New site-old finds

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We started detecting on new land today. Found roman and medieval pottery scattered over the whole field so we started detecting in a loose grid to find any hot spots. Not much success with the spots but finds from roman till modern turned up.

Lots of WWII junk, Lead, Coins with a well worn Prussian Silver, Buckle parts, medieval thimble, bronze frag, Roman furniture mount, Buttons, with a German WWII coat button and a gilded Naval button that looks like a British 1812 to 1820 type.
For the last item i need help IDing. Looks like some kind of silvered hair pin or maybe cloak pin. Fairly big with a 30mm cross and 40mm to the end of the broken pin.

Thanks for looking!

 

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New site...awesome finds!!!

Thanks, you never know what turns up. Sometimes you think it's close to a village, it has to have some relics and nothing, then you have a field far from any settlements and Bam...

 

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Congrats on some old finds and the nice older navy button!

John

I didn't know any British troops here other than in late 1944 and further on, how this button made it's way into our fields will stay a mystery. Let alone were many many miles from the sea.

 

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Nice old finds and variety. Congrats
And Congrats to Crusader on the I.D.

Agree, Crusader has a memory like an elephant. What he has seen somewhere he remembers.

 

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Great Navy button. That's a cool looking thimble too! I love seeing the early ones you fellas dig up over there. They look so rudimentary and simple.

Thanks Scrappy. I like these cast thimbles too. Simple, yes, but sturdy. How many "modern" thimbles we dig are in a still usable condition? These folks back then knew how to make things the right way.

 

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That last artifact looks like the same style cruciform of the Tulinger (kelten). I saw some items such as this listed and I think it was from the Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog with a publishing from Angus McBride.

Anyway, you have your sources of course. Kelten is not my field of study but it stood out.

Thanks OJ! I wish we had more Celtic in our fields. When are you in our area the next time?