My First Roman Fibula Brooch - Yippee!

[DavidBeard]

Morning All,
Yesterday was another first for me! We have had some heavy snow recently, hard to get out anywhere but yesterday afternoon it seemed to warm a little and by 3.30 in the afternoon most of the fields' snow had thawed out - I had 2 hours at the most to get on one of my local farms before it got dark - and look what I found:
My first Dolphin Brooch - A large Polden Hill variety (around 75ad - 175ad) - 7cm x 5cm - Bronze.
Just 3 fields up from where I found the Vespasian Sestertius.
Here are the pics:













Going back this afternoon - I want more!

 

[Dman]

WOW! That is a great find.
Dman

 

[robfinds]

Morning All,
Yesterday was another first for me! We have had some heavy snow recently, hard to get out anywhere but yesterday afternoon it seemed to warm a little and by 3.30 in the afternoon most of the fields' snow had thawed out - I had 2 hours at the most to get on one of my local farms before it got dark - and look what I found:
My first Dolphin Brooch - A large Polden Hill variety (around 75ad - 175ad) - 7cm x 5cm - Bronze.
Just 3 fields up from where I found the Vespasian Sestertius.
Here are the pics:



















Going back this afternoon - I want more!

Nice brooch David, where there's one there's usually more
Robert.

 

[Deepdiger60]

Nice find what where brooch,s used for cloths ? or jewelry .Good hunt Jim

 

[cntrydncr1]

fantastic find. I would love to find one of those someday!

 

[TommNJ]

Congrats on your cool Roman find, amazing dug condition for its age, , wow !!

TommNJ

 

[CAgem]

Nice find! I love the patina.

 

[Iron Patch]

I see you've stepped up your game from a crusty Victoria penny.

 

[pepperj]

Nice going on the your first one. Great looking

 

[DavidBeard]

Nice find what where brooch,s used for cloths ? or jewelry .Good hunt Jim

Holding cloth together yes - very much like a very large pretty safety pin! This would have had an hinged pin many, many years ago.

 

[allen]

congrats on that awesome piece !!!!

 

[DavidBeard]

I see you've stepped up your game from a crusty Victoria penny.

Don't worry Iron Patch - I'm still digging many crusty Victoria Pennies - Crusty Elizabeth II's also!

 

[olekyground]

Thats very interesting.. congratulations on the good find!

 

[Trond]

Nice find.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the lovely Roman fibula! Looks plated, I didn't know they did that with bronze. HH, Mike

 

[CRUSADER]

Good sign for more Roman stuff in that field.....

 

[Iron Patch]

I see you've stepped up your game from a crusty Victoria penny.

Don't worry Iron Patch - I'm still digging many crusty Victoria Pennies - Crusty Elizabeth II's also!

But at least they keep your ears in tune!