, now you talking. This is an unpublished Variant of the Class A Type 16. The 1997 book only has 4 examples of the full type 16, I call yours a half version, as its missing most of the middle section (or lower body of animal). I have spotted 7 other full versions, but yours is the first of this type I have seen. EXTREMELY RARE.

BANNER all the way

Below is a nice 'full' version;

Wow, thanks for the info Cru, I knew it was a bit special, but extremely rare :hello2:

. Guess which field I'm going back to tomorrow :laughing7:

hammered

johnnyblaze · Sep 5, 2011

Very nice find man :notworthy:

What i would give to find something that old ::)

Blaze

Oh btw it is banner worthy :thumbsup:

hammered · Sep 5, 2011

johnnyblaze said:
Very nice find man

What i would give to find something that old

Blaze

Oh btw it is banner worthy

Thanks Blaze, it's just dawning on me just how rare this is :tongue3:

, I'm going back there tomorrow :laughing7:

. I'm starting a "hammereds banner finds" thread on my own pages for my choice of Banner finds. I will def class you in there soon :thumbsup:

hammered

CRUSADER · Sep 6, 2011

hammered said:
johnnyblaze said:

Very nice find man

What i would give to find something that old

Blaze

Oh btw it is banner worthy

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Thanks Blaze, it's just dawning on me just how rare this is , I'm going back there tomorrow . I'm starting a "hammereds banner finds" thread on my own pages for my choice of Banner finds. I will def class you in there soon

hammered

This would have been right up there in the top finds for this year, if I had it. It would be more special than the Ingot, as its much more interesting,,, to me anyway :headbang:

steelheadwill · Sep 6, 2011

Fantastic Find!
you got another vote here :wink:

HH

HISPAN · Sep 6, 2011

I also vote Banner !!!! :hello2:

.... though I doubt that together make two European banner, but he deserves it. ::)

H

hammered · Sep 6, 2011

HISPAN said:
I also vote Banner !!!! .... though I doubt that together make two European banner, but he deserves it.
H

Thanks "H" :icon_thumleft:

, but in truth, I think the criteria for a banner place is a mix of things. A good story, a good find and enough votes. I don't think it is a case of them and us, if there are not enough views and votes the mods don't know about it, it's not their fault. The find, for me, is often good enough. The positive comments on here are a bonus :thumbsup:

hammered

Westfront · Sep 7, 2011

Finds like that make me a little jealous...Now i catch when us members talk about us in europe. A find which is near impossible to dig and even more in my part of europe.
I have to come to the uk someday only to get a saxon find...
My vote is in too.

CRUSADER · Sep 7, 2011

Westfront said:
Finds like that make me a little jealous...Now i catch when us members talk about us in europe. A find which is near impossible to dig and even more in my part of europe.
I have to come to the uk someday only to get a saxon find...
My vote is in too.

you know it :wink: