pictures from the river bank

[shaun7]

these are the things i found down on a scraped river bank,
the two coins are both halfpennies,1920 and a queen victoria bun head not sure of the date.
i tried the salt and tomato sauce method on the newer coin,(wont be doing that again)!
and i let a friend look at the small bottle untill she squeezed it(wont be doing that again)!

we were only there an hour because i wanted to get home as soon as i dug the bottle,i nearly missed its chain
the fishing reel is tiny, i was quite pleased with that to!
all these things must have originally been burried at about 18"--2' but this bank does flood every year.

 

[RON (PA)]

Those are very neat finds. I especially like the old fishing ree. Nice pics.

 

[shaun7]

ps. has anyone any idea of the age of these itemsor even what the bottle thing is?

thanks shaun

 

[CRUSADER]

ps. has anyone any idea of the age of these itemsor even what the bottle thing is?

thanks shaun

Bottle thing looks late Georgian or early Victorian. (ie 1800ish)

 

[Ron B]

Hey, that's some very cool loot!
I especially like the reel! What would you catch with such a small reel; really small fish? Lol!

The little perfume cannister ( I guess that's what it is?) is simple awesome.
I'd hurry back to that location; running, not walking.
Don't trip on your detector!
GRB

 

[robfinds]

Hello Shaun, Like the reel looks old,did you have any trouble searching on the river bank ?.

Robert.

 

[shaun7]

thanks, i actually found the bottle after checking the hole from the 1920 coin and then its chain after re-checking.
there seems to be no pattern at all with depths as i find whole beer cans and ring pulls at the same depth as 18th c coins

ive had no trouble at all, and thy keep doing more every day. its a large area now. they will eventually get to the other side of the bridge
shaun