New field, lots and lots of signals

hammered · Nov 21, 2012

Hi everyone, I managed to get out for 2 hours on a new field very close to my fave field today, I would have been out longer but the heavens opened and I decided to come home when my gore tex started leaking :tongue3:

. I only did a small corner of the field because there were just so many signals and a lot of them sounded good. Today's haul included a couple of jettons, a couple of Roman scrappys, a token with "Try it" on it, a cannon cartridge from 1942,a 14th century bar mount, a lead birds head, a numbered pewter button (also posted in "what is it"), loads of buttons and other bits. I am definitely going to scour this field in the next few days :laughing7:

. Anyway on with the pics.

hammered

xtrmdigger · Nov 21, 2012

Best of luck in your new digs!

cti4sw · Nov 21, 2012

I think that number on the button is a 6 and not a 9... With the cursive numbers I've ever seen, the 9 curls back and meets the stem almost perpendicularly, and sixes sometimes have that sharper inner curl, resulting in the angled connection your button has. Just my 2c...

Silver Searcher · Nov 21, 2012

Looks like you got a field that has seen little activity with detectors Mate, sure to be hammered there, good to see you getting out, the rain is keeping me at bay up here :sadsmiley:

though I did get out sunday.

SS

Wildcat1750 · Nov 21, 2012

Even if the field has been hammered you're still finding what others have missed. Some interesting goodies there!
Nick

granthansen · Nov 21, 2012

Really nice finds. Congrats!

BosnMate · Nov 21, 2012

Do you guys get to keep any of the Roman and other early stuff you find without clearing it with the museum first, or do you turn it all in, and if they want it, they pay for it and if they don't want it they give it back? I know there have been some really valuable finds over there where the finder made some big money. I'm just wondering about the more common little things.

hammered · Nov 21, 2012

BosnMate said:
Do you guys get to keep any of the Roman and other early stuff you find without clearing it with the museum first, or do you turn it all in, and if they want it, they pay for it and if they don't want it they give it back? I know there have been some really valuable finds over there where the finder made some big money. I'm just wondering about the more common little things.

The treasure act is a more involved than this but, "All finders of gold and silver objects, and groups of coins from the same finds, over 300 years old, have a legal obligation to report such items under the Treasure Act 1996. Now prehistoric base-metal assemblages found after 1st January 2003 also qualify as Treasure." Single coin finds do not qualify to be reported, but as with everything the government has had a hand in, a pinch of common sense and caution is advised.

hammered

Hawgwild · Nov 21, 2012

Nice finds and sounds like there may be many more...what is that gold looking shiny piece?

hammered · Nov 21, 2012

Hawgwild said:
Nice finds and sounds like there may be many more...what is that gold looking shiny piece?

Hi Hawgwild, I think it might be a piece of church giltware from a building that was bombed during the war. All the real silver and gold stuff was moved up north in late 1939/40 in case of invasion and the building that held the church ceremonial shiny stuff was hit by a bomb in october 1940. I could be wrong, but this area was hit pretty bad during the war and 2/3rds of my detector hits are shrapnel, bullets, bits of aircraft and anti aircraft parts. If I find out for certain I'll let you know :icon_thumright:

hammered

BosnMate · Nov 21, 2012

hammered said:
Hi Hawgwild, I think it might be a piece of church giltware from a building that was bombed during the war. All the real silver and gold stuff was moved up north in late 1939/40 in case of invasion and the building that held the church ceremonial shiny stuff was hit by a bomb in october 1940. I could be wrong, but this area was hit pretty bad during the war and 2/3rds of my detector hits are shrapnel, bullets, bits of aircraft and anti aircraft parts. If I find out for certain I'll let you know
hammered

I was also wondering about that. With the Battle of Britain and the dog fights there has to be empty brass and bullets all over the place, and with antiaircraft fire, what goes up must come down, and there was a lot of it, I've figured that kind of stuff has to be every where. Seems to me that would make a lot of extra digging, but you guys don't complain about that like we snivel about the pop tabs and foil over here. I guess we are just spoiled and have to complain about something.

hammered · Nov 22, 2012

Thanks to Iron Patch I now know the numbered button is from the 6th Regiment of Foot. Here is some interesting reading about the Regiment.

Regimental History 6th foot

hammered

HISPAN · Nov 22, 2012

This new field is good,with finds of all periods two beautiful 17th century token !

Westfront · Nov 22, 2012

Looks promising! Hope you see better weather... The broken cartridge is from a german aircraft mg 151/20. Easily to ident by the rim above the groove at the bottom. But manufactured in 1942 not a Battle of Britain relic...