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ohannos · May 3, 2009

Finally got out to detect again in the beautiful weather wich yielded these things on a middle age site.
Gold gilted buckle, age?
part of spoon, has hallmarks, silver?
1200-1300, s coin, have not found exact match
unknown ornated brass thingy (any idea crusader)
small silverplated middle age buckle
(scale in centimetres)

shaun7 · May 3, 2009

you got some nice old stuff there :thumbsup:

CRUSADER · May 3, 2009

Wow - I think the the broken object in picture Image_0252 is Part of a Saxon Chip Carved piece!!!!! Possibly a Strapend, however it seems to widen out to much so might be another type of mount, but you can see the zoomorphic (beast head) at the terminal end. This needs further research, I would be over the moon with this

- circa 9th century (800s)

Handle might be silver plated.

Left object is most likely an old drawer handle.

Circa 1300s spur buckle with pin

woody50 · May 3, 2009

Yes the object in 0252 is interesting for sure... It could be hard to find out what exactly it is but you should try.
Nice finds!

CRUSADER · May 3, 2009

WOODY50 said:
Yes the object in 0252 is interesting for sure... It could be hard to find out what exactly it is but you should try.
Nice finds!

Forgot where you are, it could easily be Sandinavian (Viking era) instead of Saxon.

ohannos · May 3, 2009

These finds were found on danish soil and most finds from that spot are from the 1200- 1300,s.
I also got pretty excited about the ornated piece with the beast head thinking it would be viking.
Viking finds from this area however are very rare so i try not to put my hopes to high but it would
truly be awesome if it where and ad new history to this place wich already is rich in history. A fellow
detectorist found a papal bulla of Benedictus XI. Several other cool finds have been made on this spot, although
not viking so i really hope this ornated piece would turn out to be in the viking age.

STH69 · May 3, 2009

Very nice relics :thumbsup:

shaun7 · May 3, 2009

told you it was old!

ohannos · May 3, 2009

Thanks all for your replys.
@ Shaun. You were totally right. I know now that i can rely on your expertice

Silver Searcher · May 3, 2009

Agree with the Cru on this one.. Viking would be my guess, any chance of a pic of the back of it, if it's flat then I would say strapend, but could also be part of Brooch :icon_study:

shaun7 · May 3, 2009

ohannos said:
Thanks all for your replys.
@ Shaun. You were totally right. I know now that i can rely on your expertice

anytime

ohannos · May 3, 2009

Silver Searcher said:
Agree with the Cru on this one.. Viking would be my guess, any chance of a pic of the back of it, if it's flat then I would say strapend, but could also be part of Brooch

Im happy you agree with Crusader. Eventually it will go to the museum so if it doesnt get an ID before that hopefully they will.
The back is flat BTW.

ohannos · May 3, 2009

The back

Silver Searcher · May 3, 2009

ohannos said:
The back

Found something a bit like yours. Date 700-1000 :thumbsup:

tymcmurray · May 3, 2009

reat finds!

ohannos · May 3, 2009

Silver Searcher said:
ohannos said:

The back

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Found something a bit like yours. Date 700-1000

That one is really cool. Wish mine were complete $:-\$

CRUSADER · May 3, 2009

ohannos said:
The back

I forgot to mention earlier, you can see it broke around an old rivet hole.

ohannos · May 3, 2009

CRUSADER said:
ohannos said:

The back

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I forgot to mention earlier, you can see it broke around an old rivet hole.

Thanks for your thoughts, i didnt think that was a hole but im pretty new to detecting and i keep finding stuff i didnt know existed before.
There is so much to learn and i owe much of my new knowledge to fellow detectorists.
I checked around on saxon/viking strapends and the beast head certainly seems common on them but couldnt find one with this shape. Some
similar ornament though. More research needed!

CRUSADER · May 3, 2009

ohannos said:
CRUSADER said:

ohannos said:

The back

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I forgot to mention earlier, you can see it broke around an old rivet hole.

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Thanks for your thoughts, i didnt think that was a hole but im pretty new to detecting and i keep finding stuff i didnt know existed before.
There is so much to learn and i owe much of my new knowledge to fellow detectorists.
I checked around on saxon/viking strapends and the beast head certainly seems common on them but couldnt find one with this shape. Some
similar ornament though. More research needed!

I'm not convinced its a strapend either but its similar. This is definately Viking age :thumbsup:

Let the Museum have a go, I'm sure there be interested. Its a brillant piece 8)

ohannos · May 3, 2009

CRUSADER said:
ohannos said:

CRUSADER said:

ohannos said:

The back

Click to expand...

I forgot to mention earlier, you can see it broke around an old rivet hole.

Click to expand...

Thanks for your thoughts, i didnt think that was a hole but im pretty new to detecting and i keep finding stuff i didnt know existed before.
There is so much to learn and i owe much of my new knowledge to fellow detectorists.
I checked around on saxon/viking strapends and the beast head certainly seems common on them but couldnt find one with this shape. Some
similar ornament though. More research needed!

Click to expand...

I'm not convinced its a strapend either but its similar. This is definately Viking age
Let the Museum have a go, I'm sure there be interested. Its a brillant piece 8)

Wohoo

having you say its definately Viking age certainly put my hopes much higher and that would mean its my third Viking artifact so far (other finds: half a dirhem and fragment of fibulae) Thanks and good luck in the fields :icon_sunny: